saxtech

Has anyone else noticed this or is it just my car - At certain times of the day my Beautiful Torch Red paint looks Orange in color. I sometimes think my eyes are playing tricks on me but it happens too often. It is a 99 Coupe and I got it 4 months ago with only 24,000 miles on it - no accidents, original paint in near perfect condition. When the sun hits it at other times of the day it looks very Red...... You can see my car in my pictures under my profile and in my Avatar. It is very red.

Anyone else see this in their paint or is it just mine (lol) ? It really bugs me because the Torch Red at different times of the day in the same place on the car looks beautiful. But when the sun hits it differently, it takes on a Orange effect and I am not crazy about Orange cars (lol).

Alaskanpilot

I think it's just a result of the way light hits red cars. Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to photograph red cars in sunlight? They go orange pretty easily. It's even the reason why, in the Transformers movie, Optimus Prime has so much blue on him; the cinematographers had a hell of a time trying to get the red captured on film. (according to the special features disc, anyway)

I have a black Vette and I notice something similar... if the sun hits it hard enough, the black turns into what I can only describe as a dark, milky gray. It's bizarre. But in the shade, the black is so deep, it's unreal.

Jistari

No idea but "red" is one thing, and "torch red" well.....that would seem to be another I mean its a great color, but maybe one of the insiders we have here can elaborate on how they came upon that particular formula.

Im pretty sure if they wanted it to be straight red they could get there, they spend a ton of time (read that as money) on formulating the colors and Im willing to bet they get what they pay for.

Texan1Z06

IIRC, this was the same color - torch red. I had this car (back in 2000 with HUD and polished wheels)and when it was parked next to my RIO RED mustang GT, I could see the orange in the paint compared to the Mustang GT.



Now that I recall, the mustang GT would have an orang-"E" hue to it as well in certain light.




(cars pictured here were not mine)

blkchipC5

It's just the hue in the color being brought out by a certain kind of sunlight. I see it on the red Vettes around here all the time and my wife's old red mustang gt use to do the same thing.

Vetteman Jack

When I had my '99 it did the same thing. Some pics would come out nice and red, others more orange. Just the way the light hits the paint surface as mentioned earlier.

jrose7004

Cars in indoor car shows with mercury vapor lighting look strange too.

rogaljr

My 2004 Torch Red Roadster has the same characteristics. I noticed it also and I like it that way.

5abivt

Torch. Get a lighter and turn it on and observerhe color. 'torch' red: working as intended.

socalman

Although all reds seem to do that in the sunlight, especially in a cameras eye (yellow/red= orange), the Torch Red is much more 'orangy' that Victory (Early C6) or Brilliant Red (like my 92). When I'm next to a 93 Red Vette, theirs looks orange compared to mine.

alxltd1

You know I have noticed that phenomenon as well. But for me it is even more specific as it regards time of day and only on certain days. Really strange but I know that on Fridays at about 6:45pm the color on my vette seems to take on a life of its own. It will run the gamut from light to dark from clear to fuzzy. I have asked numerous experts about this and they have spent countless hours examining my paint but have yet to come up with a rational explanation. Though the one thing that is common is that only I seem to see the changes. I tried an experiment recently to see if I could figure out what was causing the changes in color. This last Friday I followed my normal pattern just to avoid any variance in the location of the car that would account for the odd behavior of the paint color. I drove home from work and parked it in my garage where it always sits. I made sure that the garage lights had not been changed so that would not affect the outcome. This was at 5:45pm. I went inside and had my customary 4 Martinis. It was now 6:45pm and I went back out to the garage to check the vette. Damn if the color was not changing once again! I give up.

LisaJohn

We noticed it on ours. Doesn't matter to me. I love torch red!
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CatCam

Mushrooms?

Cardinal Flyer

FWIW
I've had mine 3 months and so far have only noticed that in certain light the front and rear bumpers will look slightly orange compared to the rest of the paint. Usually can't tell a difference in color.

ronssito

Lighting.

napacruzerc5

Also notice that a light coating of dust will diffuse the light enough to turn the car orange. If you wash you car on the weekend and drive it all week, by the time Friday rolls around gauranteed torch red is now orange.

saxtech

NOT MUSHROOMS !!!


Not Musrooms - Martinis made him see Orange - If I knew you could do that I would have told you my Torch Red turns to Blue after 4 Martinis

alxltd1

Martinis!...so thats the problem. Wow! Who would of thought it. Then again the fact that my vette is black and turned to orange should have been a hint.

IRON MAIDEN

Torch is the key word here. As in flame. When was the last time you saw a flame or fire and it was true red??? It dances around between red, yellow, orange.... That is what fire looks like. This is just what we have, a paint that takes on a Torch type characteristic in that it changes shades like a flame. My favorite is at dusk when it's just getting dark. Torch Red looks awesome at that time. My only complaint is trying to get good pics of my car. I bet a real photographer would have no problem though.

AU N EGL

is the wax yellowing ?