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> Desert Mist is really beige. Honda calls their colors a "pearl"
> finish, but it is really just metallic flakes, unlike mica used in
> upscale cars. Desert Mist hides dirt like your mother-in-law is
> coming over. When I think of a rental car, I think of red, by the way.

Toyota also calls some of their colors "pearl". My brother has a 2005
Corolla whose color is, as Toyota calls it, "phantom grey pearl".