When I say shine I'm not talking about the surface gloss.
I was meaning the way the Candy catches the light.
For instance. Cars 20yrs ago were a dull slightly sparkly effect, whereas now the light really bounces back through the colour coat.
A long time back. I gave my T500 to my painter to respray Candy Lavender. He was using Standox paint at that time.
He said he got the colour right but. It looked wrong when on the piece. Standox sent my sample of Candy Lavender to their Barcelona factory to get the match. The explanation they gave was. It was due to the modern base coat using prisms rather than random flakes.
The same thing happened with my CD175A. They sent that one to Milan.
This is the basis of what I'm saying. It may be incorrect.
But paints are brighter now than 45 years ago. It about the only thing that is, LOL.
Sean.