What's the best paint colour to spend the least amount of time cleaning?

On a scale of light to dark, and solid to pearlescent, what's the best paint colour to spend the least amount of time cleaning?

Asked on 12 February 2017 by Josh

Answered by Honest John
I have a Renault Kadjar outside in a sort of pearlescent red which shines right through quite a lot of collected dirt. Strangely, white works well and by far the worst colour of the lot for showing dirt and for cleaning is black.
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