Hypothetically speaking, if I wanted to paint my car in a copyrighted paint color, how would I go about obtaining the proper code? Would I need to get it mixed at a cash only body shop?
>>29074217Copyright only applies if you're using the product to make money. You can just buy a gallon of it to spray on your own car. Literally nobody cares. If you're using a shop just give them the paint code and they'll either mix it or buy it for you. The Mary Kay Pink in your pic is paint code WA590Q.
>>29074217>copyrighted paint colorA color can be trademarked in a particular context as representing a particular identity. In your image, I guess that particular shade of pink in the context of that particular SUV is intended to represent Mary Kay (though I doubt many people would be able to tell). And restaurants have trademarked their "trade dress".Particular formulations of paint can be patented, if they are novel in a technical sense. You may recall the Vantablack patent from a few years ago.Obviously, you can copyright a particular pattern of colors (like a painting or a car wrap). But I don't think it makes any sense to copyright a plain, unadorned color.>>29074252>Copyright only applies if you're using the product to make money.One hundred percent wrong. You literally have copyright on the comment that you just typed, even though you aren't making any money from it.
>>29074217This anon is right >>29074252 , you can paint a private vehicle any color as long as you're not impersonating a government official, or pretending to work for a specific business that the color may pertain to. The only other problem would arise if you tried to display your car as an art piece, but I doubt that you're planning to do that. Companies can only hold trademarks (not copyright) on colors, and they're not going to enforce them on an individual scale.
>>29074262Yeah but what are the odds that company finds out you've taken their signature color and then sues you to change it?
>>29074323Does everybody with a Jurassic Park Jeep get sued?
