Oh dear, it was a good idea at the time !
I saw my 'friendly' paint sprayer and by chance he had to repaint the front of a VW Polo, white one. We looked at my White one, and he did point out it was 'pearl white' and when you look closely you can see the 'blue flecks' in the paint ! You learn something new every day. It seemed pretty close so I thought sod it, for £30.00 its worth a go. Off came the two front panels and the panels on the panniers and delivered to him. Four brushed bits of Alu. Collected two days later.
Smashing paint job, but nothing like the 'Pearl white', and when on you can see the difference. I now own a 'two tone' white V strom 1000. It actually looks OK, but......