Pearl Paint Colors with colored shimmers are made by combining special pigments called pearlescent pigments with traditional transparent pigments. To see these in-person purchase a hand sprayed chart in the color selectors area in the online store. To learn more about metallic paints visit our metallic paints page. Metallic paints are often confused with metal flake paint which is a very different type of sparkling paint color that will be discussed later in more detail.

Relatively speaking durability of metallic paints is good to excellent depending on the system used and color. As a general rule, lighter colored metallic paints are more difficult to apply evenly than darker ones. From an application standpoint, metallic paints can range from very easy to apply to more challenging depending on the color chosen. Combining these metallic pigments with a wide range of transparent pigments yields thousands of distinctly different car paint colors. This metallic pigment gives paints a sparkle with numerous variations in sparkle size and brightness based on the type of metallic pigment used. More info at Harley-Davidson.Metallic car paint colors are colors that have a sparkle to them originating from a finely ground metallic aluminum pigment. See an authorized Harley-Davidson dealer for program details. Also sold individually are Sportster, Dyna and Softail fuel tanks in the Hard Candy Flake color combinations. The Hard Candy Flake complete paint sets and are available to fit many Sportster®, Dyna®, Softail® and Touring model motorcycles. Core Series Color Sets are covered by a two-year factory warranty. Core Series paint is available as a complete set including factory-fresh sheet metal, or as a “paint only” option, applied to undamaged sheet metal removed from a motorcycle. The Core Series Hardy Candy Flake paint sets are available in Red Flake, Green Flake, Pink Flake, Lime Gold Flake, Orange Flake and Black Flake with a Silver Flake accent, and in Red Flake, Green Flake, Pink Flake, Lime Gold Flake, Orange Flake and Silver Flake with a Black Flake accent. The design is then clear coated, hand striped, and clear coated again to give it the final smooth, deep finish.

The scallop pattern is hand-laid and masked, and color is next applied in a candy coat that allows the flake to show through. Hardy Candy Flake is created in a multi-step process that begins by laying several passes of silver micro flake over a silver base, which is then topped with clear coat. Twelve sparkling two-tone Hardy Candy Flake Core Series with full paint sets ranging in price from 2,299.95 to $4,399.95. Metal flake, an iconic design element of the ’70s, is back in the 2012 Harley-Davidson Color Shop offering.

White with gold sparkle paint job