Color matching process for maximizing hiding and workability with waterborne coating compositions

A primeness coating system comprising a resinous electrocoated layer and a basecoat layer applied directly thereto, said basecoat layer comprising a colored coating composition comprising a basecoat binder and a plurality of tints comprising a colorant and a carrier binder, wherein said tints in combination exhibit a target absorbance spectrum and said coating composition exhibits a minimum absorbance in a wavelength band, wherein the amount of carrier binder in the composition is less than 20 wt. % of the total amount of the basecoat binder and the carrier binder.

A coated substrate comprising:

• a metal substrate covered by an electrodeposited coating layer;
• a coating system applied to the electrodeposited layer without a primer layer therebetween, said coating system comprising a hiding layer and a color layer;
• wherein said hiding layer comprises a binder and a plurality of tints comprising a colorant and a carrier binder, wherein said tints in combination exhibit a target absorbance spectrum, each of said tints exhibiting at least a predetermined minimum absorbance at 300-470 nm.