“paramagnetic paint”

Wild color changing “paramagnetic paint” Technology, at the press of a button, can change the colour of your car. The technology works by running a current through a special polymer applied to the vehicle before painting. This polymer contains particles of ‘paramagnetic’ iron oxide. With the application of an electric current, the spacing of the oxide’s crystals is adjusted, affecting their level of light reflection and thus our color perception. Cars, being rather conductive metal objects, are therefore the perfect medium for such a technology, with the small current maintaining a particular color. However, with no current, such as when the car is turned off, the paint would return to its default color of white.