Brushed Black Metallic vs Matte Red Metallic
Wrap comparison · updated Aug 2026
Matte Red Metallic (#700F23) reads darker than Brushed Black Metallic (#494949), so it holds shadow in the body lines where Brushed Black Metallic lifts them. Both films carry a metallic finish, so the choice is purely the colour. Body shape, paint condition and the light you shoot in move both colours further than a swatch chip suggests. Seeing them on your own car settles it, free, in a couple of minutes.
See both on your own carBrushed Black Metallic vs Matte Red Metallic: the differences.
The first difference between Brushed Black Metallic and Matte Red Metallic is depth: Matte Red Metallic reads darker, so it hides body lines that Brushed Black Metallic shows. The second is not the finish: both are metallic films, so the sheen is a separate decision from the colour. Low light, curved panels and your own trim decide the rest, and none of that shows up on a swatch. Render both on your car and compare them there.
Side by side
- Brushed Black Metallic Wrap · WR-90 · #494949 3M · 2080 · BR212 metallic
- Matte Red Metallic Wrap · WR-78 · #700F23 3M · 2080 · M203 metallic
Brushed Black Metallic is a wrap in the Specced catalogue, swatched at #494949. It renders with a metallic finish — the sheen belongs to the film itself, so there is no separate finish to pick. Body shape, paint condition and the light you photograph in all change how it lands, so the only honest preview of Brushed Black Metallic is one made from a photo of your own car.
Matte Red Metallic is a wrap in the Specced catalogue, swatched at #700F23. It renders with a metallic finish — the sheen belongs to the film itself, so there is no separate finish to pick. Body shape, paint condition and the light you photograph in all change how it lands, so the only honest preview of Matte Red Metallic is one made from a photo of your own car.
Renders
Brushed Black Metallic on real cars.
Nobody has shared a public Brushed Black Metallic render yet — checked Aug 2026. Yours could be the first: upload a photo of your car, pick Brushed Black Metallic, and a photoreal render comes back in minutes.
All Brushed Black Metallic renders →Real renders
Matte Red Metallic on real cars.
1 render shared publicly by people who specced their own car in Matte Red Metallic.
All Matte Red Metallic renders →
Questions
- Which is darker, Brushed Black Metallic or Matte Red Metallic?
- Matte Red Metallic is the darker of the two. Its swatch, #700F23, has a lower relative luminance than Brushed Black Metallic at #494949.
- What finishes do Brushed Black Metallic and Matte Red Metallic come in?
- Both are metallic films — the sheen belongs to the film itself, so there is no separate finish to choose.
- Can I see Brushed Black Metallic and Matte Red Metallic on my own car?
- Yes. Upload a photo of your car to Specced, pick Brushed Black Metallic, then Matte Red Metallic, and you get a photoreal render of each on your own car to compare side by side. Free, no account needed.
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