Metallic orange - Preview vs. Reality

[Fawkes]

I think the lighting in different areas can really change how some shiny gear looks.

This is the same gear dyed the same color inside and outside my house.

[Enla]

I think the lighting in different areas can really change how some shiny gear looks.

This is the same gear dyed the same color inside and outside my house.

It definitely does, and in each screenshot the OP posted it does look like the gear is being heavily affected by the lighting as it matches the lit tone of the other objects in the area. (That first screenshot in the Crystarium especially, as the rest of the scene has that foggy washed out look.) Where as in the preview it's basically in a vaccum with no light sources to affect it. The darker metallic gold has the same issue, as does the metallic red. They reflect more of the light around them, which makes it seem like the color has been changed.