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The Top Ten: Most Popular Sports Car Colors

December 10 - 17 Most Popular Sports Car Colors (percentage of vehicles manufactured during 2005 model year in North America) RankColorPercentage1. Silver 20% 2. Gray 17 3. Blue 16 4.…

Most Popular International Car Colors, 2003–2004

(Percentage of vehicles manufactured during 2003 and 2004 model years in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia)North America20042003 1. Silver 18%20% 2. White/White Pearl1615 3. Red1410 4.…

vicuña

(Encyclopedia) vicuñavicuñavĭk&oomacr;ˈnyə, vĭky&oomacr;ˈnə [key], wild South American hoofed mammal, Vicugna vicugna, the smallest member of the camel family. It is 30 in. (75 cm) high at…

gila monster

(Encyclopedia) gila monstergila monsterhēˈlə [key], venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, found in the deserts of the SW United States and NW Mexico. It averages 18 in. (45 cm) in length, with a…

cassowary

(Encyclopedia) cassowarycassowarykăsˈəwârˌē [key], common name for a flightless, swift-running, pugnacious forest bird of Australia and the Malay Archipelago, smaller than the ostrich and emu. The…

pigmentation

(Encyclopedia) pigmentation, name for the coloring matter found in certain plant and animal cells and for the color produced thereby. Pigmentation occurs in nearly all living organisms. Almost all…

tellurium

(Encyclopedia) telluriumtelluriumtĕl&oobreve;rˈēəm [key] [Lat.,=earth], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Te; at. no. 52; at. wt. 127.60; m.p. 450℃; b.p. 990℃; sp. gr. 6.24 at 20℃; valence −2…

melanin

(Encyclopedia) melaninmelaninmĕlˈənĭn [key], water-insoluble polymer of various compounds derived from the amino acid tyrosine. It is one of two pigments found in human skin and hair and adds brown…

erbium

(Encyclopedia) erbiumerbiumûrˈbēəm [key] [from Ytterby, a town in Sweden], metallic chemical element; symbol Er; at. no. 68; at. wt. 167.259; m.p. 1,529℃; b.p. 2,863℃; sp. gr. 9.05 at 25℃; valence +3…