Re: Fork colour. Help me make a decision
Grannygrinder":bqjznbes said:
I've bought some rockshox to put on my Proflex. I'm going to paint them as they are currently matt black, but what colour? As you can see from the pics the frame is red as are some of the components. But the decals are yellow, and i'm a bit concerned about having too much red, so I was going to paint them yellow, but i can't make a decision.
All opinions greatfully recieved.
It looks ok as it is, the black works well with the frame colour. I think with colour schemes one should not exceed three colours, more than three colours, it can look a mess and the way I think, the colours should descend from the largest, so silver you have to have, that being chrome and polished alloy, the frame being the biggest block of colour and then the detailing in another colour. So orange/red, (am colour blind tonight, been welding), silver and black your scheme in my mind should look.
Like my scheme, the largest colour is black, the next is silver and the detailing is red, it looks aesthetically about right, but one has to be careful one size of colour does not compete with or attempt to over power the next largest size of colour.
As an aside, due to what project I am at at the moment, accelerating rust on steel with acid, I was thinking what a good project would be to strip a steel frame back to bare, paint acid on it, to cause rust, and a variable rust pattern at that, reds, yellows, brown etc and then seal the metalwork to prevent further decay, leaving a wonderfully natural earthy organic finish, with loads of texture, something you would struggle at to paint.
Everyone hates rust, but, if controlled, it can look beautiful and be enhanced, if you can't beat it, enhance it and wear it with pride.
