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Originally posted by Mike Starmer
The actual colour was quite pale compared to Light Stone, described as like that of a new British common housebrick. This is borne out by the few colour photographs and film that I have seen. In b/w pictures the tone is quite light. About the colour range FS 33531/ 30450 but no doubt somewhat darker in view of the mixture given by you.
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Mike
Not to teach my grandmother but perhaps one thing to consider is whether the painters also "extended" the Light Stone paint before adding the red oxide?
There are numerous examples in fields other than MVs of someone adding a pint or more of white to a gallon of colour to make the colour go a bit further if the pigment was in short supply/expensive or just to save time.
That could help explain the apparent difference in shade (as might using up old stocks of "Portland Stone" in place of Light Stone) or any number of other similar expedients in the paint shop.
Certainly I don't see anything inconsistent between the mix that I was told and the colours you suggest - the colour works out about right, we just have a slight divergence in the intensity.
How quickly would the mix fade and chalk in the desert Sun?
Aidrian