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[RAO-3]

Congratulations on picking a color; your car is going to look great I'm sure. It's all easy after that!

-Ray

[ack fia]

The GM Indigo Blue on my ERA FIA (2039) looks too purple in the bright sun. Maybe it was the type of paint (Tony painted it) but watch out if you want a real dark blue all the time. I think there are better ones out there.

[*13*]

What happened to Pink with Orange stripes?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by *13*

What happened to Pink with Orange stripes?

You can't go by the "name" of the color. My color actually has the word "beige" in it and when I told Walt at CCC that I wanted my Cobra painted beige he told me he would do it, but first insisted that "I think it over" for a little while before I gave him the final go-ahead.

[Mooch]

http://jalopnik.com/5428939/beige-is-the-new-vanilla

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Mooch

http://jalopnik.com/5428939/beige-is-the-new-vanilla

Exactly my point. My wife's got a beige car, and its color doesn't look anything like my Cobra. I think they just used the word "beige" in the color to make it more appealing. But, back on point, I've seen dark blues that look purple in certain lights; reds that look orange, etc. Plus, some car colors, when viewed through sun glasses in direct sun light, will have an absolutely different color. If that stuff's important, then people need to view their potential colors in different lights and with their sunglasses on and off.

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Exactly my point. My wife's got a beige car, and its color doesn't look anything like my Cobra. I think they just used the word "beige" in the color to make it more appealing. But, back on point, I've seen dark blues that look purple in certain lights; reds that look orange, etc. Plus, some car colors, when viewed through sun glasses in direct sun light, will have an absolutely different color. If that stuff's important, then people need to view their potential colors in different lights and with their sunglasses on and off.

I have seen exactly the same thing, the perceived color can change depending on a lot of external factors and the 'name' can be more of a guide than a precise description of the color.

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by *13*

What happened to Pink with Orange stripes?

I thought it was Orange with Pink stripes ... make up your mind

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by ack fia

The GM Indigo Blue on my ERA FIA (2039) looks too purple in the bright sun. Maybe it was the type of paint (Tony painted it) but watch out if you want a real dark blue all the time. I think there are better ones out there.

You bring up an excellent point, and are right about the purple. A few of the Indigo samples that I looked at had a tinge of purple and for a lot of people, that is exactly what they are looking for. Other Indigo cars and samples I looked at had a decidedly blue hue to them when in bright sunlight.

I actually looked at a lot of different paints on cars and on paint chip samples. There also seems to be slightly different interpretations of a color based on the name, and both Guardsman Blue and Indigo are two such good examples.

It really comes down to the actual paint code (PPG code in my case) and not the paint name. Although I have not seen the car yet, I know that CCC ordered the correct PPG number and would assume the PPG paint manufacturing process is very consistent.

The bottom line is that the car is painted and I won't absolutely know for sure it's exactly what I envisioned, until I actually see the car.