Which is darker, Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue or Matte Dark Gray?

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue is the darker of the two. Its swatch, #353944, has a lower relative luminance than Matte Dark Gray at #696667.

What finishes do Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue and Matte Dark Gray come in?

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue renders in metallic. Matte Dark Gray renders in matte.

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue vs Matte Dark Gray

Wrap comparison · updated Aug 2026

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue (#353944) reads darker than Matte Dark Gray (#696667), so it holds shadow in the body lines where Matte Dark Gray lifts them. Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue comes in metallic; Matte Dark Gray in matte. 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.

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Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue vs Matte Dark Gray: the differences.

The first difference between Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue and Matte Dark Gray is depth: Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue reads darker, so it hides body lines that Matte Dark Gray shows. The second is the finish: Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue is offered in metallic, Matte Dark Gray in matte. 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

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue is a wrap in the Specced catalogue, swatched at #353944. 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 Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue is one made from a photo of your own car.

Matte Dark Gray is a wrap in the Specced catalogue, swatched at #696667. It renders with a matte 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 Dark Gray is one made from a photo of your own car.

Real renders

Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue on real cars.

1 render shared publicly by people who specced their own car in Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue.

Audi R8 V10 GT gloss

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Renders

Matte Dark Gray on real cars.

Nobody has shared a public Matte Dark Gray render yet — checked Aug 2026. Yours could be the first: upload a photo of your car, pick Matte Dark Gray, and a photoreal render comes back in minutes.

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Questions

Which is darker, Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue or Matte Dark Gray?: Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue is the darker of the two. Its swatch, #353944, has a lower relative luminance than Matte Dark Gray at #696667.
What finishes do Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue and Matte Dark Gray come in?: Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue renders in metallic. Matte Dark Gray renders in matte.
Can I see Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue and Matte Dark Gray on my own car?: Yes. Upload a photo of your car to Specced, pick Frozen Satin Metallic Charcoal Blue, then Matte Dark Gray, 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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