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Old 05-12-2014, 03:58 PM
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Under colour information

G'day Folks,

I've been wondering for a while if anyone here knows about painting colours under a top coat to get a slightly different effect.

For example, there's a Top Gear episode where the latest Disco Volante was introduced and Clarkson says they spray the body in gold first to get a deeper red.

Another example is renaissance painters (oil on canvas) used a green for an under colour to get faces to glow.

Is there a handy list on the interweb showing what can be done or achieved?
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