New Technology for High-Definition Color Shifting

Photo Credit: Sherwin-Williams

House of Kolor, owned by Sherwin-Williams, has introduced a color-shifting technology that creates an instantaneous, hard-hitting shift in color without a gray area or mottling in between colors.

New Kameleon FX packs, which are part of the Shimrin2 paint system, contain pearls tightly controlled in thickness, creating clean effects when applied in layers over black paint.

Designed for any painter – beginner to pro – the packs have excellent flow characteristics, the company says. Users can lay down and align the pearl without a high-caliber skill set. The result is a reliably crisp transition between colors.

“Color-shifting paint has been around since the 1990s, but this new technology creates an intense, exceptionally clean transition between colors that is entirely unprecedented in the automotive industry,” says Brian Lewis, global product manager for House of Kolor. 

The other Kameleon FX packs are older colors that were re-engineered with the new technology: red to gold, green to purple, cyan to purple, and blue to red. They are applied in three coats over a black basecoat.

The packs come in a liquid form that can be mixed into the Trans Nebulae and then applied in varying coats over a black basecoat. The packs can also be poured into Karrier Bases with a multitude of possible effects.

“At this point, the painter is into experimental territory,” Lewis says. “By pouring this new color into our Karrier Bases, we have created 138 possible color combinations. This is a new frontier for those seeking new and unique color-shifting combinations.”