How did Huawei make the gradient finish for the P20 Pro Twilight

The Huawei P20 Pro is currently one of their most desirable smartphones in recent memory that appeared in three different colours at launch – black, blue and a pinkish Pink Gold though their most desirable gradient paint job dubbed Twilight was oddly absent.

When we first laid eyes on the P20 Pro Twilight, it was certainly the most novel aesthetic finish that seen in recent memory with a mirrored, metallic finish that gently transitions from purple to blue to teal depending on how you hold it up to the light. According to Huawei, this particular finish was so popular that it sold out immediately in China when it first hit the market, which is quite an achievement, mind.

According to Joon Suh Kim, the Chief Design Officer at Huawei, the Twilight finish was inspired by the aurora borealis which is better known in more mainstream circles as the northern lights and intended to capture both its magnificence and mysteriousness in order. According to Joon, “Huawei’s designers are not just designers, but dreamers as well. As designers, we get inspirations everywhere; as dreamers, we’re obliged to come up with ideas that the consumers themselves don’t yet know they love, such as the Twilight colour.”

To that end, Huawei settled on using their optical non-conductive vacuum metalizing (NCVM) coating to achieve the event which has been seen on in a limited fashion in certain other Huawei phones though the finish seen on the P20 Pro is the most refined version of the process. If this floats your boat, Huawei have announced the sale of a limited number, specifically 500 units, of P20 Pro Twilight phones in Malaysia this Friday on 4 May 2018 at their flagship store at Pavilion mall at a price of RM3,299 starting from 6.00PM.