Kestas
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I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
I love silver cars.
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Patman
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Originally Posted By: Kestas
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
Black and white are actually very difficult colors to match also, I've seen it many times. I've had sections repainted on two different black cars and in both cases the black had a different hue to it than the original paint. I'm also a bit pickier than the average person when it comes to color though, due to my profession (for the past 20 years I've done color correction and retouching in the magazine and photography industries)
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
Black and white are actually very difficult colors to match also, I've seen it many times. I've had sections repainted on two different black cars and in both cases the black had a different hue to it than the original paint. I'm also a bit pickier than the average person when it comes to color though, due to my profession (for the past 20 years I've done color correction and retouching in the magazine and photography industries)
I've always loved Silver cars for this reason. My 01 Impala was Silver, the Malibu is Silver(lease). For a lease Silver is your best bet at hiding imperfections for lease turn-in. Wife and Friend both had Black cars and I got my wife the White Pearl Impreza and my friend got a Silver 08 GXP Grand Prix after seeing my Impala at 9 years age and mint paint wise.
Originally Posted By: Kestas
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
This isn't serious is it? They are not easy at all. Especially white. Park a bunch of white cars side by side and no 2 are alike. Even if they're suppose to just be white.
FWIW I don't miss my 02 Maxima that much because it was silver. It was the most common color and the only 6 speed I could find, if it had been white I would have kept it forever.
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
This isn't serious is it? They are not easy at all. Especially white. Park a bunch of white cars side by side and no 2 are alike. Even if they're suppose to just be white.
FWIW I don't miss my 02 Maxima that much because it was silver. It was the most common color and the only 6 speed I could find, if it had been white I would have kept it forever.
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Originally Posted By: SLCraig
Originally Posted By: Kestas
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
This isn't serious is it? They are not easy at all. Especially white. Park a bunch of white cars side by side and no 2 are alike. Even if they're suppose to just be white....
I'm quite serious. I work a lot with photography, including film photography, and found gray is the hardest color to reproduce. Gray comes in all hues. It can take on a greenish tone, brownish... pretty much any color. Other colors - though they can also be off during a match - aren't as sensitive or noticeable as gray.
As far as white goes, there are many different whites used for automotive paint. At one point, Chrysler had seven different whites in their lineup. Mr. Iacocca put a stop to that nonsense. This may account for the different whites you noticed.
Originally Posted By: Kestas
I just wanted to point out that silver (and gray) are the most difficult colors to match when painting for repair. Black and white are the easiest to match.
This isn't serious is it? They are not easy at all. Especially white. Park a bunch of white cars side by side and no 2 are alike. Even if they're suppose to just be white....
I'm quite serious. I work a lot with photography, including film photography, and found gray is the hardest color to reproduce. Gray comes in all hues. It can take on a greenish tone, brownish... pretty much any color. Other colors - though they can also be off during a match - aren't as sensitive or noticeable as gray.
As far as white goes, there are many different whites used for automotive paint. At one point, Chrysler had seven different whites in their lineup. Mr. Iacocca put a stop to that nonsense. This may account for the different whites you noticed.
I think color matching is most difficult for older cars. A 10 years old car had been park outside under the sun for 10 years has fading color, if a panel is needed to repaint it is very difficult to mix paint to duplicate 10 years of fading.
Kestas
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I believe they do. Maybe someone in the business can verify this.
Patman
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Another problem with matching paint color perfectly is the fact that the color is also slightly affected by the number of coats of clear that go over top of it.
Originally Posted By: dwcopple
maybe in that instance, they could scan some of the damaged panel's paint and computer match it then? Or am I dreaming? Seems if they can do that for house paint, auto should be able to too.
Sounds right...
maybe in that instance, they could scan some of the damaged panel's paint and computer match it then? Or am I dreaming? Seems if they can do that for house paint, auto should be able to too.
Sounds right...
My Merc is two-tone silver/grey. My silverado before it was silver, love the color on a daily driver. On a toy it has to be either black or a loud color. The grabber blue on the new mustang is sexy!
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