New here so hello to all

 

Can someone clear up the confusion surrounding if these 2 cars are supposedly the same colour code (Rallye Green Metallic 9585 or F6Z)

I actually want to paint a bike in what I thought was Rallye Green Metallic

Basically I got a glimpse in traffic of what I though was a Fabia wagon and thought the colour was perfect (For a Kawasaki)

 

The car I saw looked like this

 

But most google searches (and the dealership sample colours) look like this

 

 

Im confused....so any help much appreciated

That could just be different lighting. Your first photo is bright sun, on the camera side of the car. The second is overcast and a bit contre-jour (shooting up-sun).

 

And yes photo 1 would look great on a green meanie!

That could just be different lighting. Your first photo is bright sun, on the camera side of the car. The second is overcast and a bit contre-jour (shooting up-sun).

 

And yes photo 1 would look great on a green meanie!

It must be some sort of a pearl or candy colour then for the lighting to make that much of a difference

Thanks for reply

It must be some sort of a pearl or candy colour then for the lighting to make that much of a difference

Thanks for reply

Just look at the way Photo 1 "pops"; of course it's a kandy (all VAG metallics are since about 2000).

I believe this is known as metamerism. Colours are only 'true', i.e. as intended, in a defined light source. Bright sunlight, overcast, flourescent light, tungsten etc etc all produce different "colours". Try looking at cars under sodium lights...some colours cannotbreally be defined.

Major retailers choose their shop lighting values very carefully and then clothing etc colours are all 'correct' in lighting of that value. This is why, some folks buyba garment of a colour they loved in store and aren't keen on it at home.

Car paint is nomdifferentm metallics, pearls etc just complicate the matter even further. I think this is why repairers also overspray adjoining panels - to fool the eye.

Skoda will have a defined factory lab light source to check paint batches before commiting to the paint system.

My old 02 Polo is the standard VAG metallic black, and it's noticeable in bright sunlight that the plastic panels (bumpers and filler cap) are a different shade to the bodywork. Any other lighting (and if it's not perfectly clean!) and it looks all the same shade. Colour matching is damn hard.

My old 02 Polo is the standard VAG metallic black, and it's noticeable in bright sunlight that the plastic panels (bumpers and filler cap) are a different shade to the bodywork. Any other lighting (and if it's not perfectly clean!) and it looks all the same shade. Colour matching is damn hard.

Indeed. There may also be an effect from the primer used and the application system. I have seen a demo where the same paint put through a normal spray-gun system looks different to when applied via an airbrush. And, again, light source confuses things even further.

Add to that, of course, the way that different cameras, camera 'phones and computer systems treat colour, then add in the variability of screens used for viewing. Only professionals get their screens calibrated on a regular basis. The rest of us just take whatever we're given, on the whole. Colour is an extremely complex topic.

I was going to get the green and you are correct it's a different shade which I was gutted about .

The primer on mine (keyed through the varnish and colour coat but not down to metal) is a pale grey.

The primer on mine (keyed through the varnish and colour coat but not down to metal) is a pale grey.

Ouch, wouldn't you just love to get your hands on the type who do this sort of thing. 

Ouch, wouldn't you just love to get your hands on the type who do this sort of thing. 

I even know what I'd do to them; string them up, but not by the neck, by somewhere more sensitive!

 

Hi - if there are different shades of Rally Green how can I tell which is which?  Thinking of a second hand Rally Green Rapid Spaceback - and hoping it's the "bright" shade...

I had a rally green VRs Octavia and depending on how clean it was and under which lighting, it regularly looked different shades.

 

It looked awesome when clean, polished and under LED street lights

Modern LED street lighting has a higher colour temperature than older street lighting.

The Kelvin rating is higher and close to daylight at about 5,500 degrees Kelvin.

 

The first photo has been photoshopped, the colours/saturation/contrast look false to me.

But it does look good!

 

Thanks AG Falco.

 

Slightly off topic but I absolutely hate modern LED street lighting as I can see it doesn't light roads and pavements as well as the old sodium orange lights. They are almost useless in my opinion.