The new norm, flat / no shine colors.......

Finish it.

lol...

I will say on some THINGS, a natural patina looks great. My friend has a '59 Schwinn fat tire that was originally brick red with the white painted stencil work. The white has cracked and yellowed a bit and it has rusted on a few places, around the oxide red, but it's been cleaned and put indoors.

He found some NOS whitewalls that had yellowing on them and recovered the springer seat in a piece of used, off white vinyl and a chrome KMC chain to go with the cleaned up chainring, crank and bars that are rust free. The white painted steel rims are a little yellowed with minor cracking, but not rusted.

That bicycle looks fantastic, much like the '54 Chevy pickup, right there that Joe posted.

I went the extra mile and bought the highest gloss rating clearcoat I could get, when I painted the Scamp. Color sanded the 3 clearcoats and polished the daylights out of it.

The Glasurit 923-550 High Performance clear, still looks like wet nail polish, 2 years later. You can't buy it everywhere, because of the 5.0VOC, but if you want gloss and strength, it's the best you can buy.