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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Good, Bad, or just plain Ugly

I was messin with photoshop and i came up with this color. what do you all think? i sorta like it. but i wanna know your honest opinions.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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its actually kinda cool.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:42 AM
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its different I'll give you that. it reminds me of sunset orange (or something like that) though
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:52 AM
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looks like a pearlescent gold to me
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:56 AM
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Not my type of thing...

I noticed your gold wheels though. Is your car a Recaro Edition?
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 01:53 AM
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That color looks really good actually. Sort of a sunset orange (as mentioned). But I am seeing a goldish tint to it. So that means one thing. Black. Use that color with black and you will have one sweet a$$ ride.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 01:59 AM
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Its pretty cool, never seen that color before, but pretty cool
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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thanks for the comments.. keep em comin i was planning to use black with it and my car is not a recaro...i dont know if these rims originally came on the car but they were on it when i bought it
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 11:35 AM
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Looks alright
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:15 PM
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it doesnt looks like a color that could be done. It looks like a photoshop , it would be cool if you could paint it and have it look like that .
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 12:20 PM
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I would be very surprised if you could find a painter that could match that color, you would have to do it in a kandy process, using a gold base, translusent color, and clear, so you are talking 5-6 for a pant job like that. Plus you would probably have to use pearl in the clear coat to achive the look. Man I just don't see how you would get that color, with it looking that metalic. I have seen metal flake paint that looked kinda like it, on a boat, but ...

I guess you could have the car coated in gold leaf, if your pockets are deap enough.

You can get the eye droper tool in photoshop and select the color and then get the RGB or CYMK color combination that might help the painter.

It would be a cool color for flames, or raceing stripe or ground effects on a black car, I doubt I would do a whole car in it though.

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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 01:39 PM
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I was at my local paintshop and saw a color almost exactly like that. They had a bunch of kamelion color models, and one of them was that strange orangish... almost exactly. So to get it done, check one of those kamelions.
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