Pearlescent paint
Pearlescent paint uses mica flakes coated with metal oxides to create a colour finish that visibly shifts shade as the viewing angle changes.
What it means
Pearlescent paint goes a step beyond metallic. Where metallic paint adds reflective aluminium flake, pearlescent paint adds coated mica flakes. Mica is a translucent mineral, and the metal-oxide coating on each flake refracts light at multiple angles. The result is a finish that does more than sparkle: the colour itself shifts as the viewer moves around the car, often appearing one tone in direct sunlight and a different tone in shade. Pearlescent finishes typically need a tri-coat paint stack to reproduce: a base colour, a separate pearl coat that carries the mica, and a clear coat on top. That makes pearlescent repairs more involved than metallic ones, since matching the depth of colour shift requires getting all three layers right and blending across all of them.
Why it matters in Singapore
Pearlescent finishes are common on premium European cars sold in Singapore, particularly in white-pearl, blue-pearl, and red-pearl shades. Owners of pearlescent cars tend to be more sensitive to repair quality because the angle-dependent colour shift makes any deviation immediately visible. A workshop that treats a pearlescent repair like a normal metallic job ships repairs that read as a different car under noon sunlight.
How Revol Carz handles this
Revol Carz handles pearlescent repairs as a tri-coat job by default: base colour, pearl coat, and clear coat all sprayed and matched to the existing car. We use Spies Hecker pearl-spec paint, blend across adjacent panels, and inspect the result under angled light to confirm the colour shift matches.