“In general, it is difficult to match the colour development and image that the designer thinks with the colour of the mass-produced car, and the colour changes unknowingly while developing from the designer with design, development, painting technology and baton touch. There is a risk of going away.
However, at Mazda, members of each department are working on “co-creation” beyond the boundaries of each department in colour development. I feel that this is a process in which the image of the designer and the value provided to the customer can be directly reflected in the paint film of the car. “
Listen to the image of platinum quartz metallic colours
“I thought that the colour lineup at that time was not in the colour lineup at that time, but the colour was silvery but had a pale colour, which would give customers a fresh impression.
We have been developing it so that it has a fine and delicate texture, which is also a feature of Mazda’s colours, while also having a higher quality and gorgeous beauty. “
“By converting the image of the designer into optical characteristics (reflection of light, etc.), we will reduce it to a concrete colour. This time, the colour is as precise as carved metal and the intensity of the reflected light. The feature is that the colour changes slowly. The movement of the paint components in the painting process is also calculated, and the calculation is performed using the simulation of the optical characteristics, and the combination of aluminium flakes and pearl pigment called mica is examined. Did”
What did you struggle with within the process of painting?
“The structure of the paint film is similar to that of polymetal grey metallic, and these colours have the characteristic that the brightness, shading, and colour change gradually. In order to achieve this, the angles of the aluminium flakes should be arranged neatly. By adding a slight inclination, the metallic tone is not too strong.
As a result, the beauty of the reflection of the swell of the soul movement design is emphasized while retaining the colour. In addition, platinum quartz metallic has a bright and pale colour overall, so if the angle of the aluminium flakes shifts even a little, the degree of change in brightness and colour at the viewing angle will change significantly. “