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We have just ordered a new caravan (hurray!) and are selling our old one (sad!) so are looking at new awnings. 

When we bought our last awning (in 2003) they were all blue, green or burgundy and those were the only colours for a long time.

I notice now, though, that shades of grey are the most common amongst what's on offer in new awnings.

Our new caravan is a Swift Challenger Sport 586 and either a grey or a burgundy awning would match well. 

I am wondering though what grey awnings feel like, inside, on a grey day?  Our caravanning is mostly done on the west of Scotland and the weather is (occasionally, haha) a bit dull.

Would a burgundy coloured one feel warmer and more welcoming? 

On the other hand, if increasingly the fashion is for shades of grey, will a new burgundy coloured awning look dated more quickly than a grey one?

I appreciate  that in the grand scheme of things, this is probably on the trivial side, and if that's all I've got to worry about, etc, but I'd be glad to hear folks' opinions if they have them anyway. 

Thank you!

Thanks folks.  I'm glad to have found that my dilemma met with understanding.

We're now complicating things in our new awning deliberations by thinking that we should (if we can make the sums add up - or down) perhaps go for the 300cm depth awning - we need all the space we can get.  There are six of us plus two dogs, going for three weeks in the summer, with bikes, kayak, outdoor chairs, laundry airer and lots of other stuff we always seem to feel is essential.  And we tend to end up with a lot of visitors too.

So, we'll maybe have the colour decision taken out of our hands by finding the best quality 300m awning that fits our van...

But thanks all the same, everyone. 

And, Caz, I love the calf-sh*t colour, lol.  I can imagine it feels nice and sunny inside, even on a grey day. 

I usually like to go with the colour coding on the caravan as a general guide so the caravan and awning become a match if possible. If you look at my profile you will see I have a Dorema full awning in green which matches the caravan but I'm not keen on the grey and black awnings at all really. Green at one time used to be a popular colour and that's probably because it blends more in with the landscape but it doesn't seem so popular these days. If I had a choice between grey & black or burgundy & maroon it think I would tend to go with the latter but it depends how fussy you are with matching other items too such as chairs and table etc. because black and white are primary colours with grey being in between the two so with these colours anything goes basically. I bought my awning new from the Dorema factory clearance at just under £400 last year which is a size 10 (900 cm) which we are pleased with for the money.

http://www.doremafactoryclearance.co.uk/

Quote: Originally posted by HEJC72 on 05/2/2012

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Definately a coloured awning. I wish manufacturers were slightly more adventurous with their colours.
I would love a bright orange and lime green retro 60s/70s awning for my van!!

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Oh yes has to be coloured - my worst colour is blue.  Its been with me since the tents could never ever own a blue tent or awning - grey hasn't crossed my mind before but now it has couldn't do that either.  I like the Kampa's new colours i.e. chocolate and gold but they wouldn't do us any deal whatsoever at the Manchester show so we went with a burgundy outdoor revolution instead.

Having just thought on our Bradcot full awning which came with the van is both blue and grey ha! and I don't mind that but its probably because we generally only use it in the good weather so its light and bright or with panels zipped out so we don't notice but its definitely predominantly light grey as opposed to the blue which I really don't like!

We had a grey trailer tent and on a dull or rainy day it was so miserable and drab. When we bought a van I was so chuffed to get an awning with colour...we had a Dorema, green with a pale grey roof, it's so light and airy compared to the tent.  Ours is 2.5m deep ( I think), it fits easily onto most pitches, not sure whether a 3m one would be an issue on some.

We had the Dorema Montana factory clearance with steel poles as mentioned by others, very pleased with it.