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Harpmaker wrote:

I would guess that panel #2 would be kind of bluish looking since all silver metallic paints I have spectro'd have had a heavy blue push. Depending on the color of light it is examined, under this could make it look very white. The human eye tends to see blueish white as "whiter than white".

Actually Harp, it doesn't look bluish white at all..It looks to be a VERY light shade of grey..
I compared it against some white poster board and that does look bluish white in comparison..

Since you are using 33% silver and the paint is still very light my guess is that there is no aluminum in it. It sounds very much like the Craft Smart silver I use. In order to get a mix as dark as BW AAA 4:1 I had to reverse the ratio and use 80% silver! At that strength the gloss from the silver was a problem for me, but adding some Deep Base fixed it right up.

Yes, I certainly wouldn't want to have any less silver in the mix, infact I'm already thinking that I could have a 1:1 mix, without any problem..
As far as any additional gloss that might occur, I'm fairly sure that the matt acrylic would keep it under control..

Do you see any metallic sparkles in this panel?

In the bright sunlight and with a magnifying glass, I can see a few silver sparkles, but not as many as I had expected...and I don't see any coloured sparkles..
It would seem that the matt acrylic has a masking effect as well..
I may have to increase the silver content even further..

One of the benefits of the matt acrylic is that it makes the mix thinner and very easy to roll..with no roller marks showing..

Be careful adding other metallics to the mix; some gold paints I have tested have a very heavy prismatic effect to them. Only you can tell if the effect you're getting with panel #3 is pleasing or not. If you want to color-correct for the blue push of the silver you can just add some yellow to the mix.

From the looks of it at the moment, blue push isn't going to be a problem, so I may just drop the gold out.

I would like to request some photos of the panels together in either bright daylight or perhaps using a flash.

Will do..

I hope you are making some small samples to send mech for testing with the spectro. If he doesn't want 'em send 'em to me.

I haven't done so yet, but the mixes are in individually marked tins..so I can do test samples anytime..