Photoshop Help? Sepia Brown with Blue accent?

mshriner · 03-08-2006, 08:19 PM

My car is the sepia brown one. The brown is growing on me but I would love to get some opinions on painting the bumpers and lower part of the car a bright blue. Probably darker than gulf blue but the same way ( in place of the orange).

Anybody with photoshop skill that would be willing to help out? Possibly carrera graphics in blue?

Matt

Won · 03-08-2006, 08:42 PM

Any good?

87coupe · 87coupe's Garage

mshriner · 03-08-2006, 08:59 PM

Wow, Thanks! I think I like the brighter blue. Any chance I could ask you to make the hood blue as well....I have two huge dents in it that need to be fixed anyway.

Matt

mshriner · 09:14 PM

I'd love to hear some opinions? It is primarily a track autocross/ car. Should I just leave it as is, save my pennies and repaint it? Do the same color but with a carrera / porsche stripe down the side? the original paint is in really nice shape so I am trying to come up with some ideas to give it a little more "pop" without totally scrapping it's originality. Thanks again!

Matt

87coupe · 87coupe's Garage

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

What's wrong with the brown the way it is? I think it looks GREAT! Not too many cars actually look good in brown, but your long-hood certainly does. It's pretty distinctive as is, IMO.

84porsche · 84porsche's Garage

I don't know what it is but when I see your car with the brown & blue, I think of a bag of M&Ms. Kinda makes me hungry.

Looks good though.

adomakin · adomakin's Garage

cool colour combo but id ditch the solid blue hood, perhaps a blue stripe running up and over the car?

david.avery · david.avery's Garage

Which tool in photoshop do you use for this? Is the colorize widget? Whenever I try something like that it takes tons of masking to get right.

mshriner · 03-09-2006, 07:41 PM

Thanks all for the feedback. I agree. I think the hood is too much and I may leave it as is. Although I was watching from the grandstands at sears point the other day and the brighter colors really draw the eye. May even be safer?

Doug&Julie · 03-10-2006, 04:13 AM

Have you considered silver?

mshriner · 03-10-2006, 08:00 AM

Silver looks pretty cool too. I am open to more suggestions. How would viper green look or different blues? Thanks

Matt

Doug&Julie · 03-10-2006, 09:05 AM

As a professional designer (albeit not of anything automotive), I honestly can't recommend any color to go with brown. Not that brown isn't lovely or that your car isn't beautiful, but colors just die against brown. That's why I recommended the silver...it provides an interesting contrast w/o being too....er....ugly. Sorry.

..and for the record, I'm in the same boat. Somebody painted my (originally light ivory) car a metallic brown in it's lifetime. It actually looks pretty good as it sits, but I can't do anything fun with it. Not until I repaint the whole car.

scottb · 03-10-2006, 09:11 AM

I agree with Doug...none of the blues look very good. On the other hand, I think the silver looks great!

My $.02.

Yellowbird RS · 03-10-2006, 09:18 AM

I like the borwn/Mex blue combo but I think silver is much classy

Doug&Julie · 03-10-2006, 09:18 AM

I thought about this at one point for my car....just to share.

Then kinda decided on just this...

Time will tell where I end up...

Shuie · 03-10-2006, 09:20 AM

Leave it brown. Sepia Rocks!

RSR finished fuchs really stand out on a non metallic color like Sepia.

xlr8 · 03-10-2006, 09:32 AM

I like the silver too. Maybe make the numbers more interesting?

mshriner · 03-10-2006, 07:20 PM

I like the silver idea. I should have put this out before I bought them but I have some black and white "meatball" numbers to go on the doors, hood and back for time trialing. I also like the idea of the PORSCHE graphic. No need to hold back on the "ugly" combination comments. I won't take it personally. I am just looking for a way to give the car a bit more pizazz without lightening my wallet by $10K. Amazing amount of talent and creativity on the board.