The two-tone colourscheme or dual paint scheme was very popular in the sixties and seventies. In the eighties the popularity decreased quickly and in the nineties the schemes hardly occured any more.
This colourscheme in which almost all colours could be combined, could be bought at no extra cost. There was one rule: acrylic paints could only be combined to acrylic paints because of the type of primer that was used for the separate paints.
When a customer liked a two-tone colourscheme, Rolls-Royce advised to make the dark colour the lower colour of the two. But the customer was free to order the other way around and that often happened.
The wheel discs incorporate a plate which was normally finished in the lower body colour when a two-tone colourscheme was applied.
When two-tone colourschemes occured in a standard lay-out, the colours were separated on the body fold near the decorative strip. This standard lay-out is shown on the first picture below. As can be seen it was also possible to choose for a roof only colourscheme. This last colourscheme is rather rare.
Also a Corniche and the until 1971 sold Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward could be delivered in a two-tone colourscheme. Because the waistline differed from the line of the standard saloon, the colour separation line reached the rear lights unit. When the standard lay-out was applied to a 2-doors saloon, that car almost always got an everflex roof.
The convertibles too were often provided with a two-tone colourscheme. The roof only scheme of course couldn't be applied to this kind of coach. Because the colour of the soft-top always differed a little bit (or a lot) from the exterior colours, a two-tone colourscheme always looked very colourful.
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