Shades of blue

I am looking for some suggestions for a shade of blue. The car will be two toned blue and black, so I need a really bright blue to not be overpowered by the black. Candy. pearl, or metallic is fine, but if I go with a candy, I dont want flakes that are so big that they make it look like a fishing boat. I have looked at candy colors and am leaning towards Oriental blue over a silver base, which seems to be kind of common, so now I am looking for any other ideas. Here are a couple of pics to show the shade of blue that I am looking for. Maybe a little darker than the bike, something like the Viper. Maybe like the Toyota Speedway blue.
Brian

 

Without white to offset it, you are going to have to go pretty light blue to pull it off, IMHO. OT car, but I can't see the combo working if it was darker blue than this.

 

As Diavolo said, the blue shouldn't be too close to the black. Apart from that, black is completely neutral, any blue will work with it. The right blue is going to depend on what car and what style/build era/etc. That would also determine how much contrast you need. A deep midnight blue with, say, a gold or dark red pinstripe, can work with black on something like a Bentley 4¼. I wouldn't do that on '55 Ford, for instance, but rather a very pale powder blue.

 

This looked pretty good:

 

here's the color I painted my impala, It has black bumpers and trim, looks great together, LOVE this color! its the toyota speedway blue that you mentioned, I have noticed that this color has a large range, when the sun hits it its really bright, but on a cloudy day its alot darker

 

can't you guys show a color without all the off topic cars & trucks,,

 

house of kolor true blue pearl
or as you mentioned oriental blue kandy. but the candy has nothing to do with the flake you talk about. if no flake is spraying for your base, the candy will not have flake.

 

But if I am looking at paint chips, and the sample has large flake it it. If I use a base with smaller flake, how much does that change the brillance of the color. I am not a painter, so listening to the guy at the paint store, he said that the smaller flakes will not reflect the light the same way, and that the overall color will not be the same.
I looked at a paint chip of PPG Vibrance line, True Blue, and the shade was good, but when I looked at it out in the light, it really looked like a fishing boat.
Brian

 

Here is pair of blues, by a LEGEND and HAMB Rock Star Mr Cole Foster. Your welcome.

 

thats not really true. in reality, the coverage of the flake really makes a difference. std flake is going to "dance" more light different ways then lrg flake.

any color will look different over flake inside or in direct sun, but if your not using flake, why is the guy showing you it over flake? and if he is showing you any color over flake its got to be a candy color, is that what your after, cause then you open up different shades over different color bases, and shit gets real quickly.

 

house of kolor ture blue pearl, with silver pearl added tot he first coat of clear, over a silver sealer. the silver roof and scallops are h.o.k. orion silver base with large and std flakes over that.

 

my blue

 

Stock '89 IROC Camaro "Bright Blue" on my old '55:

 

Thanks guys. That gives me some places to start.
Brian

 

Barbar Hamilton's willys known as "Miss Blue"