Richard is this something like you are wanting only on a guitar?
Automotive clear over House of Kolor tints. Started with black, sanded back to white wood then mixed the teal. These are called Kandy Intensifiers. I am sure most any candy mixing color will work, and with your automotive experience, this will be an easy transition.
One thing to remember though. You are not dealing with a primed surface here and the grain holes need to be filled. On the gunstocks I used to fill them with enough finish, cut it back, wet sand and polish. I discovered after seeing some of my gunstocks a couple years later that figured wood, or open grained wood will have a srinkage over time and the finish will pull back into the grain. You will know it when you see it. Most guitar makers use some sort of grain filler, some epoxy some mineral spirit based. With this type finish, I personally will be using some sort of epoxy to fill the grain.
Now here comes the kicker. I can't tell you when to fill the grain using this kind of process because I haven't done one yet. I can tell you that the solvent based dyes will be better at penetrating that the water based dyes will be, but unless you sand your surface back to raw wood after filling the grain, I bet you will end up with a splotchy finish. This particular gunstock also had tinted clear to build the depth of color, so that is an additional option as well.
I am sure you are aware of intercoat, or jamb clear. If not, you need to find a source as it will allow you to do some of your tinted clear coats with almost no build, and it soaks into the wood pretty good.
Mike
Trust me, that is not radical! Hot pink fading to hot green would be radical! 
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but thats another thread.
