What is the color of Jay Gatsby's car?

Jay Gatsby’s car in The Great Gatsby is yellow, specifically a yellow Rolls-Royce.

The flamboyant automobile suits Gatsby’s public image: he is a mysterious new millionaire who hosts lavish parties at his West Egg mansion. The car is large, conspicuous, and instantly recognizable, making it an emblem of his extravagant lifestyle and newly acquired wealth.

The vehicle also drives the novel’s central tragedy. After the confrontation at the Plaza Hotel, Daisy Buchanan drives Gatsby’s yellow car while returning to East Egg. She strikes and kills Myrtle Wilson in the Valley of Ashes. Gatsby then allows others to believe he was responsible, hoping to protect Daisy from the consequences.

Readers sometimes confuse Gatsby’s car with Tom Buchanan’s blue coupé, which appears during the same journey to New York. The yellow Rolls-Royce belongs to Gatsby and is important not only as a status symbol but also as the object that links Gatsby to Myrtle’s death and George Wilson’s revenge.