Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Jacques Reed]

Good Day,

A fellow MLU member recently pointed out to me the following information at the AWM archives.

The WW2 Camouflage colour chips held there have a Munsell number attached to them. In the case of Khaki Green J it is listed as Munsell No. 7.5Y 4/2.

Reading up on the Munsell system it defines the Hue, Value and Chroma of the colour. Won't go into long dissertation here but leave it to the reader to learn more.

Having read the write-up attached with the picture of the colour chips it is not completely clear whether the Munsell number was assigned to it at the time of manufacture of the chips or whether it was a later assessment by an archivist at the AWM.

It appears the web page may have been updated, as an earlier sighting of the page did not include the Munsell numbers.

If it was a contemporary description of it at WW2 then colour matching has just become a lot more simple.

Can anyone shed some light on it?

Have attached link below.


https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL/16500/

Cheers,