I have a black leaf, but would have preferred gray had it been available in 2011.
For 2013, they announced a new gray color, and showed off a 2013 prototype car in a dark/metallic/slate gray that looked good to me:
But when the "Metallic Slate" production version came out it seemed to me that the gray was a bit lighter and less metallic:
Did others notice this too?
And for 2014, it looks like they are switching from "Metallic Slate (KBC?)" to "Gunmetal Metallic (KAD)".
Apparently the UK version already had the KAD/Gunmetal color in 2013:
Nissan apparently has a whole bunch of different gray paint types for different vehicles including:
K26/Hippo Gray Metallic
K50/Dark Slate Metallic
K51/Gray Metallic
KAC/Desert Shadow Metallic
KAD/Gun Metallic
KBC/Metallic Slate
KBG/Brownish Gray Metallic
K13/Dark Gray Metallic
KAX/Dark Gray Metallic
KBD/Dark Gray Metallic
I wonder if the 2013 prototype was painted in K50 (Dark Slate Metallic) but they switched to KBC (Metallic Slate) for production?
For 2013, they announced a new gray color, and showed off a 2013 prototype car in a dark/metallic/slate gray that looked good to me:
![2013-nissan-leaf-inline-photo-496159-s-original.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/602/6022ba0adb726c825119d8954f23e7e1.jpg)
![2013-nissan-leaf-01-628-1357743465.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/22a/22a846b809f3e7fe1123429310e5d770.jpg)
![leaf1_zps286af2a3.png](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d6e/d6e1708f2c6a57cc2f2c77941f14650a.png)
But when the "Metallic Slate" production version came out it seemed to me that the gray was a bit lighter and less metallic:
![Metallic-Slate-LEAF-side.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/6ac/6ac5de86588afa74119d4c751fcb283f.jpg)
![leaf2_zpsef3b0c73.png](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/aff/aff2052af13ac752713bf2b70a383261.png)
Did others notice this too?
And for 2014, it looks like they are switching from "Metallic Slate (KBC?)" to "Gunmetal Metallic (KAD)".
Apparently the UK version already had the KAD/Gunmetal color in 2013:
![er_photo_196387_52.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cd7/cd794687e72956ed0101e1d3f085d1a9.jpg)
Nissan apparently has a whole bunch of different gray paint types for different vehicles including:
K26/Hippo Gray Metallic
K50/Dark Slate Metallic
K51/Gray Metallic
KAC/Desert Shadow Metallic
KAD/Gun Metallic
KBC/Metallic Slate
KBG/Brownish Gray Metallic
K13/Dark Gray Metallic
KAX/Dark Gray Metallic
KBD/Dark Gray Metallic
I wonder if the 2013 prototype was painted in K50 (Dark Slate Metallic) but they switched to KBC (Metallic Slate) for production?