Originally posted by woodywesty I think that Ricoh should offer the camera in any darn color a buyer wants. It just means they throw different color pellets in the injection molding hopper or they spray it a different color. True... most of us would buy boring black but I bet there have been a lot of sales of the Q in Japan in many colors other than black. Henry Ford was wrong about black and GM was right...
Sorry, I have to wade in!
It's a common misconception that Model T's were only available in black. Model T's actually came in a range of colours, for some years. The early 1909 models were red and grey, but in the middle of 1909 this gave way to a dark green. During December 1910 and January, 1911, the dark green in turn was changed to a dark, midnight blue. Finally, in late 1914 to early 1915 the blues were replaced with just plain black on the open cars. From this point until the introduction of the “Improved Models” which appeared in August 1925, black was the standard colour. Closed cars continued to be available in "Brewster Green" as late as 19th February 1919. There is no evidence that Henry Ford ever said: “You can have it in any colour, so long as it’s black.” So, from 1919 to 1925 black was the only colour.
Model T’s were available in Red, Green, Grey, Brewster Green, Midnight Blue, Commercial Green, Channel Green, Windsor Maroon, Drake Green, Highland Green, Phoenix Brown, Gunmetal Blue, Moleskin and Royal Maroon. Therefore, a minimum of 14 colours. Because of the variation between batches of early colours it’s possible that there were more colours than this list.
From the department of useless information....