I'd say a black cherry color. Or the black rose. But novas look good in light colors too. a 2door looks good in almost any color, but 4 doors are a bit harder (i'm battling with a color choice myself)

Have you thought of a light metallic blue? There was an 69 SS here in my town that was light blue..it looked great.

Is it 3spd auto or 3spd manual?

I had a 72 nova 250i6, 3spd manual on the tree

now i got a 70 230i6 (blew it, got a sbc in it) and a 2spd powerglide, had a TH350, but it blew after only a week of driving on it. So the 2spd is back in..and runs good. slow, but good.

Both of mine have been green, one was medium, the 70 is dark.

I'd say, go to a GOOD shop, or a House of Kolor store and look throught some samples, and choose from there or make your own color with 2 different colors. I can post a picture of a hotwheels i have, it's light blue, had white stripes and a white side stripe, the stinger hood, it's a good color scheme.

Dallas
70 Nova - 305, 2spd PWRGLD, 4door, 97k miles
68 Dart coupe - 318, TF727, Yellow, 121K, Factory AC and P/S.
......95 neon..i don't claim it as my own. What's wrong with it? It's a neon. Hell, they hate themselves!