あかるい or, why a car might be bright...

 All of the following images are fair use/royalty free and come from Unsplash.  But there's several ways that a car could be bright - from the well polished seriously reflective chrome so beloved of 50s cars, so streamlined and with so many fins that they looked like land sharks with chrome teeth, to the ludicrously bright paints modern chemistry can produce, to the modern headlights that have even moved beyond halogen, and can probably dazzle aliens several light years away if you forget to dip them... particularly bad for those of us with cataracts - the star filter effect extends well beyond the car's physical presence, even on relatively dim lights.

Look how bright that mint green is on that car!  The whole car is such a bright colour! Followed by a bright solid orange, with a seriously bright chrome logo on it.  Shiny and chrome, as they said in Mad Max.

Then finally a car with teeth... of chrome, anyway.  Fierce and bright with reflective light.

The corvette after wards is not particularly bright, except for the blue/cyan logos on the corners, but I have a weakness for corvettes, and the contrast is neat too. And bright does not have to be all over.  Next we have a Rolls Royce mascot, in bright chrome, a metallic green car, still shiny and bright despite the darker colour, because of the reflections all over it.

Skipping ahead, there's a few offensively bright paintjobs - purple, yellow, and a serious green that might even qualify as midori.  The purple even has its headlights on to add to the glare - あかるい ですよ！





















Credits:

Bright blue car - 
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Bright mint green - Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash 

Bright green and shiny and chrome - Photo by Dave Ashton on Unsplash 

Shiny red and chrome - Photo by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash 

Shiny blue and reflections - Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash 

Royal blue and chrome grille - Photo by William on Unsplash 

Bright orange - Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash 

Rolls Royce - Shiny chrome hood ornament and grill - Photo by Jake Noren on Unsplash 

Orange BMW - Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash 

Probably too dark - green with red taillights - Photo by Kevin Mueller on Unsplash 

Orange Lamborghini - Photo by Strvnge Films on Unsplash 

Obnoxiously purple - Photo by Martin Katler on Unsplash 

Obnoxiously green - Photo by Martin Katler on Unsplash 

Yellow and black with reflection - Photo by Wes Tindel on Unsplash 

Red sports car - Photo by LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR on Unsplash 

Metallic green - Photo by Justus Menke on Unsplash 

Corvette - bright decals - Photo by Gian Gomez on Unsplash 

Bright red, bright reflections, bright headlights - Photo by William Chiesurin on Unsplash 







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