Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mrs Vampire]

sorting through the paint samples I note here some anomalies.

The Canberra set of seventeen plates are somewhat different to both the Australian standard and the Berger colour chart.

The Australian standard has fifteen colours and include O warm sand ( which appears to be close to the British desert colour and R red .

The Berger sheet has only 11 colours J.K,L,M,N,P,Q,R,S,T, U,...missing O Warm sand

None of the colour charts have Tarmac save for the sample in the archive in Melbourne it is no where else and W light Earth also only in the archive in Melbourne.
R red is in both the the Australian standard and the Berger chart.

The RAAF colours as depicted in the spartan chart are both very different to the army colours and have a quite different range. RAAF foliage Green for instance bears little resemblance to the Army Foliage green.

I have yet to examine Dakins discourse with they RAAF however it seems clear at the moment they were on a very different trajectory. Dakin does say he had a very good relationship with the RAAF and they were keen to take his advice.

If I can get my hands on a Spartan chart I will add it to the book and hunt down the colours history. Without a chart there is little point in pursuing it.

I will take a gander at the Canberra chips in a few weeks but the samples in Melbourne I feel are the best given their lack of exposure to light over time.

I will also do a set of trial chips and send them of to Mike.... well both Mikes ....Cecil and Starmers. the latter mainly as a help to his work and an opinion on our KG3 and warm sand O

Here are the samples of the first eleven