Pabs <pab### [at] NOzSiPpAMto> wrote in message news:3c638a59@news.povray.org...
> For a while now I have been seeing cars* with paint jobs such that if you
> look at them from one angle & then from another the colour changes. The
ones
> I have seen are purple at the front, fading to orange around the sides
(not
> sure if this the best way to describe this). It is like the colour is
> dependent on the difference between the angle of the observer and the
> surface normal?
>
> Anyone else seen these cars/know how they do it?
> Maybe something similar to iridescence?
>
> I'm thinking that in POV u might be able to get this effect by some
> combination of fresnel & metallic & metallic reflection.
>
> Bye,
> Pabs
> *in fact one of my neighbours has one in their driveway
> either ford or commodore - not sure & not big on cars
>
>

It's made by Dupont and it's called Chromalusion Paint

As you can see from this page.. it's spendy stuff.

http://www.dupontautomotivepaint.com/

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