My first cobra I built was Blue/white stripes then a light blue cobra with orange stripes (Gulf
oil) racer. This car is going to be dark BRG which is heading towards black and will show the dirt and marks more than a light color. There is something about a wolf in sheeps clothing if you can call a cobra that as I want to downplay the race type engine etc with straight old classic color.
Light colors handle sun better, I did think of white with blue stripes which would be the only light color I would contemplate....