The Car is going to paint this week.....Burple?

I'm in the same boat, trying to pick a color.
The HOK Burple is high on the wish list.
This is a candy that is different depending on base color and number of coats. The test example above is over Gray, the car over White.
If you are really leaning toward this, I'd suggest shooting a few test panels with different bases and coats to get exactly what you want.

BTW, a few years back I saw an INTENSE dark Blue HOK paintjob. Asked the owner about it and was told it was an Orange (Red+Yellow) base with the Blue candy. Normally, mixing the three primary colors would end up muddy, but it made it very dark yet the highlights were brilliant.
Try a bunch of different bases to see the effects.

You can get Hok Burple in a Kandy (UK-13), Kandy Basecoat(KBC-13) or just in a basecoat(SG-109). Find a Hok chip book and see what the different color bases look like for under the true Kandy. Also the KBC is a basecoat that resembles a Kandy, which would be easier to spray. But then the regular basecoat would be even easier. Kandies can be hard to spray and I would recommend a professional that specializes in Kandies to spray it. I spray Kandies on motorcycles but I would be real hesistant to try it on a car. BTW that is a sweet color. Looking at it in the chip book now.

Well here is a little twist to throw in the mix...Im partially color blind. So two colors could be very different, but look identical to me. I like a darker color for the most part, so I think over a black base will suite me best.

I am doing the "factory" 340 paint scheme with the hood, cowl, tops of doors and fenders painted black, but I am going to do it gloss back and hide the line in the clear as a bit of a twist...

Its funny, I just turned 30 last month and this was my first car, I have had it 14 years. I have had so many years to think about what the perfect color would be, and the anticipation is killing me.... will it be the right color (not that I will know) will other people like it, is it the best fit for the car....and to me its the one thing that I cant redo . I can blow up 20 motors, and I can fix that, but paint.....man once its sprayed....its sprayed

Josh, I saw your Duster at the bodyshop last night. It looks killer with those wheels and tires.
I really like the blue that it is right now, even the factory B5 would look good too.
A dark purple is awesome with the black accents. Hope to see the progress soon.
Dave

Ours is HoK Burple. 4 coats over shimrin silver fine flake base. 4 coats of clear. Colour is more to the blue end of purple. Looks very blue with the sun on it and a deep blue/purple (burple) when not.
A couple of pics for ya.

Sunny day




Dull day.




Hammerin' the hides

looks good over copper flake.too.