hhmmmm…..
You want it to maintain the original color, I’m just thinking out load here, but metal reflects. So maybe you want to create the effect of reflection.
This can be done numerous ways I suppose,
But try this, choose a still or video as to use as a reflection layer, put it on top of the layer and change the layer’s mode to SCREEN. lower the opacity of the layer to taste.
No reflection is usually distorted, so stretch the layer out of porportion to fake the distortion, or use a distort effect if you want, but usually stretching it is enough.
If there is to much detail in the reflection, add a levels effect and clip some of the detail.
animate the reflection around if needed.
– Derrick