Enamel and Cellulose paint history/practice

[andrew34ruby]

 - did the brown primer almost look like Auto Brown - 

I had thought that every coat of paint on my early Ruby was black, but during repairs today I removed one of the bonnet side handles. This was rivetted on, and removal revealed original factory paint on the bonnet. Scraping off a thin coat of black, there was a very dark brown. Presumably the handle was then rivetted on and the final coat of gloss black put on after the rivetting.