Dick <LeadWinger> wrote in news:7jkgd1t2ikjsuktjub6nghgl4d5unc84ou@4ax.com:

> We had some body work done on our 2003 Accord, and they did a poor job
> of matching the colors between the hood and fenders. When I pointed
> it out to the estimator, he said they must have used (too much or too
> little) of the metallic particles. Causes the paint to reflect light
> differently, and gives the effect of two, different colors. He had a
> term for it. Duffing or something strange like that. Anyone know
> what it was?
>


AFAIK, they're just called "aluminum flake", or "mica".

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