Helmet paint colours
 

Looking for advice for a suitable colour to repaint a WW2 Mk3 turtle helmet. It was repainted black post-WW2 for civilian emergency service and I want to repaint it in a wartime colour.

I can buy matt Khaki Green No.3, SCC No.2 Brown and SCC 14 No.15 Olive Drab in off the shelf spray cans, which colour would be most suitable?

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Mk III Helmet Colours
 

Hanno, it appears from original painted examples and wartime imagery that you have a bit of latitude when it comes to colour choice for a Mk III helmet.

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Thanks Ed!

It seems the helmet colour tends to look more like green with a brownish hue, rather than SCC No2 Brown outright. I have ordered spray cans with all three colours and will do some testing.

I will also check if the original base colour can give me some clues.