@nickwheeler popped in yesterday afternoon to check up on me, we chatted colours etc.
Had to clean my house as it needs a clean and decluttering (read rubbish bin emptied) so he declined helping with that.
Being preoccupied with the whole jobless potential scenario, I was and will be for a while, not completely in the room.
Back to this car briefly.
New colour out in the light.
Alongside the car.
Suggestion from Nick is the copper lace over a black background.
My plan is a cream base, like the wheels rims edges are, note, they are not white, and the copper lace paint over the top of that for a dark on light contrast.
But there are more important things to deal with before that happens.