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Where to find the absolute color or shade? 1st try the eye doctor or your own color blind test. A large percent of American males are color blind to some degree. Next, where would one find color that took the least amount of abuse due to atmospheric and thermal cycling conditions? I found some on original 34 12 timing cover studs. Yes, timing cover studs. I took the most paint covered and clean stud and aggressive use of Meguire's 3 revealed what I thought was the best example ever. Never burned or exposed to sunlight, "protected" by the timing cover. Guess what? Both Hirsch and Kanter have it nearly perfect. I stopped making my own when the DAU paint system was dropped by PPG. Isocyanates or something like that removed the greatest paint system ever from the market. Engine or fender, same awesome quality and handling. If my client bought it from Kanter I'm using it. Hirsch? Using it. Since my clients enjoy significant awards too numerous to list I'm gonna say either one will make you smile. I just used some Kanter green on a Clipper and it changed color a little once it's been heated. So what, it's clean and green, close enough. Sometimes we need to remember not to take this stuff, or in fact ourselves, too seriously. That 3 letter word, "FUN", rules. Don't make it the 4 letter version.