Around here we've seen quite a range of colors "flattened", and my hope is that the trend will continue to diminish. I simply cannot see the logic of all the time and money for prep work only to dull it down with satin/flat top coat. Kind of like cutting holes in a new pair of pants to me. Someone wrote the other day that they're seeing a trend to single stage acrylics for a period look as opposed to the "mile deep" clear coat. That seems "right" to me. When I finally get around to shooting color it will likely be single stage, or what my paint guy calls "sugar coat" with a couple of coats of single stage with a top coat of 50/50 color & clear.

Astroracer, you pose a great question - the panels on that van are indeed a very large canvas. I think you're on the right track with some type of "stealth" graphics - never seen it done, but wonder what would some large "stealth" pinstriping would look like?