I had the same issue when trying to choose custom colors. First one was on the Bombadil, and after choosing an almost black dark green found that the painter either chose another dark green color due to him not having the Imron one I had chosen, or that the color I chose looked completetely different when painted on the frame vs. what I had imagined it would look like. Could never tell, but learned a valuable lesson: Colors look different in charts than they do on real objects!
I was dissapointed with the Bombadil's color, but luckily, the current owner just loved it. When I needed to repaint the Atlantis, after much debate and going back and forth, as well as countless photo reviews on Flickr, I decided that Grant's original color choice was the best option for it. I asked the painter (Riv's local painter) to repaint it with the original Atlantis colors and just added a panel on the downtube with a different decal to differentiate it from the stock configuration and make it unique and personal. The color came out very lovely, but when compared side by side with the original fork, it's different. I was already warned to expect that, but does it mean that there isn't a single official color, that the different painters use different brands with colors that are supposed to be equivalent or that the quality control at Imron sucks? Or, perhaps, that the effects of time and sun on the paint will change it? Now I have to send the Hunqapillar for a repaint since it's got its new fork, the one thing I know is that I don't like the original gray color. Funnily enough, when the painter gave the new fork a quick coat of gray paint so I could start riding it right away, the gray coat he gave matches the original color from Japan perfectly... Still, I had originally thought to have it repainted in silver, after seeing some great photos of a silver Atlantis. He suggested going to pewter instead, and after finding photos of another pewter Atlantis (I believe) online, I started going back and forth and am still undecided... Isn't it funny how a simple choice can be so difficult to make? René On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:08 PM, IanA <attew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Orange. > > > On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:39:52 AM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: >> >> So my Bombadil is taking a short trip over to the Color Factory in >> Waretown. Even though thier prices seem scarily low Bruce was awesome >> on the phone so I am gonna take the leap soon. The only issue is I >> have never gotten a re-spray and I am having angina over which color >> is most appropriate for the twin TT bomba. I wanted something >> metallic, maybe a dark purple or a soft orange, as you can see I am >> worlds apart even in my own mind. Anyone have any pics of thier >> bombadil they can share so I can play off some ideas? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/S6BL9KFlYoYJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
