Two things I would like to know -

When is the first day you can order a 06'
And when will we be able to see what he new colors really are ???

 

I believe alot of what your talking about is due to the V.O.C. limits companies have to abide by. Don't ask me what VOC stands for just know it's always a concern at work and is found in alot of chemicles, including resins and solvents. Because of this, car paint just is not as smooth as old car paint. Saw a 1950's buik or somesuch with orgional seafoam paint that although oxidized somewhat, was smooth as glass. (looked more substantial too)

A degree of orange peel can be seen on almost every production car made. It's not quite orange peel degree though, just has dimples you can see in oblique light. You can always pay a shop to wet sand your whole car. $$$

Maybe I got lucky, my car definately has the dimples, but no worse than any other car out there, and to a lessar degree than alot I've seen. The 04 Honda Accord V6 that parks next to me has more noticable dimples. Saw some Saturns with what looked like a $100 repaint type orange peel at the auto show.

 

Volatile Organic Chemicals

 

Not sure about it being metallic. From what I've read on the '06 Harley F-150 @ ford.com, its just an illustrious, shiny, wet-look. I think that they refer to it as "piano black"

"You say potato, I say vodka".

 

Black is the absence of color.
Ebony is a heavy, almost black hard wood from Africa. They used to make the small dark piano keys out of it.

 

Black on the left... Ebony on the right.

the pics were taken in different resolutions...

 

Now that refers to light particles. In pigmentation, black is a combination of all pigments to receive that desired color.

 

Hard to tell from the photos but looks like what I read on ford.com, "shiny, wet-look."

 

Just to add something about orange peel...
The orange peel finish is typically caused by spraying too thin of a coat or the presence of moisture in the spraying equipment, or a combination of the two. I believe it was previously mentioned about color sanding in order to achieve a perfect finish, but this is simply not an option on mass produced cars.
What the manufacturers could do (and yes, it would cost a few more $) would be to have tighter quality controls in place for monitoring spray equipment moisture levels and also to icrease the the coating thickness by a "mil" or two.
I've "messed" with paint just a little in my past, my recent canvases have been a little bigger though, see image.

 

My 97 Taurus SHO was ebony, it appeared just short of black as it had gold metal flake.

 

So would this mean that Ebony would replace black in 06? Hmmm, this might make me have to move my plans a couple months sooner. To me, black should be black, not some tricked-up metal flake that's "almost" black. :scratch:

 

I don't think Ebony will have any gold metal flakes in it.

Why would Ford offer the Harley Davidson F-150 in the only color w/ gold metallic flakes with a brite orange stripe running down the side of it :scratch:

That would be one hideous creation.

 

Now that refers to light particles. In pigmentation, black is a combination of all pigments to receive that desired color.
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Hm.
Well, even the pigments produce the desired effect: By their absorbing all the colors, that means there *is* an absence of color. It's absent from your vision, after all...

Well, it's all piceous to me...

 

Hm.
Well, even the pigments produce the desired effect: By their absorbing all the colors, that means there *is* an absence of color. It's absent from your vision, after all...

Well, it's all piceous to me...
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You aint kiddin', I 'm blind as a bat. My prescription for my contacts is -7.50 for one eye and -8.00 for the the other. So yes, there is a lot that is absent from my vision.