Balloon tire bike colors

[oldcars]

So, I'm pretty new to the classic bike hobby, and my main interest is Balloon tire-ed tank bikes. It seems like almost all manufactures seemed to stick to red/black/green/ blue or a combo of those and white two tone, at least in the ones I have seen. There was such a color spectrum of Automobile colors back then, it surprises me the bike market didn't follow? Most of the books on bikes I have are printed in black & white, so they aren't much help. I know later on in the 60's and 70's there was every color imaginable, but can you guys show me some 40's-50's Mens balloon tire tank bikes in different or bright color schemes ?

yellow, orange, white, copper, gold, turquoise, etc? There must be a bunch ?

 

[cyclingday]

Here’s a few examples of some different colors that were available back then.

There were a few that came in what were called, “Opalescent” colors.
Not quite metallic, but with more of an Abalone Shell type sheen.
But, for the most part, the pre World War II bikes tended to be painted with pretty standard opaque colors.
1940 was a turning point in color options, but with the advent of the war, the real dazzling color options wouldn’t be available until the late 40’s/1950’s.
Schwinn started really getting creative when they started using their 4 step system.
That’s when they started getting more of a candy color type paint, that became the hallmark of the bicycle industry.
It would be hard to say, that there was any better paint, than what Schwinn was offering in the 1960’s.

 

[Freqman1]

The prewar bikes is where you find the best variety in my book. A few that stand out in the '50s were the Monark "Chromatic Fuscia" and several also use coral/gray and chartreuse.

 

[srfndoc]

Colson had some great colors as well.

 

[OZ1972]

Some real beautiful bikes !

 

[Santee]

The Schwinn two tone greens are by far my favorite color combinations I think.