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@Brian H - You did say "so far," inviting opportunities for you to update your opinion.

I haven't noticed many photos of the show up brown here. A few shots have been posted on the Tesla Motors Club forum, for those looking for additional angles, but this definitely seems to be the least photographed color:

REAL Pictures of the Model S

Get Amped Tour: Miami

Forbes took the brown Model S Performance (the one with carbon gray wheels at the New York event) for their test drive, for those wanting to see this color of the car in motion.

I posted this in another thread, but perhaps they will be helpful here too, in case folks didn't see the other thread. I shot a couple of walk-around videos at the last Palo Alto event, and they show all the colors except Pearl White and Sunset Red.

Blue, Black, Green, Signature Red, Brown, Silver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMNK-OOGTC0

White, Grey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrIhd62HGE

Brown and Grey in the shade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jEU2tfPns

Michael37,
Did you have a favorite color at this event? Did you like the more sport oriented look or luxury look?

Hm; If TM were to commit a two-tone assault on the eyes, what would look best?

@rterry: Yes, I had an absolute favorite color -- Signature Red. Now I must insert a frowny face because I'm not a Signature reservation holder, and I'm not very hopeful of my name getting called from the waiting list. :-(

Apart from Sig Red, the other colors that I really liked were the white, the blue and the silver.

If you are looking for elegant, sophisticated and luxurious looking, and you don't mind the upkeep associated with very dark colors, the blue is awesome. It also has the very nice property of effectively hiding any minor issues with body panel gaps and alignment. These Get Amped cars do not have perfect fit, and the dark colors hide it well. Blue with the tan interior is a knockout.

The silver is really elegant and sleek. In the sun, the metallic paint is radiant, and can be hard to distinguish from white, it lights up so brightly. It is not as sparkly as some of the Mercedes silver colors available these days, and I think it's sort of too bad that it isn't, but it is very pretty and up close you do see the metallic flake. It also has the nice advantage of being a light, easy to maintain color that the paint armor looks good on. (The paint armor is too visible on the white, IMO.) I almost got silver, but there are so many silver cars these days.

The white is the color I chose for my own car (plain white, not pearl). The black grille and the headlights really stand out against the white paint, and the chrome accents looks really nice against it as well. It's definitely a "sporty" and eye-catching look. When the white car pulled into the Menlo Park parking lot the other day, with the bright white daytime running lights lit up, I just about passed out. :-) The white also looks really nice in shade and at night: the car remains clearly recognizable as a Model S, and you can still make out all of its curves.

The only worry I have with the white is that it (and the silver) really reveal any issues with body panel fit. When I saw the photo Elon tweeted the other day, the trunk gap on the two silver cars made me do a double-take and wonder if I chose poorly. I'm really anxious now to see a true, production Model S in white or silver so I can see how that looks.

Hope that helps!

rterry,

I've seen blue, brown, silver, and white in person. The silver was the best looking and unlike most people I didn't care at all for the blue or brown (most of the time I saw them it was overcast but the sun did come out later and they still didn't look great to me. I suspect they will look much better at night in artificial light. White was second best and looked almost as good as the silver.

I didn't notice and gap problems--and I looked carefully for them. The problem with the pictures is that some have poor angles that make the gaps stand out, and many are photos of earlier cars. The gap has been getting smaller with each batch of cars, so by the time my number comes up I'm sure it will be a non-issue.

I really want to see the grey in person before I decide.

@Michael - I would be worried that white is the new silver, and therefore picking white because there are too many silver cars might be going the wrong way. Of course this is personal preference so I don't mind one way or the other.

@jerry3 - Not that I mind, but I am surprised you didn't like the blue or brown. I would never consider a brown car (personal prejudice I'd say), but I was frankly amazed at how good it looked. I've always thought brown/gold/tan cars were ugly (see prejudice above), so I was surprised to find myself actually liking it. Anyhow the lighting was good (bright sun, with a touch of tree shade, so you could get all the different views). I still haven't seen blue in person, but have picked that. I almost went green since I saw that at my test drive, but I have had green, red and silver cars already.

Of course, all that really matters is that the color you pick makes you smile!

Leofingal -- Of course, all that really matters is that the color you pick makes you smile!

Absolutely.

I am also prejudiced against brown :-) Even if the brown looks good when new, in a few years brown cars never look good. I just didn't see anything in the brown Tesla that was different than any other brown car, so it just didn't do it for me. I was hoping the brown would have a lot more red than it did--that would have made it special rather than ordinary.

Generally, I like blue but I didn't like Telsa's blue (which is really black with blue highlights in the right light). I'm not a fan of black cars. They look great in the dealer's showroom under artificial lighting but not so good in sunlight.

Michael37 and jerry3,
Thanks so much for your input!! I am now down to two colors: silver or white. Your opinions have helped solidify my feelings. I really like the contrast with the darker wheels as well. Thanks for your input!!

rterry,
IMO if you are going with the darker wheels go with white. They simply don't complement silver as well as they do white. Silver wheels look best with the silver.

Thanks ddruz! Would definitely like to see the silver with the darker wheels in person before deciding. I definitely like the look with the white. I also assume that the darker wheels would not require the constant chore of cleaning off brake dust like the alloy wheels on my 545i.

Brake dust? Comes from actually using them, doesn't it?

;)

I just bought this based on this guys thorough analysis. I haven't tried it out yet though (man I really need to wash my car)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK2LsZJ2brg&feature=plcp

olanmills,
That was pretty amazing! Thanks for posting.

Have used this product on my 545i just like in the video and found minimal benefit. Of course, my brake dust after 3 days looks 10 times worse than the Aston Martin after 9 days. I drive about 10 miles a day. BMW brakes are a different animal.

@olanmills | AUGUST 29, 2012:I just bought this based on this guys thorough analysis. I haven't tried it out yet though...

I use this on my Porsche Panamera S Hybrid and on my Nissan Leaf. It seems to be working great, although with one car being a hybrid and the other electric, there is not as much brake dust to deal with. As the man in the video says, one of the complains is that you go through allot of the stuff. Seems that I need to reapply it about every 3-4 months.

Tesla Model S Colors on the Road

A composition of videos illustrating most of the Tesla Model S colors available:
Blue - 00:00
Green - 02:10
Brown - 04:35
Gray - 06:23
Silver - 07:33
White - 08:01
Black - 08:41
Signature Red - 09:44

Videos were shot in Palo Alto, California at two times during the day - Noon, when the sun was directly overhead and 6pm, when the sun was lower in the sky.

@Schlermie-

It's either a bad link or it's me. Thanks for taking the time to post.

The link did not work for me ...

Sig CAN 126

Works fine for me. The twisty video, OTOH ...

Try the link from TMC: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/9980-Color-Selection-Video... It's post #19.

The direct link to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ__Sh2TS6o&feature=youtu.be

Also try a different browser. I've had some that don't show the video. Firefox shows this video just fine for me.

I dropped from a Sig to Gen P becuz I wanted green. They said they wouldn't be doing green until later in the year. U go to the blog page the photo is a green car! I hope it is mine, I've been at "Tesla factory is building your Model S" for a month!

Brian,
I backed out the YouTube anti-shake enhancements. Apparently, they remove camera shake by twisting the video completely beyond recognition. The video is extremely shaky now, but much better than the post-processing enhancements which YouTube had added.