Custom Paint Color

[KiLLeR2001]

Hey guys, finishing up my s15 conversion soon and I'm having an extremely hard time finding the color I'm looking for. I've looked through 30+ pages of the definitive paint thread and could not find a color that suits what I'm after.

Think the Midnight Purple from the R32 Skyline, but instead of a hue of purple, I want the hue to be red. I want to car to appear black but when the light hits it you can see a nice red color.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1852/761/29627880001_large.jpg

http://www.allblitz.com.au/cars/images/gtr800hp/50.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/XspeedstarX/r33andjapheaven240405006.jpg

If you guys could post any shades of red that resemble the Midnight Purple that would be most appreciated, with paint codes too please. Thanks :)

[Bob_Sagat]

Heyyy, no way! You're the dude that bought my old car right? Got any more pics of it? I'm excited to see how it turns out.

[KiLLeR2001]

Haha yeah dude whats up? Didn't think you still posted here... I'm about 85% done with the conversion, still working out a few things with the fenders...

http://tehl33tsite.com/240sxdd/black240/s15conv/IMAG0019.jpg

http://tehl33tsite.com/240sxdd/black240/s15conv/IMAG0031.jpg

[Bob_Sagat]

Yeah, I'm still on here. For a while I just really involved in the xb scene. But I just picked up my 3rd 240 since that one, so I've been a little more active. The car's looking good man, can't wait to see it done.

[helikz]

i think you're likely looking for a candy brandywine or persimmon, tinted darker, but I think it's basically what you're looking at. Look at house of kolor's webpage.

KBC01 - Brandywine

http://www.houseofkolor.com/images/speedshapes/KBC01_BC25.jpg

[KiLLeR2001]

helikz, I think you have the right idea. How would I go about taking the Brandywine color and making it darker though?

[helikz]

brandywine is a basecoat, house of kolor also sells every pearl you can think of.

one idea i got while looking at their online shop was a red pearl over a black basecoat.

http://www.houseofkolor.com/images/speedshapes/DP20_BC25.jpg

you could also do the reverse, if you wanted something completely ill, you could go black base, red pearl like seen above, but use a metajul pearl tinted with the red/black which is an extremely fine metallic pearl that can be tinted with any of their other pearls.

Buyer beware though, House of Kolor paint is not cheap, and I wouldn't trust the work to just anyone.