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Beerman,
The metal flake it’self has many sizes & tints. Go to a body shop supplier to see all the available metal flakes. On my 1954 Harley I had huge pieces of flake applied. Not to worry though. I would never paint a bike apricot metal flake, Ha Ha!! The gun even requires different tips to shoot it. Also the flakes in the finished job will with time migrate to the surface of the paint & become brighter with age. My old 70 Nova looked silver from a distance until I washed it with Ajax as a finishing compound to remove some flake, more so here where it gets to 127 in the summer. The T.V. channels lie about how hot it is & here comes global warming. Being here all my life I can tell it’s getting hotter & weather is changing to more intense summer storms. Another post some day.
My last build a KF7 I had the top painted matal flake green but a guy couldn’t see the flake until it was 5 feet away. I told the painter I wanted just a hint of flake just to keep my motor a little different for theft protection along with other interior mods.
I never heard what happened to your Johnson getting it to run right. Tell me what the final issue was. Don’t forget pearl paint too. Another animal all together again.