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Mazda has developed a new colour called Soul Red Crystal as part of its ‘KODO - Soul of Motion’ design.

 

It's an evolution from its Soul Red colour, that balances vibrant energy and vividness with clear depth and gloss. It boasts 20 percent greater colour saturation and 50 percent more depth than Soul Red, for a fresher, lustrous transparence.

 

The paint retains a simple three-layer structure comprising clear, translucent and reflective coats. The new paint’s translucent layer features a newly developed highly saturated red pigment for a richer red.

 

In addition to high-brilliance, extremely thin aluminum flakes, the reflective coat features light-absorbing flakes that intensify shaded areas and make it possible to achieve a depth of colour that previously required two layers.

 

The aluminum flakes were made a uniform size, the consistency of the paint was enhanced and a technique to shrink the volume of paint during the drying process was employed.

This results in even, smooth coverage of the aluminum and light-absorbing flakes on the car’s body and more precise control of light reflection, making for a substantially deeper and more vivid colour.

The CX-5 will be the first model to debut the colour in February 2017. The colour will then be available to all new and existing models.

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