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Posted on 02/03/2026 3:12:31 PM PST by TexasKamaAina
It's easy to spot a Mazda long before you've gotten close enough to check out the logo or detailing. That is, it's easy if it's finished in the company's signature Soul Red Crystal: a reflective, multi-layered coating crafted with bright pigments, tiny aluminum fragments, and light-absorbing flakes. Although the color is eye-catching courtesy of its reflective shimmer and depth, that's not the main reason why it's so well known. It's actually mostly because of the specialist and exclusive way the paint is applied and designed.
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Looks like candy apple red to me.
Looks like 1960s era red metalflake to me.....
A deep candy apple red.
Mazda, since 2012’s models, has been really decent to buy.
Yep!
And Mazda's candy apple red stands out because so many new cars these days come in uninspiring shades of gray. I don't get it. What happened to color?
https://www.torquenews.com/1083/should-you-buy-mazda-soul-red-crystal-paint-yes
Should You Buy a Mazda With Soul Red Crystal Paint? Yes, But…
Mazda Soul Red Crystal - Winter Road Grime
Colors like red, black, and dark shades of brown, green, and blue show the salt and dirt from roads more than cars painted silver or white. If you live in an area with winter salting, perhaps a dark red is not for you? If you are bothered by a car looking dirty for months at a time, we suggest another lighter color than Mazda Soul Red Crystal. Buy one that is the color of dirt and stone chips.
They do make some nice looking cars these days.
It sounds like a blend of both candy apple and metal flake reds, given the description of reflective undercoat, multiple layers of color coat and reflective particles mixed in.
Most paint shops hate candy coat jobs, due to the difficulty in getting it right. Inconsistency can really be seen in the final product (it’s easier to get the desired look on small pieces like motorcycle fuel tanks, but tough on car hoods and such). Mazda’s robo-painter programmers seem to have cracked the code.
That is really pretty. I wonder if you could apply the same finish to a guitar....? Someone I knew got his old collector guitar that was all beat up painted at an auto shop - it turned out pretty nice.
Their whole SkyActiv approach was an engineering marvel, of sorts. All sorts of tweaks happened because Mazda was looking at possible bankruptcy and chose to let its engineers dream up what they would want to do. Indeed, engineers, and creative financing to back their dreams up, is what saved Mazda.
Dead ringer for Honda’s candy glory red they put on the 79-80 CBX motorcycles.
Best looking paint I’ve ever seen.
GM has been doing this for years.
The most famous was the 50th Anniversary Edition 2003 Corvette.
It had a red base coat.
A middle coat that contained gold-colored Xirallic flake platelets covered with titanium oxide. These synthetic crystals have several desirable characteristics. They are flatter, smoother and more uniform than mica or aluminum. The crystals lie uniformly flat and reflect light where it glows.
They chose gold-colored flakes in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Corvette marque.
Finally, a translucent red-tinted top coat.
My dad says the 1953 Ford maroon color was the best.
It’s not just grey, it’s that all the new cars seem to be in pastel shades. No life, no depth, no inspiration, just a drab, flat expanse of uninspiring dullness.
Go look up an image of a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville in Iris Mist for eye bleach.
“It’s not just grey, it’s that all the new cars seem to be in pastel shades. No life, no depth, no inspiration, just a drab, flat expanse of uninspiring dullness.”
I was thinking about this the other day.
It’s like they’ve taken the romance out of everything.
You just don’t love your car anymore.
Red is my fave color, and that’s a great red! Yes, candy apple as others are saying. Very interesting article!
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