Honestly, what were the designers at Monark thinking...

[ricobike]

...when they came up with this color scheme on a boys bike? Salmon, blech. I'm pretty sure if I rode that bike to my school I would have gotten the snot beaten out of me .

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=322463515706

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[Boris]

Salmon and turquoise were very popular mid-century colors. These two used together seems a bit unusual, but not altogether surprising. Generally, I'd think a more common combination might be salmon and a more neutral "color" like, black, white or gray. I wonder if it was as much of an invitation to a snot beating back then, as we would think it was now?

 

[Vintage Paintworx]

...when they came up with this color scheme on a boys bike? Salmon, blech. I'm pretty sure if I rode that bike to my school I would have gotten the snot beaten out of me .

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=322463515706

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Maybe that's why it's in such good condition, didn't get ridden much.

 

[John]

50s Boats too

Changed the color

 

[partsguy]

50s Boats too

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Changed the color

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Color? Wha???

 

[rollfaster]

It's just iconic, classic 50s colors. I love it.

 

[PCHiggin]

I like it,It might be a faded orange? Monark had orange if I remember correctly

 

[Bikermaniac]

Compared with the boat it looks like a faded orange to me.

 

[robertc]

I think I would try a mild compound to that bikes paint and see what jumps out.

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[rustjunkie]