zenairdave

I gotta admit, back 3 years ago when I saw the Apex Blue Pearl pictures from Honda, it just SHOUTED Smurf Blue. Kind of a crayola crayon boring mono-tone colour. When I finally saw the real thing it didn't seem so bad but the colour seemed to have a couple of shades on different cars. Now that I have one myself I have noticed every day I hop in the car it seems to be a different colour. Bright sunny days it is a light metallic blue. When the clouds come out it is more a medium blue and when it is really overcast and the car is a bit dirty with a film on it from driving in the rain (ugh) it almost looks like Laguna Blue.
Any other ABP owners notice their car changes colour (color- ya I'm Canadian eh), with the weather or am I losing my mind? I think it's kinda cool. Now when someone says I have a smurf mobile I smile knowing that tomorrow it will be a different shade anyway.

adrs2k

It is the pearl coat.

Shade on a bright day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5874109441/http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5874109441/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/41071623@N03/, on Flickr
After the sun went down and was left with some real soft indirect light
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5623722502/http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5623722502/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/41071623@N03/, on Flickr
Direct sunlight
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5617830159/http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5617830159/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/41071623@N03/, on Flickr
Shade at dusk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5615290768/http://www.flickr.com/photos/41071623@N03/5615290768/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/41071623@N03/, on Flickr

Vanishing Point

It's an amazing color(s) not matter the lighting, my personal favorite is at night with indirect lighting! And besides what wrong with Smurf's, it's seems their coming up in the world, they even have their own movie.

pearl_s2k

Those are very nice photos. I admit, I'm warming up to ABP. It suits the CR. (And tri-coat paints definitely do appear changeable, my platinum white 09 looked way different in low light vs bright sun.)

RylisPro

That is the magic of Apex Blue Pearl that only a few people truly understand

BrutalDawg

Kind of reminds me of EM1 electron blue pearl. Kind of change from purple-blue-lightblue etc.

tpolonyi

Taken a couple of days before IRENE!

adrs2k

Kind of cool looking at the hood and how different the color looks between the shade on the left, and the sun on the right.