View Poll Results: Which Two Tone would you choose?
Amethyst Over Candy Green
2
5.71%
Amethyst Over Candy Red
1
2.86%
Amethyst Over Candy Gold
2
5.71%
Amethyst Over Daytona Blue
4
11.43%
Amethyst Over Purple
8
22.86%
Amethyst Over Teal
1
2.86%
Some other option PLEASE
12
34.29%
I hate Two Tone color schemes
5
14.29%
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Two Tone Choices
04-20-2006, 06:21 PM
#3
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Join Date: 10-14-2005
Location: Rochester,N.Y.
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I'm not really a fan of amethyst but if I had to choose I would say go dark. 
Maybe black and amethyst? 
Amethyst is a hard color to think of what other color would go with it. I like booksmitty's pearl ghost flames over amethyst. 
Maybe black and amethyst? Amethyst is a hard color to think of what other color would go with it. I like booksmitty's pearl ghost flames over amethyst.
04-20-2006, 07:38 PM
#6
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Join Date: 10-14-2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 5,359
Originally Posted by captain howdy
I'm not really a fan of amethyst but if I had to choose I would say go dark. Maybe black and amethyst?
Maybe black and amethyst?Or even Dark Metallic silver with a silver pinstripe separating the two.
Just a thought...
04-20-2006, 08:18 PM
#7
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Join Date: 02-12-2006
Location: Space Coast, FL
Posts: 847
I kinda like the amethyst and purple idea as long as it's the right shade of purple since amythyst is almost a purple too. I'd prefer the two colors be close to each other sorta like ghost flames are.
20 + years ago I had Ron's paint and body in Pensacola do my 71 Vette in a black diamond with a solid black stripe down the center "Tee'd" accross the tail. When I told him about my color choices he said I was nuts because you would hardly be able to see the black stripe. I had him do it anyway against his better judgment. When I went to pick up my car he had it sitting in the center of his show room. There were about a dozen people surrounding the car just looking at it. When I got up to the car some of them made comments of how beautiful it looked and they all loved the un-intrusive stripe. They mostly liked the fact that it created a double take, kinda like..... "Is that a stripe?" WOW it is. And once you realized there was a there it made you smile. To this day Ron still has some photos of it in his book and show's it off when ever he get's a chance. Ron Brown is a great body man and painter, we met when we were stationed together in the Navy and have been friends ever since although I've moved away. But when ever I do see him he still comments about how I (not a pro body guy) taught him (a pro body guy) something about color combination matching. He's never forgot it, I've since seen some of his creations based on the same concept. Looking good Ron
Now I've just got to think of something along those lines to do to the HHR.
20 + years ago I had Ron's paint and body in Pensacola do my 71 Vette in a black diamond with a solid black stripe down the center "Tee'd" accross the tail. When I told him about my color choices he said I was nuts because you would hardly be able to see the black stripe. I had him do it anyway against his better judgment. When I went to pick up my car he had it sitting in the center of his show room. There were about a dozen people surrounding the car just looking at it. When I got up to the car some of them made comments of how beautiful it looked and they all loved the un-intrusive stripe. They mostly liked the fact that it created a double take, kinda like..... "Is that a stripe?" WOW it is. And once you realized there was a there it made you smile. To this day Ron still has some photos of it in his book and show's it off when ever he get's a chance. Ron Brown is a great body man and painter, we met when we were stationed together in the Navy and have been friends ever since although I've moved away. But when ever I do see him he still comments about how I (not a pro body guy) taught him (a pro body guy) something about color combination matching. He's never forgot it, I've since seen some of his creations based on the same concept. Looking good Ron
Now I've just got to think of something along those lines to do to the HHR.
04-20-2006, 10:26 PM
#8
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Join Date: 01-20-2006
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 1,230
Black and Amethyst sounds good or either a real dark metallic green and Amethyst two tone. Amethyst to Purple would be interesting if you went into a fade or blending paint job where the purple would gradually change into the Amethyst as you went down the car possibly ending in a medium to light silver metallic.
04-20-2006, 10:55 PM
#9
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Join Date: 02-23-2006
Location: Mesa Arizona
Posts: 2,529
Originally Posted by txsman2930
Black and Amethyst sounds good or either a real dark metallic green and Amethyst two tone. Amethyst to Purple would be interesting if you went into a fade or blending paint job where the purple would gradually change into the Amethyst as you went down the car possibly ending in a medium to light silver metallic.
I had the wife the photos she did not care for the 2 tone, once I told her this she agreed.
04-21-2006, 01:03 AM
#10
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Join Date: 02-20-2006
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 520
Use white pearl & clear mix to give a lighter look. That's what is used to get Ghost Flames.
You can feather the line edge of the paint heavier as the end of my flames are done to give it some definition. Then 3 clear coats.
Just an idea.
