Black would be the most traditional route, although a shade of blue might also work. What parts are you thinking of changing?

 

Mine is not shadow gray but for my satin steel metallic truck, I’m going with black and red. Not a lot of red but little pops here and there. I think all three work well together.

 

Looks like you have a good start on the chrome accents…

 

Black goes with everything:

Red's not bad:

White? Meh...

Grey?

Or perhaps....

Or....

 

I appreciate all the recommendations, even the pink and orange. After putting into perspective I think I might go with the black actually. Keep it simple. Does anyone have a link to a black bow tie for the front/rear emblems?

 

The front one requires removing the grill, which involves removing the front bumper fascia. You might want to plastic-dip it instead. I did mine four years ago and it still looks good. The rear is a hair drier and fishing line removal plus glue residue clean up, then stick on the new one. Or Plastic dip it too.

 

I changed my front and rear bow ties to the black. Front one does not require removal of the grille. Took five minutes.
Just put some blue tape around it and gently pry it out with one of those plastic interior pry bars. Look at the new one and that will help you determine where to pry.

The rear one takes a bit longer, but worth the effort. Surround it with blue tape to establish location, saw adhesive off with a piece of fishing line, clean off old adhesive and put on the new one.

I would recommend going to accessories.Chevrolet.com, find the part number you need and shop around on eBay or similar for best price.

 

I bought my front bow tie (2021 models only have fronts) from sdparts.com - free shipping over $100, arrived in 2 days, generally about 20% cheaper than Chevy for accessories.

get part number from Chevy’s accessories site, then look it up on sdparts

 

I have a 2015 Colorado LT in the shadow gray metallic color. I want to do some appearance modifications (interior/exterior), but I can’t for the life of me find a truck that looks like mine with a cool accent color. Any recommendations? I can always do carbon fiber or black and it would look good, but I’m not sure yet. I put pictures of my ride in its current state below! View attachment 426687
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You have the red gray 4x4 decals if you are keeping those I would do red gray or black or even chrome depending on what you change I personally like all the bow tie colors to match so if you do the bow ties on the front and rear don’t forget the wheels and steering wheel decal

 

All the feedback has been super helpful y’all. I might go with the PlastiDip option first just to save some money.

 

My ZR2 is the same color. The black rims, black sports bar, etc look good with the paint. I’m waiting for the weather to get consistently warm then I’ll be replacing the chrome Colorado badges with black. I already have black front and rear bowtie.

 

I de-badged mine. I was running black badges. I’ve tried to keep it subdued looking.

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Make it pop, that's the thing with me and looks. Contrasting colors that stand out, and for Pete's sake don't follow a trend for others to like your truck. It's yours. Having the midnight edition where everything is black, black is dated if I'm driving it. I've got a "murdered out" '95 Miata and that's fun and all, but this all black thing seems like a trend at it's end / at it's peak if we're really worried about what others think. It's a lot of money paid, worked for, and willing to invest more into for others.

You'll see it here still: how to remove the chrome and blacken it out. I enjoy removing the chrome because that belongs on a black '57 Nomad, but how about some other color than all black? Even the basic gunmetal thought could do well and not so bland to paint all the things black. Artistically? It's been done. I've seen so many new motorcycles and trucks blacked out that...crap, I became a hipster after it was cool! I put red tow hooks on it anyway...for now. Gunmetal over grey is really very subtle but seems bland on a grey truck.

Chevy used blue bowties back in the day and then for decades they enforced the gold bowties. So many on YouTube showing how to remove the gold for the black bowtie which are now standard. Standard off the lot. So...how about...lemme think this out. On Gray...you have a free pallet of colors to pick from.

What I understand is that we're all going black and if being different is a thing, that's not the way. I don't know anyone with orange tow hooks and badges on a grey colorado. All I see now are blacked out trucks of all the brands.

My opinion (and no one above is wrong): Chevy Orange on a Grey body. A darker orange would be nice but it's not a universal color and Chevy Orange looks like a hunting vest on that shade of grey. DupliColor doesn't make Pumpkin Orange but the darker the orange the better, aim for your signal lights for the shade in my vision.

Don't need a front plate? Ditch the holder. Then figure out that chrome grill and stuff, back to gun metal (testers clear gun metal or something) for the blend to the pop.

 

Shadow gray and yellow. Perfect combo

 

I have the steel grey metallic and have been toying with either orange or deep forest green as an accent color. I agree with Chumly that blackouts are getting stale. To each their own, of course. I've done blue as accent colors in the past, and I painted my recovery hooks up front orange... but I've been really digging forest green (the darker green with a hint of a blue tint) lately and have been thinking of trying to incorporate it into my truck.