# paint guru's; name this colour

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-gurus-name-this-colour/109136>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [September 4, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-gurus-name-this-colour/109136 "2007-09-04T06:57:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lith](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lith)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-gurus-name-this-colour/109136/21 "2007-09-05T10:08:48Z")

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> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8661/428):
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> paint looks to be a flat white base with a blue tint, and a 85% gloss clear coat with at least one pearl in it maybe two, hard to tell without an extreme close up of a specular shot
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> wheels could also be the URAS wheels. But the Bee\*R sounds about right.

forgot about the URAS NS-01 wheels… again, I’m sure those are all the same ones… just branded differently.

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**Author:** ![Ed1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Ed1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ed1)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-gurus-name-this-colour/109136/22 "2007-09-05T16:01:49Z")

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uh…

pictures photochopped? light looks too “dull” or… damn they took it on a cloudy day.,

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**Author:** ![BAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bas/32/5540_2.png) [@BAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BAS)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-gurus-name-this-colour/109136/23 "2007-09-05T19:24:02Z")

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Thats why I said 85% gloss, it reduces the highlight/specularity and increases the diffusion levels; With allot of pearl in the clear coat, more diffusion brings the pearl to the forefront. The reduction in severe highlight won’t wash out the pearls.

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