Midnight blue?

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:55 am

This is the lightest blue I've seen for a midnight blue. Must be the lighting? I've only seen pics, all have been much darker.

nice blue

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:00 pm

That looks about right. MID is rough to capture accurately....it's the flash that makes this one look light/bright. When I was trying to get pics of my ex-MID V63 it looked like this as well in the pics but was a run of the mill MID in person.

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:03 pm

Thanks, Brian. Seeing that blue makes me want one of those, too.
When can I expect this Ric-lusting to end? My guess is, long after the bank account is empty...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:05 pm

I seem to recall that there was a brief period during the summer of '05 when RIC was trying out the paint from a new supplier, or different formulas, or something similar.

I hope Eric or Ben (or John) will correct my statement if I'm remembering this incorrectly.

The "new" Mid Blue, in any event, is a one-step pearlescent paint with a different (more, it would seem) reflectivity than the older, two-step finish. These pictures show a lot of ambient light, and a whole lotta flash. I think the actual color is a good deal more subdued, though still nice and "blue"; other years and mixes are grayer. In color terms we say, "less chroma".

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:37 pm

Thank you Paul.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:07 pm

In color terms we say, "less chroma".

Yeah, that chroma stuff is toxic.

We haven't used a two-step finish in many years now, in fact coinciding with the elimination of silver from the line up. (The silver was the under-coat.)

But as you say, they goosed the blue a bit more a year or so ago, to give it better reflectivity. This photo, however, is just the product of flash and a lousy sensor in the camera.

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:12 pm

Thanks John.
So I guess an '07 wouldn't be quite as "blue". Darn.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:15 pm

Shore is purdy.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:20 pm

John, did you mean to say, "We haven't used a two-step finish for many years now"?

Came out with the opposite meaning...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:09 pm

Mike wrote:
"When can I expect this Ric-lusting to end?"

End?

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:15 pm

Bwahaha!! There is no cure. It'll never end. Even after all your money is gone, you'll still want more.....

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:21 pm

And even after all your credit is used up!

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:53 pm

HA!

I knew it!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:13 pm

That one had a BIN On it....

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:24 pm

So I guess an '07 wouldn't be quite as "blue". Darn.

If you ask me, I'd tell you and show you that the '07 Midnight Blue is quite impressive.