an example black frame with what cloured components and wheels?

everyone’s preference on what they like go for?

Raw, polished or lacquered frame and all polished (not painted silver) components for that engineered look.
Increasingly hard to achieve in the black anodised world we live in!

Any excuse , here’s mine just finished a week ago. I like its understated grey/silver n white looks…….

I also quite like nice shaded Green frames with silver n white components.

full on lairy 😉

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3 colour options look good.

Bigbloke – nice. With silver wheels would be almost perfect!

I’m in the middle of having a custom frame made, I’m going to have the paint job pirate themed, haven’t worked out how yet although I may have one of the fork legs like a wooden one 😀

Hi-fives fourcrossjohn 8)

Cue the multi-coloured Uzzi (now with added red gear outer 😛 . . . more colours are called for . . . oh, and the other grip is white)

although i didn’t build my bike up,just any excuse to put a pic of it up.cannot go wrong with fluro colours in my opinion 😉 😀

my bike is completely black.

mamadirt what grips are them?
nice bike btw

superstar i reckon mate

Yep. You been taking pics of my ‘grip mountain’ cruzheckler? 😉

yella n oringe

or all black

.. and because of the

black anodised world we live in!

I went for orange and white like so:

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and since that photo, the seat post and bars are now white with black superstar grips with orange collar\end caps.

I really must take another photo

i love that skinny fluoro charge!

Black and red… built it up 5 weeks ago.. broken ribs have meant I’ve been off it for the last 4 though!! Nice little scar where the bars speared me too… Still – it looks too good to be told off.

hmmm

i think i will go with a blue grip white lockring,and white grip blue lockring on tuther 🙂

Any excuse to post a picture

Black and silver with Brown seat and grips – gold bb cups

Excuse gear cable – this was a not quite finished build photo

Now fitted with polished xt cranks and syncross pedals.

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+another for green and white, wasn’t sure then saw another green ‘un and that helped,

Like Bigblokes, finished a couple of weeks ago, silver and white:

currently

IMAG0020 by cplater1, on Flickr

want to put those parts on a yellow mega though!

Hunterst: I remember your renovation thread on that frame. Really like how it’s come out – there’ just something very right about it.

Fourcrossjon: Ohmichrist. 😯 😀

Bigbloke any more pics? That is beautiful.

JohnJohn….very nice finish , i like it.

Cynic-Al…..not currently only been on a couple of local rides.

Raceface….loving that green charge, would look better with a polished silver seatpost.

I am an art teacher and artist.. I like very much some of the braver colour schemes and graphics I am seeing on modern bikes. Many wasted opportunities though! For example, some of these recent lime green offerings could have been made somwhat madder with red graphics! Look at a pair of trainers for inspiration or a t-shirt/polo shirt, ..

I recently did my Ragley mmmbop in lime green, black, but with splashes of brown and gold..

A little bit of colour theory wouldn’t go amiss!

I’d like to see a move away from too many black parts…. too easy, too safe, too boring.

JohnJohn……. you’re polished Linskey is truly a work of art.

Orange and white. Yes, I know the cables all need tidied.

frame colour doesnt matter – but always black and or silver parts….

Ooooh loving the little orange 456. Just spotted a lemon one (summer season) in stock in USA – wonder how much I’d get stung for tax . . . hmmmmmmm . . . I fancy a lemon, pink and orange ‘fruit salad’ colour scheme next 😛

IF by sheldonattwood, on Flickr

Mango, white and Ti

Paddi and the IF by sheldonattwood, on Flickr

Blue silver and white

Spot Brand by sheldonattwood, on Flickr

White, blue and a hint of pink

Maverick Durance by sheldonattwood, on Flickr

Hard Ano with blue detailing

Studying a colour wheel and colour theory can be useful, as can looking at what manufacturers do, even of dis-similar products (that rely on colourways) like trainers, and other sportswear or clothing.

Black red and white or grey has been done to death (especially by Specialized) but I still like it. Complementaries (not complimentaries) i.e. opposite contrasts like blue/orange, yellow/violet, red/green can also be used to good affect. I did my lime Ragley in black with brown/gold detailing. I got this idea from some wallpaper.

Whilst moving up a frame size, I went from this gloss black —->

To this custom RAL4010 —->

All the parts were transplanted.

I’ve never got around to completely colour coordinating a bike.
I’v had a go with some pretty niche gear cables though. 😀

Please don’t laugh.

I’m still to sort out the orange front wheel but this is what I’ve managed so far:

Couple of my better colour combos.

Rebuilt Enduro by i_ache, on Flickr

P1000890 by i_ache, on Flickr

What you want is a colour scheme generator where you take a photo of a colour and then choose a type of scheme generator to use and you can see loads of colours that’ll go well with it. I just so happen to know of such an application coming out for a quid a pop on the android pretty soon 😉

Purple and gold FTW