The Buick Avista was one of the most noteworthy concept cars as it made its way around the auto shows this season. And one of the more striking aspects of the car?s design was the custom color, Dark Sapphire Jewel. Our special assignment contributor, Gigi Leonard, had the good fortune to grab a few moments […]The post Coloring Outside the Lines: The Buick Avista appeared first on Pursuitist.

The Buick Avista was one of the most noteworthy concept cars as it made its way around the auto shows this season. And one of the more striking aspects of the car?s design was the custom color, Dark Sapphire Jewel. Our special assignment contributor, Gigi Leonard, had the good fortune to grab a few moments with Krysti Murphy, who worked to develop the vehicle?s immensely hypnotic color to gain some insight into the process:Purstuitist Autos: Let?s talk about your role at Buick. What is your title"
Krysti Murphy: I’m the Lead Exterior Color Development Designer.You were working in the kids market prior to this, right"

Yes, I used to work for Hasbro toys on My Little Pony. It was a lot of fun to do some graphic design, and I used to do the tattoo art that’s on the side of them, and then pick out the color for the actual pony, the pinks or how some of the colors will transition from blue to pink to purple. Some of those ponies are crazy bright colors.So the next question that I have for you is, how did you transition from working in that market into cars"
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