Nick 'The Viking'

I've got an artistic/graphic/image question.

Below is shown a pic of an RC plane wing, with a hexagonal graphic pattern. In stark contrast to the pic, in real life the contrast of the blue and purple to the black is not enough.

My scheme is to modify it such that it becomes lighter by way of added color, also gaining a cool 3-D look. Like the other picture, of the hexagonal tiles.

But I do not have the skillset to figure out where to apply the color and how much of what.
And I'd like it to look nice and I'd like to only have to do it once....

Can it be done with white highlights? Are there paint pens that aren't solvent based that I could experiment with?

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Mar 20, 2023 at 3:56amWeb
Show threadNick 'The Viking'Mar 20, 2023

The wing is a paper thin layer of carbon fiber, lightly adhered to a foam core. So no processes can be at all aggressive. I've considered covering it with frisket paper but I'm not liking the idea of having to peel it off.
I can and likely will tape on a bit of thin PP document folder and apply color to that to try.

Any suggestions welcome....

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Show threadTimo GrünMar 26, 2023
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I would suspect that any added material would mess with the aerodynamic properties of the wing. Anything you apply will have to be sprayed on, minimal (also in terms of weight) and glossy.