Basic steps and essentials of car pearl paint color matching

Basic steps and essentials of car pearl paint color matching

Ordinary pearl paint has inconsistent colors when viewed from the front or side, and it gives people a brighter feeling, with fine silver particles and soft luster, like silk and satin, with a three-dimensional effect of illusion and flickering.

1.Today, let's talk about the basic steps and essentials of pearl paint color matching.

First of all, it is necessary to accurately judge the difference between the front and side hues (base color/face color). For example, our "fine yellow pearls" are yellow on the front and red on the sides. When you are not familiar with the color effect of the color masterbatch, you can first apply some paint with the paint ruler, and then add some micro-color masterbatches to be added on the paint ruler to see the effect, if not, use other colors Masterbatch, so as to avoid adding inappropriate color masterbatch to the car pearl paint.

2. Determine the type, thickness and quantity of pearls.

According to the analysis, first add the main color masterbatch and then add various pearls and stir effectively, adjust according to the law of color development, pay attention to the hue performance of the front and side colors.

3. Spray board color comparison.

When comparing colors, the color board and the body are on the same plane.

1) Check the lightness, observe the color of the test panel from the front and side to see if the color is too dark or too light.

2) Check the hue to see if the front side of the test board is redder, bluer, or yellower than the front side of the original color board.

3) Check the chroma to see if the color of the test plate is higher or lower than that of the original color plate.

4) Check whether the number, thickness and type of pearls are consistent with the color of the original car.

4. Color correction.

Make fine-tuning according to the method and technique of metallic paint toning, and gradually achieve the effect that basically matches the original color palette.

Three key points for pearl paint toning:

a. It is very important to choose the right color masterbatch, and you must memorize the front and side performance and transparency of the color masterbatch. Because pearl paint generally uses transparent color masterbatch.

b. Adjust the front and side hues of pearl paint and magic pearl paint, mainly relying on plain color masterbatch to express. The mother-of-pearl color is mainly the type, quantity and thickness, and the front side is the second (except for light-colored or pure pearl paint).

c. Toning principle: According to the analysis chart of the color masterbatch, adjust the shade first, then adjust the hue; mainly adjust the hue of the front side, taking into account the hue of the side; and adjust the principle of taking into account the size and quantity of pearl particles.