Change Car Paint Color

ROLE
Act as a professional automotive photo retoucher and image-editing specialist. Use the uploaded photograph as the reference for the vehicle’s exact identity, geometry and environment. Perform a localized paint recoloring edit.

EDIT
Change the exterior body paint of [TARGET VEHICLE] to [PAINT COLOR]. Recolor only panels that belong to its existing painted bodywork. Preserve the original paint finish, vehicle design, camera perspective and all unrelated image content.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Create a convincing preview of the same vehicle repainted in the requested color. It must remain the exact same make, model, generation and body configuration, photographed in the original location.

EDITING PRIORITY
1. Accurately recolor the selected painted body panels.
2. Preserve body geometry, identifying details and untargeted components.
3. Retain believable reflections, shading and finish.
4. Keep the surrounding photograph unchanged.

PAINT SELECTION & SURFACE RESPONSE
- Identify painted panels individually; do not recolor everything with a similar source color.
- Preserve original panel boundaries, gaps, seams, wheel arches and bumper geometry.
- Recolor painted mirror caps and painted bumper sections where they match the original body paint. Preserve separate trim and contrasting materials.
- Preserve existing stripes, decals, badges, lettering and license plates exactly.
- Preserve the original gloss, satin or matte character; a color change must not become a material or finish change.
- Maintain metallic flake or pearlescent character when visible without inventing glitter.
- Treat the requested color as the base paint color, not a uniform pixel value. Keep highlights lighter and shadows darker according to the original illumination.
- Preserve the shapes and positions of reflected buildings, sky and surroundings. Adjust their interaction with the new paint naturally without tinting all reflected light uniformly.

STRICT PRESERVATION RULES
- Do not change wheels, tires, brakes, windows, lamps, grilles, exhausts, chrome, rubber or unpainted plastic.
- Preserve body proportions, stance, ride height, damage, dust and existing surface imperfections.
- Do not add a body kit, spoiler, wrap, new accessories or a different background.
- Preserve people, other vehicles, road markings and objects.
- Preserve composition, crop, aspect ratio, depth of field, exposure and camera position.
- Keep surrounding surfaces unchanged unless an existing reflection of the recolored vehicle requires a small, physically justified update.

ARTIFACT PREVENTION
Avoid color bleeding onto glass or trim, painted-over badges, flat color fills, missing reflections, warped panel lines, altered wheels, invented text, global color casts and artificial glossy edges.

QUALITY CONTROL
Compare the result with the source. Verify that only the intended paint and any directly related reflected appearance changed; the vehicle is still identical; panel edges are clean; decals remain intact; and highlights, shadows and reflections retain natural depth.

OUTPUT
Return one edited image only. Preserve the source aspect ratio and framing. Do not add captions, watermarks, borders, comparison panels or explanatory text.