Originally Posted by parbreak

I think some of you guys are mixing up terms color matching and blending. If you have the code, any paint shop can "color match" the paint or as said above if you have a swatch or they can scan it in to get a match. That's one thing. Blending is a WHOLE different topic and does not relate to color matching other than assuming that you've mixed up the right color paint. Even with the EXACT mix, metallics can still lay down to look different on adjacent panels by even the most experienced painters for the reasons I outlined above(air pressure, reducer amount, distance from gun to surface, etc. ,etc., etc.) What blending into the adjacent panels does is "trick" the eye into seeing a perfect match by not have a distinct line between the new paint and the old paint but rather "blending" the new into the old so it is not
so obvious. This is why I say the dealer's painter in the original post is absolutely correct in the case that the hood should be blended into the front quarter panels. Whether you choose to have the dealer do it or not is irrelevant, any painter should do that on a color like Light Pewter Metallic or any silver color as well as other metallics, pearls, etc.

Bryan
parbreak

Originally Posted by FireSilverLullaby

What is the average price it would cost to get a hood painted black to match my car.