Silver or Black Cranks: What look better?

[C R]

Wikipedia seems to think it is.

Wikipedia also thinks black is a colour:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black

Though those heathens keep misspelling the word colour.

 

[rogerzilla]

Silver looks better when it's scuffed.

 

[Drago]

Artists consider black a colour. Scientists do not, as black is notable for its actual absence of colour, so physics says it is not.

Artists are beret wearing commies who'll be first against the wall when President Trump takes over the planet, so I'll side with the Tefalheads.

 

[Slow But Determined]

Just to throw the proverbial spanner in the works mine were so scuffed I decided to spray them and the only tin of car spray I had left in the garage was a burgundy type colour so that is what colour mine now are!!!

 

[I like Skol]

Just to throw the proverbial spanner in the works mine were so scuffed I decided to spray them and the only tin of car spray I had left in the garage was a burgundy type colour so that is what colour mine now are!!!

So, so wrong. As bad as having your car's alloy wheels painted the same colour as your car's paintwork (Unless your car is silver or black )!

 

[Sharky]

You could always go for something a bit different

 

[C R]

Scuffed? What do you guys do to your bikes, ride them?

 

[C R]

Artists consider black a colour. Scientists do not, as black is notable for its actual absence of colour, so physics says it is not.

As with many things, it is a bit more complicated than that. Black is not an spectral colour, that is, it doesn't correspond to a wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum, and neither is white or any of the greys.

However, colour is not really a physical concept, it is a perceptual one. From that point of view, black is the colour we perceive when we don't see any light.

 

[Rooster1]

black, gradually turning to silver

 

[MichaelW2]

Black may be the new silver but after a few yeats of hard use, silver mskes a comeback in areas of scuffing, scratching and wear.
Silver cranks always remain silver.

 

[MrPie]

As with many things, it is a bit more complicated than that. Black is not an spectral colour, that is, it doesn't correspond to a wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum, and neither is white or any of the greys.

However, colour is not really a physical concept, it is a perceptual one. From that point of view, black is the colour we perceive when we don't see any light.

All colours are simply spectral-fluid entity snowflakes and can therefore choose to be whatever they want at any time.....well, they would except that time is an abstract concept. My head hurts.

 

[Slow But Determined]

Scuffed? What do you guys do to your bikes, ride them?

I did some horizontal cycling when I had an off!!!

 

[rogerzilla]

Is that like "horizontal jogging"?

 

[Kempstonian]

For me it depends on the colour of the bike. Some look better with silver and some with black. However I think silver goes with most colours and black doesn't.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Definitely black.

I might make that the final, and decisive, word on the matter and lock the thread.