Thread: paint collor mixing change? modify collor?

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I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE.

IF YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR ON A CAR, INSTEAD OF A CHIP....DO IT!
(Usually the chip is on a white background, which makes it look darker than it will on the car.)

ALSO, SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A METALLIC....LOOK AT IT IN THE SUN!

Yep hotrod, ask me how I know. The second paint job I ever did was the 48 Chevy pickup I still own. It was 1977 and I wanted a "Compitition orange". I pulled out a 76 Corvette page from the chip book and found an orange and said, "this is it".

I got home after spending about a days pay ($33.00) on a gallon of Ditzler acrylic enamel only to open the can and almost get sick. It was a HORRIBLE (looking back) yellow orange color. I had no money, I didn't understand that I could have gone back and had the guy shoot a bunch of red toner in it, that would have HAD to help it some. But, all I could do is use it, I had no choice.

Well, my cool chopped top truck looked like a friggin pumpkin. If you want to see the color, google "CalTrans" truck. It is the color of the darn State of California Highway dept trucks! It's name is Omaha Orange and was a fleet color from 1936 until the present. And you guessed it, in the goofy seventies they shot it on the Vette, in 1976 only I think! My luck, and ignorance.

Brian

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pi...car_4x4_ii.jpg