Bianca: The warm/cool thing is easy..and obvious....although sometimes you need a color chart to really see it.
Warm colors have red in the ingredients, and cool colors have blue. PMS stands for "Pantone Matching System" and is one of several standards/references for paint colors...there are others like Cardinal, etc.
As an example, as you add more red to a silver you'll start heading toward a champagne color....and since most vehicles are white, you'll notice that there are 5 zillion shades of white cars.....some on the warm side and some on the cool side.
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Originally Posted by Glider
Honestly, I'm intrigued, but I have no idea what all of that means or how to go about it.
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Go to your local auto paint store and find a color, then buy the tintable Rhino Liner kit (or whatever brand it is) if you want tough and textured, or just repaint the van rockers with auto paint......
I think a great example of a nicely executed two tone paint is the mid 90's mercedes, like these:
...and I had this pic on my computer, and it's just super-cool....
Really important if you are going after OEM look....take a PMS color chart and lay in on the van paint ...see if warm greys or cool greys go better with the van paint. Go to the auto paint store and borrow their paint samples.
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