Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
The Campus Green does look good, but I've been wondering if it is a "flamboyant" color (i.e. a gold base layer with a tinted clear top layer) or if it was a more conventional paint, but perhaps with some pearl or metal flake? I was looking through my 1976 Schwinn catalog, and it says that the Paramount was available in any color, except chrome. Unfortunately, there's not a page where they show the various colors.
Steve in Peoria
Campus Green and other Schwinn Flamboyan (Candy) colors are painted a silver color first. This is actually the same color as Schwinn's Grey Ghost or Silver Mist. Then the semi-translucent, metallic color coat is applied over the silver. With just the right amount of paint, the silver can shine through, at least in bright light and give it a candy apple look. Schwinn used flamboyant paint for Coppertone, Sky Blue, Lime, Chestnut (Root Beer) and Violet in addition to Campus Green. There may have been some others that were not as famous as those. I remember red and an orange looking like candy apple paint.