so i was cruisin on the freeway and this turbo bug drove by me. its was silver at first sight but after closer inspection i saw it had greens and purples in it when the light hit it but the silver was always there. it kinda looked like oil but lighter you know? i've never seen anything like it but it was so sick im thinkin thats gonna be my color when i get my front end on. any ideas on what it mite be called. thx for the help ladies n gents.

 

chemeleon, probobly spelled wrong, did it change colors as it went by you?

 

well that was teh weirde part. ive seen chameleon paint jobs and it wasnt like it. it never changed it just had glimmers of green and purple. it didnt go silver to green to purple. it was silver from all angles but as i passed it, it rippled with green and purple, but again, the silver could always be seen.

 

it was prolly a silver coat wit purple & green flakes

 

nope your both wrong.

Ever hear of "ghost flames" ?
It goes along the same technique. VERY expensive.
You lay a silver basecoat down. Then you spray green and purple pearls over it. I think they do one other coat of something else. then clearcoat. Wet-sand + buff. The pearescents don't give it a color changing affect, they make it "flicker" when it goes by certain angles and lights. very cool trick.

Search google for "ghost flames" or "ghost painjob"

 

hrm... good info, somebody post a pic of this, I'm too lazy

 

it did flicker im glad somebody knew what i was talkin bout. i knew it wasnt flaking and i knew it wasn't color changin. it was on a turbo bug that some middle age lady was pimpin , go figure