The base metallic purple color is accurate to the picture shown from the test shape. Not entirely opaque so be aware what primer you use it over. I sprayed it over mostly flat black. I had sanded through to the white primer underneath and you can see in the picture how different it looks. I fixed that mistake by re-spraying flat over that edge and reapplying the color over that. I then used candy purple over the base. It didnt seem to change the color much at all. Then i used the pearl purple effect color. Overall very happy but i think i could have skipped the base metallic purple and the candy purple step and got my desired effect with metallic black and the pearl purple effect.
Accurate picture of color