Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mrs Vampire]

Hi Mike the archive indicates the colour was done by formula.

There were six basic colours form which the rest could be made . The basic colours were made using pigment by weight. There are some photos in previous parts of this thread of the process and a copy of the formulas for the colours.
There is also considerable material in the archive about pigment and sourcing it.

It was not as hit and miss as you might think. The can of KG3 I have a loan of is a standard issue 1944 can from the manufacturer. The colour is about exact as I could imagine with the sample in the Archive and with Bob Mosely's version.

The paints were not mixed up at the local hardware store . Local purchase meant purchasing from the nearest manufacturer. Those manufactures were still required to abide by the specification and the pigments were not like the liquid squirts they use today rather they were sometimes a paste and often a powder .