Complementary colours...

[Tubbsy]

I think the frame would weight an extra kilo or two by the time the paint looked like that! It is pretty though!

If you haven't fiddled with it, the Orbea configurator is quite good to try colour combinations on a bike.

 

[Lazmo]

Motor racing liveries are always a good starting point.

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Matte platinum here works nicely with bling red (and the signal yellow touches), or you could add a bit of blue to that grey in a variation of the Gulf colours.

Red and White goes well too...

 

[shiny]

My old Ibis is white with red bits. They also did a Aston DB9 silver which would work well:

 

[Jpez]

I think the dark blue ActoFive anodising is your only answer. Actually ActoFive is your only answer.

 

[EsPeGe]

Go nuts -
https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel

gunmetal/anthracite,

All day, that'd look sick. Even a light grey. Both with red bits would look sweet! You'll just have to put Vittoria tyres on as they are red and black logos. The Maxxis yellow sticks out like dogs balls on builds like that. I know where of I speak,


Ugggh what is that yellow?????

Aahhhh much better.

 

[EsPeGe]

Couldn't handle the slight mismatch which more annoying because of how close it was and ditched the stem.

A kindred spirit.

 

[Tubbsy]

Don't worry about the yellow logos, @beeb be rockin' the white tyres now....

 

[beeb]

Don't worry about the yellow logos, @beeb be rockin' the white tyres now....

Haha, they're off at the moment but probably will go back on at some point. They were (annoyingly) much better performing than I expected. Felt super-light but had a moderate amount of grip still. Might have to order some of the black-tread versions at some point...

 

[Isildur]

I went a bit nuts on my first HD3, the pale blue with the red decal setup. Kind of like it TBH, some pics below:

 

[Mr Crudley]

So, I'm looking at buying a new frame. I have the option of getting it painted in pretty much whatever colour I want.

You have the knack of doing nice looking bike all of the time. You won't miss this time either.

Sooooo many choices and personal preferences for colours. Some lighter hue of a bronze-ish colour could work with splatters of red and the other obligatory black bits. You don't see many in that colour.

 

[nzhumpy]

Neon red to purple fade...switches colour depending on the angle viewed/ most likely horrifically exxy.

 

[beeb]

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Neon red to purple fade...switches colour depending on the angle viewed/ most likely horrifically exxy.

That looks pretty cool, but yeah more involved than what I'll actually be able to get.

 

[Chriso_29er]

Personally I think a bright frame goes best with black or dark components and the opposite exists for if you have bright components.
I think the frame will need to be a darker colour so love the thought of a dark blue. But also don't think you can go wrong with a grey shade including silver or even black. The colour combo on your Highball is awesome, very classy looking.

 

[rextheute]

Black frame , red stuff .
Red frame black stuff .
White frame black stuff , but brown lettering - wtf ? Hahaha
Black carbon , yellow highlights- but coz old sliver stuff

Now my motorbike, Red n Black theme ….

I now have a colourway theme in my mind .

If I could choose a colour , maybe a green , like army or super highlighter green - hard to pick .

Or a deep metallic bronze with the red highlights

 

[beeb]

Personally I think a bright frame goes best with black or dark components and the opposite exists for if you have bright components.
I think the frame will need to be a darker colour so love the thought of a dark blue. But also don't think you can go wrong with a grey shade including silver or even black. The colour combo on your Highball is awesome, very classy looking.

I think we are in agreement.

Just waiting to hear back from the manufacturer to hear what they can/can't do, and will make my selection from there.

 

[moorey]

horrific

Agreed.

 

[beeb]

Bah humbug.

Agreed.

 

[ozzybmx]

I missed the fad of inserting Chris King headset cups upside down.

 

[Asininedrivel]

I missed the fad of inserting Chris King headset cups upside down.

Apparently it's the done thing if you're recycling the headset in a second frame because hipster chic or something. Rather than, I dunno, having your bike look like it was put together by a simpleton.

 

[moorey]

Apparently it's the done thing if you're recycling the headset in a second frame because hipster chic or something. Rather than, I dunno, having your bike look like it was put together by a simpleton.

@Daniel Hale runs his sideways.