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Chuckmotor

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What color paint do you think looks shiniest, deepest, and most beautiful when perfectly detailed? I think I'd have to go with a bright red, but what do you think?
 
Without a doubt, BLACK. Because black looks BAD so easily - and shows defects more than any other color - yet when it is properly detailed, it becomes the best "mirror" of any color.

I would have to agree that red is a close second. But the reason for this is that there are in fact very few colors available from most mfg's that are NOT metallic. Usually black, red and white only. Non-metallic colors don't scatter the light like metallics do - even metallic black - so they tend to show flaws much more readily. If there were cars available today in non-metallic colors that were darker than the red, - like a dark brown, blue or black - they would probably come in between red and black.

/Greg

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Silver is tough to get a shine on. AWESOME glossy silver cars always amazed me...



But BLACK does look incredible when done right......check out this pic off of the Fbody board of a Z-28 "A" pillar zainoed....



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I would have to agree and say black. There is nothing more stunning than a perfectly detailed black car.
 
I think the metallic definitely has a different look. Not that mirror shine, but when detailed properly, it looks like the metalic flakes are flowing in the paint. Very striking. I'm not sure if I like one more than the other. But solid black, super slick and shiny is hard to beat (unless its yellow or red or.....)



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Black . . . but its a real challenge. Red is good. My car is a compromize: Black Cherry!



I do have a black interior, and that takes work, but at least it is not subject to swirls, like black paint.
 
I've got nothing against metallic - just wasn't the answer to this question. Metallic cars are easier to maintain - my BMW has metallic "anthracite" and looks almost as good dirty as clean. It has many more swirls than the Porshce (because I can tolerate them) but you just don't see them. So the difference between a metallic car dirty and clean simply isn't as great. If you DON'T care about detailing or simply don't want to have to work as often or hard, metallic is the only way to go! even metallic black has this characteristic. But when truly clean and shiny, it doesn't look half as good as the non-metallic black car.
 
Any color on a Vette! Man I'm always blown away when I see a nicely detailed Vette. Silver, Pewter, Black, Red and even Yellow look awesome.
 
When the acura is done right, it is a pleasure to look at......



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Being an old fart and having had just about every colour under the sun what with personal or company cars, there is still only one colour as when Henry Ford started out. It can be a pain to keep clean (especially in winter) and at times it can frustrate you to no end but when done right it stands out above all others. One of the sweetest cars I ever had (back in the days of vinyl roofs) was black on black on black. I traded it on a new car and the dealer told me it was on his lot for 1 1/2 hours before it sold.

The new products are really superior now for detailing black.

Hey don't get me wrong any clour can look better with some tlc but I just keep going back to black.
 
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