Guys! Your wives/girlfriends/sisters learned this when they were
teenagers: Solid colours are more slimming than patterns. So, if you
really want to know how to paint your car to match or emphasize its body
style, ask them... ;)
On Sunday 15 December 2002 05:02 pm, you wrote:
> Jan Eyerman wrote:
> > The reason is that light colors tend to blend in with the
> > background and bright colors draw your eye. Dark colors provide a
> > sharp break with the background and emphasize the cars smallness.
>
> There is a similar effect with cars that have sharply drawn styling
> compared to those that have rounded styling. Rounded styling, popular
> in the '50s, makes cars look bigger - sharp square lines make them look
> smaller.
>
> Vic
>
> > Interesting, it is
> > better to have painted head light rims on an Alpine as that emphasizes
> > the cars length-making it appear longer then it is (desireable on a
> > car like the Alpine). Chrome headlight rims cause the car to look
> > almost "choppy". They noted that the use of Chrome rims on the Minx
> > was a mistake-they blamed Raymond Lowey. Use of the painted rims on
> > the Alpine (along with the fins) great emphasized length-they credited
> > that to Bourne and thought it was much better.
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