Deep Impact Blue can look purple
5/12/12, 09:41 PM
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Deep Impact Blue can look purple
Had the new Mustang in the garage and it looked really purple in the garage light so I tried to capture it with my phone camera. The garage picture is pretty crappy and does not show how really purple it looks but you can see the difference. kind of interesting, I like it.
Big mess in the garage I know.
Big mess in the garage I know.
5/12/12, 09:54 PM
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Had the new Mustang in the garage and it looked really purple in the garage light so I tried to capture it with my phone camera. The garage picture is pretty crappy and does not show how really purple it looks but you can see the difference. kind of interesting, I like it.
Big mess in the garage I know.
Big mess in the garage I know.
5/13/12, 07:57 AM
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It's the awful dealer sticker that is making it purple.
5/13/12, 08:17 AM
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Had the new Mustang in the garage and it looked really purple in the garage light so I tried to capture it with my phone camera. The garage picture is pretty crappy and does not show how really purple it looks but you can see the difference. kind of interesting, I like it.
Big mess in the garage I know.
Big mess in the garage I know.
5/13/12, 05:37 PM
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Kona blue did the same thing.
It's caused by the type of flakes used in the metallic paint. The flakes use a prismatic effect to create the color. What color they reflect depends on the thickness of the flake.
The thing is, it's all designed around normal midday sunlight. If you get a setting sun, or under some types of lighting where the light is heavily shifted towards the red end of the spectrum then the color reflected back by the flakes is purple rather than blue, which makes the whole car look purple.
It's caused by the type of flakes used in the metallic paint. The flakes use a prismatic effect to create the color. What color they reflect depends on the thickness of the flake.
The thing is, it's all designed around normal midday sunlight. If you get a setting sun, or under some types of lighting where the light is heavily shifted towards the red end of the spectrum then the color reflected back by the flakes is purple rather than blue, which makes the whole car look purple.
5/13/12, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Moustang
Sure it has. you've just never paid attention.
This is the hood of my Kona Blue. I took this specifically to show how the slight change in angle causes the paint to look purple at the top.
Last edited by 11SHELBYGT500; 5/13/12 at 06:01 PM.