I agree with Dave above...lighting makes a huge difference. These are from a 1970 Challenger R/T and were removed and stored in a dry basement... in 1970. Paint is factory original. Other pics I have are from my camera with no flash on just seconds later and these rims look like a deep, rich Plum Crazy hue. If I can reduce their size later, I'll post more pics showing the difference. Earlier in there was talk about this paint being mixed in large batches so there may be some slight differences. I tend to agree with this.