According to a study of over 650,000 pre-owned car transactions conducted by the used-vehicle website iSeeCars.com, a buyer’s color choice can help boost or bust its return down the road.

Car colors with the best depreciation rates, according to study. Yellow: 24.0% three-year depreciation; Orange: 24.4% three-year depreciation; Green: 26.3% three-year depreciation ...

Car colors with the best depreciation rates, according to study. Yellow: 24.0% three-year depreciation; Orange: 24.4% three-year depreciation; Green: 26.3% three-year depreciation ...

Gold, white and black cars–which account for the overwhelming majority of paint colors on new cars–lose over $15,000 over three years, while rarer and more distinctive colors like yellow ...

Highlights: What car colors give you the highest, lowest resale value? The average car loses 31.0% of its value after three years. Yellow cars lose 24.0%, while gold cars lose 34.4% of their value.

Thankfully, there are plenty of car colors with below-average rates of depreciation. More: 12 things you shouldn't leave in your car in hot weather in Arizona.

The upward shift in grayscale shades is fairly dramatic, with the survey showing that those innocuous colors combined now have a market share of 78.5%, compared to 60% in 2004. iSeeCars analyzed ...

3 car colors with the worst depreciation rates, according to study. Gold: 34.4% three-year depreciation; White: 32.1% three-year depreciation; Black: 31.9% three-year depreciation; ...