I'm currently compiling a wishlist for my next big bike purchase - sometime in the next year or so.

I really like the look of the Specialized Roubaix Pro, but am really, really disappointed with the colour scheme (black, basically).
This led me to spend a good while arguing with myself about how important a colour scheme is, if the bike rides like a dream, has all the components you want, and the fit is good.

But for me, the whole "I luuuurve my bike" thing also includes how good I feel on it - how sexy the paintwork is and how much I go starry-eyed when I pass it and give it a loving stroke.

Commonsense tells me it's the mechanics that matter - but I'm a girl!
I just wondered how much a colourscheme would sway everyone else into buying/not buying the bike of their dreams.

I might not get the Roubaix, or may opt for the Ruby (daren't test drive anything yet - waaaay too dangerous until I actually have the cash to pay for it!), so it's just a hypothetical question.
Respray/relaquer would be an option, if it wasn't carbon fibre.

Have you ever NOT bought a bike because you didn't like the colour?