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Is it the case that the solid non metallic or non pearl colours don't tend to need blending into other panels? Maybe that would explain the bonnet standing out like a sore thumb.
By contrast I had a passenger from wing resprayed on my mk6 and, being metallic that was blended into adjacent panels and the repair was seemless, in any light you could not tell it from the rest of the car, and I checked very thoroughly. If my door ding can't be smart repaired I might be looking at a part respray on the door but have no qualms about having it done by the bodyshop that did my mk6.