Matching a vehicle color?

[Silver Star DC]

Hey everybody. I have a customer wanting to do a partial wrap on a 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sport. The color of the Jeep is Flame Red according to dealership I talked to. Does anybody know if there is a cross reference or way of matching printed vinyl to the color of this jeep? I have searched all day trying to figure out a PMS cross reference to this Jeep. I don't own a Pantone color guide, but I bet I will in the near future. But until then, can anyone help me figure out a way to cross reference this paint code to PMS? Any and all advice is welcomed and greatly appreciated.

 

[mpn]

I don't know what it's called, but the body shop / painter has a camera system that does what you're looking for.

 

[Aflac]

www.pantoneview.com/

 

[rjssigns]

What are you trying to do? Match interior pieces like the dash? If so remove the pieces and paint. If the dash is steel use a base/clear system. You can spray vinyl to match with special paint/dye.

Not that big of a deal. More time doing the R and R then anything.

For flat surfaces you can base/clear vinyl, contour cut and install. I used to do this years ago and it's still a handy trick.

 

[S'N'S]

Think he wants to match the paint in a partial print wrap.

 

[Bly]

I just tell people no but you're welcome to pick a colour from one of our wrap vinyl swatches.

 

[heyskull]

WE just completed a fleet of these wagons.

The trick is to either not let the two colours meet or change to print at a join (doors/panels).
It took about 8 test prints to get near to this colour.
Also it was printed on a very high quality print setting.

SC

 

[Conor Knoxx]

I ordered one of these on a kickstarter campaign, which in fact, I heard about here.
Unfortunately I haven't received it yet, to say how well it does/doesn't work. Sounds like the ideal situation for one though!
http://nixsensor.com/

 

[OldPaint]

http://www.tuvie.com/color-picker-by-jinsun-park/

 

[DesireeM]

Just a disclaimer though - If you end up trying to color match by eye using a swatch then make sure you do your color matching outside because CMYK colors look completely different in natural light then they do indoors. It has to do with light spectrums picking up different parts of the cmyk mix. Whereas paints are solid so they don't color-shift the same way.

Basically, even if your prints match when the car is outside it won't match when your customer parks his car in a garage.

 

[Mosh]

Short answer...not reasonable. You are going to spend more time matching than wrapping.
I have a CMYK chart printed and laminated on each film type I use. I use that to get as close as possible,sometimes
spot on, most of the time close enough. I keep the design in mind to help hide and mis-match.

 

[nikdoobs]

I did this for one of our trucks recently and got it extremely close to matching the paint color. You really can't notice the difference. I wrapped the whole door so there are no visible seams or color transitions.



Get a pms swatch book. Match the color in the sun as closely as possible to your pms book.


Pull up the PMS color on your computer and make about 10-20 slightly different color variant swatches. Note the cmyk vaules underneath them. Print those out on the vinyl you plan on using and hold them next to the vehicle.

Pick out the swatch that is closest and adjust your cmyk values accordingly. Repeat the process until you are satisfied.

 

[nikdoobs]

You are going to spend more time matching than wrapping.

It definitely takes a while. It took me about 2.5 hours to get the color right.

 

[Kentucky Wraps]

Just a disclaimer though - If you end up trying to color match by eye using a swatch then make sure you do your color matching outside because CMYK colors look completely different in natural light then they do indoors. It has to do with light spectrums picking up different parts of the cmyk mix. Whereas paints are solid so they don't color-shift the same way.

Basically, even if your prints match when the car is outside it won't match when your customer parks his car in a garage.

Yep...and also even if outside...the color looks completely different if it's in the shade vs direct sunlight due to the metal flake in the paint.

 

[Silver Star DC]

Thank you all for your advice and help. I was able to call one of the other shops here in town, and they let me borrow their pantone book. I have picked a range of colors from the book and going to print them out. Then I'm letting the customer pick the color that he thinks matches the best, then I will print the job. But thanks again to everyone who replied. You all were a great help in deciding on what I should do.

 

[GVP]

Perhaps get a rattle can of touch up paint in the color you need?