Re: when did metallic paint start

Posted by Leeedy On 2015/9/2 0:55:42

Yes. "Polychromatic" is yet one more term out of a cornucopia grab bag of terms that appears and then goes away, only to re-appear again. Each time a new meaning seems to be attached.

I have a 1945 movie from the U.K. that refers to "polychromatic colors." And yet another reference that calls a painted silver-aluminum surface "polychromatic." And still more references to two-tone and three-tone cars as "polychromatic."

The problem with all this stuff is that each new generation and source makes up their own meaning/definition for the term and there you are. Tower of Babel time.

This is why it is always so important that the history of terminology is known whenever a person or company decides to name some new thingie, idea or substance.

Anyway, again, Packard has indeed been doing metallic paint finishes since a long, long way back. Certainly by the time of the Packard in question.