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On canvas, or on some kind of three-dimensional object?
One way, is if you, rather than just paint a base-color and reflections in the metal part, paint those reflections in layers of richness, and add some creases, bends, or even just light-streaks to the whole thing, it appears more realistically silvery.
That requires you to have something in the image (or a presumed outside the image item/person) that can be reflected, though. But in practice, sketch the basic idea out first, and then it's almost like color-by-numbers in ripples.
To better it, you can mix the white heavier in one direction, and the color heavier in the other direction, to enhance the (illusory) reflective quality. That moving in opposite directions thing has always looked nice for me.
Or, buy some paint with pearl essence in it and cheat. (There's no cheating in art, really, is there?)
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