42ITUS

The best Silver paint ever is the Pearl Sebring Silver Metallic used on the 1963 Corvette. The "new" silvers either look like refrigerators or Bass Boats (metallic). IMHO vintage colors on a vintage car
Some of the Lincoln and T Bird Colors of the day are also very cool. A personal choice for sure
My 1968 is 1967 Corvette Marina Blue Metallic if you like blues. My 1970 will be a vintage color, TBD....

These thumbnails are from my latest Concours restoration....I guess.

He did always have a soft spot for jug head ......
 
Pewter was the color I striped off...Just didn't look right...(To me) 

My Stang is Sangria red metallic. The guy that painted my car said this is the color match for 2008 Mustang GT. It really pops out in the sun.

honestly, I would love to see a magnetic grey on a classic, that was my 2nd choice if i didnt go with ingot silver. 

Out of the two you originally posted I vote the Atomic silver, so many of these cars are red, blue, think it would be unique, and I like different lol.

Yep!  And frankly, that's also the most gorgeous Amber I've ever seen on a red mustang... ;-)  And she's back on the street (breaking up with Depp), seems she takes to 50-ish dudes with lots of cash... 
 
I have to say that seeing that video was most likely the genesis of me moving from blue to red on my car.  (the blue wasn't original although I did really like it as it was similar to acapulco blue).  But the original color was NEVER going back on. I found that champagne gold or whatever it was originally to be something I was never gonna go with.  I'm 3rd owner on this car after my uncle and it's nothing special in the collectors circle, so why go back to a color I don't like looking at when I'm never gonna let this old girl go.  Mine's got original engine/trans and all the serials match with fenders.  Good enough for me, and I can enjoy the color. :-)

I went with a Gray and black color scheme.  I also blacked out the headlights and rear panel.  I would do it all over again and don't regret the choice.  My daughters want me to repaint it pink and I stopped saying over my dead body because I don't want them driving a pink mustang to my funeral!

Hi Jay,
 
I forgot about that episode. That is possibly the most gorgeous red I've ever seen on a car. Thanks for throwing that into the ring!
 
Tom

These are indeed some good options Barnett!  I thought by getting the "production paint" option from Ford that it would be cheaper than the other "candy" colors, but it wasn't.  The shop showed me legit receipts for the paint (over $2K in paint supplies!!  ACK!)  The ford color is (to me) a nice mix of making the red dark enough to be pretty, but the metallic and pearl coats make it shine brilliant in the sun (it is maybe a bit too dark on a cloudy day).  The ruby red was shot as a 4-stage paint.  Ugh - no.  I never wanted to pay for all of that....  That said, I love how it came out.
 
One of the best "car makeover reveal" scenes I have ever seen is here: 
Amber Heard's color is Brandywine (mentioned above) as painted by Foose and his crew.  Beautiful.  The ruby red is a little brighter I guess, and so I am still happy with it in comparison.   One thing I have found is that these colors DO NOT photograph that well.  The pearl and metallic record poorly on the digital cameras I have used on my car. 
Anyway, I understand about the silver/grey options.  I thought about them, but I wanted a bright color, as I agree that far too many car's these days pick, black, grey, tan white colors.  I really like the paints that mini-cooper is putting on it's scooters these days - those guys have some good paint-taste.
 
Best of luck 42ITUS!!  Paint is fun!  Get what you like! (it was really hard for me to figure out exactly what I really wanted - I had to try and silence all of the "advice" I was getting.... picking a color is not a "logical thing")
 
Jay

Lots of cool metallic reds out there.
 
House Of Colors color samples . The fine metallics look way better then the old school heavy metallics.
 
Adding pearl tends to make the paint look a little dingy/dirty.
 
http://www.houseofkolor.com/kolors/
 
CANDY APPLE
 

 
 
BRANDYWINE
 

I prefer bright or bold colors on 69 - 70 fastbacks.  I chose Magnetic Gray on my 2013 Escape because its a subtle color that doesn't show dirt or imperfections.        

Thanks again everyone. Love all the comments!
 
Original color is Lime Gold. But the 2nd owner painted it black. I love the Ruby Red!

What was the original color of your (the OP) car?  Was it a decent original color?  Did I miss that or was it never posted?  I use to always want a color change thinking it would look better.  Anymore, in my mind, a color change looks different and not necessarily better.  Then down the road, if the car is ever for sale, I think most buyers prefer a car, regardless of what kind it is, in its original color.  I know at the time the car is being painted you might be thinking that will never happen, but you never know.

That's because Archie was gay.

I am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to colors, not only do I only really like factory colors, I only like them for their original model year. 69 Mustangs in Calypso Coral in anything other than Boss models just seems weird to me. It's like an Olds Cutlass with Buick Rally wheels. It just doesn't look right.
 
It's your car and you should paint it whatever you want, but the last two decades have produced a jillion black, grey, silver and white cars. It's like the mfgs are allergic to an actual color. Look at a parking lot these days and tell me a black and white photo would look much different than a color photo would.
 
For that reason, I am not a fan at all of painting vintage muscle in the same colors of all these sterile new models.

The betty and veronica syndrome.
Archie never did decide...

Not a great option when the PPG paint goes for $248 per QUART.  Ask me how I know.

I recently just got my 69 coupe done in new Ford "Ruby Red Metallic" (deep red metallic color on late model F-150/Explorers/Expeditions).  It's a huge change to the medium blue metallic I used to have, and it's not an "original color",  but I am especially thrilled with it - perhaps more everyday, including after the first month or so of settling in with it.  
 

 

 
This red would not play well probably with black as a secondary color (either stripes or headlight buckets/tail panel) because it is so dark, so probably not an option.  Of the colors you mentioned, I prefer the Atomic Silver.  It's a stronger color, and if you are into the silver/grey, it will be stronger, and contrast better with the black.  
 
It is hard to tell if the atomic silver is glossy or flat.  If glossy, even better, but if not, I'd go with the ford color which clearly is glossy.  That's a personal personal preference... but I'm not a fan of the flat, and I think it kills the sparkle of a muscle car.
 
Good luck.  Be sure you get something YOU like, and you're not picking a color that someone else thinks is cool.  Be your own dog, and enjoy.

Ask your painter to spray a test panel of each so you can see them live side by side under the same light and then decide?

PPG House of kolor Orion Silver is nice...its whats under my Lime time Green and i ALMOST told my painter to clear the silver instead of adding the green LOL

I just am not a silver person
The ford grey will be much better
 
Bob

Best choice in list so far.  Original looking muscle cars are my preference.

My car is moon dust silver (Chrysler new yorker color)
and will be the next time it gets paint...I like the look..
I do love the Acapulco blue it just looks good..
 
Its Your car paint it any color you want... You are the one that has to live with it.
 
I have strip the paint off my car 24 hours after being painted I hated it so much..

I'm an acapulco blue guy...but then you're not asking about blues. While both colours are awesome i think with the black treatment you're adding you can't go wrong with that Lexus colour...it's awesome.
 
...John