Signature Color

Lunar Silver

This Signature Color features a sleek, metallic design that enhances nighttime visibility, achieving a Visibility Label A rating.

Enhancing Safety: The Visibility Revolution of Lunar Silver with RheoLight Technology

Lunar Silver is a metallic-based color composed of aluminum pigments in various particle sizes. As a darker shade of silver, Lunar Silver tends to have lower visibility at night and may be harder to detect compared to lighter colors.
When RheoLight Crystal Glass Pigments are combined with aluminum flakes, the interaction significantly enhances visibility from all angles when exposed to light sources such as car headlights.

When evaluated using the Visibility Label, the addition of RheoLight improves Lunar Silver’s rating from C to A, demonstrating a substantial increase in visibility performance.
Two bicycles and helmets, painted in Lunar Silver, appear similar during the day. One of each incorporates 31% RheoLight-Base WB CSL, clearly showcasing the enhanced visibility.

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The life-saving impact of visibility science

Two bicycles and helmets were painted with Lunar Silver and looking similar during the day. One of each incorporates 31% RheoLight-Base WB CSL, clearly showcasing the enhanced visibility.

Overview

Color Name: Lunar Silver
Car Refinish Paint system: Syrox (Axalta)
Primer: Grey
Basecoat (color) layers: 2
Clearcoat: Gloss

Applications:

  • Primary Use: Mobility coatings, ideal for vehicles prioritizing both aesthetics and safety
  • Secondary Use: Suitable for other design elements where high visibility is essential

Purpose:

  • Design Objective: To create a high-performance white that combines visual appeal with enhanced safety by maximizing light reflectivity and visibility on the road
  • Market Positioning: A premium, functional color for customers who value both style and heightened safety

Visibility Label

The Visibility Label rates the visibility of different colors for mobility, from A (very visible) to G (hardly visible). It takes into account how easily colors can be seen by people, computers, and LiDAR in three dimensions. This rating helps people choose safer colors for bicycles by showing how visible they are in challenging lighting conditions. Bright White has a Visibility score of A+ for all conditions.

The label show how adding RheoLight improves the visibility of the color Lunar Silver across different conditions.

Key Takeaways:

  • Without RheoLight (0%), visibility scores are average or below: Human Visibility is C, Full Object Visibility is only D.

  • With 31% RheoLight, the same color scores A or A+ in every category — showing a significant improvement.

  • This means the color becomes much easier to detect by both humans and automated systems (like cameras and LiDAR), especially in low light and angled views.

In short: RheoLight dramatically enhances the traffic visibility of this mobility paint color, making it more detectable in real-world driving conditions.

More information on the Visibility can be found on www.visibilitysaveslives.org

Color Formulations

  • Formulation 31% RheoLight-Base WB CSL
    Component Percentage (%) in grams
    Syrox S900 (Clear Binder) 6,0
    Syrox S607 Coarse Brilliant Silver 26,1
    Syrox S606 Brilliant Silver 11,2
    Syrox S150 Black 4,8
    Syrox S902 Flop Controller 4,3
    Syrox S707 Green Pearl 2,8
    Syrox S101 White Toner 0,9
    Syrox S454 Bright Blue 0,7
    Syrox S500 Violet 0,6
    Syrox S940 (Dilution) 11,5
    RheoLight-Base WB CSL 31,0
    Total 100,0 gr