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Originally Posted by DonC
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Keep in mind that what you see on your computer is only vaguely similar to what a paint color will look like in real life. Depending on the program and the photo to begin with there will be a lot of variations. Especially any of the reds.
Best bet is to haunt the car dealerships to find colors that appeal to you.
In my case I had to chase some guy in a Mustang for several miles into a Costco parking lot to ask him what the paint color was on his car (Red Fire Pearl Metallic). After that I took a 6"X12" piece of sheet metal, shot it with a rattle can of Red Fire and then his all the local parts stores and got about 8 samples of gold touch-up paint and put a stripe of gold from each one on the sheet metal. Waited for them to dry and then moved between incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy outside, sunny outside and in between. Finally settled on the GM Gold and went with it.
Lots of comments about the color combination at different events. Women seem to be more taken with it than men but women see a slightly more saturated color pallet than men do.
Bottom line is a photo on the web or on your computer will give you a general idea of what a color looks like but you really need to see it for yourself to know what it will really look like.
Added a "glamor photo" of mine but, again, the computer doesn't really do it justice.
DonC
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That is one cool picture!!!!!! I love Redfire especially in the different lights. I have an 04 terminator so I know the color well.
You are absolutely correct on the Internet is just a baseline. It sounds like we approach things a similar way. And yes, most of this picture exercise is for my wife. We did the same thing when we bought our GT500 and 04 SVT Cobra.
Thanks
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