Clear-Doped Linen
Early in the war many countries simply used clear-doped linen on their planes, which turned out to a cream or buff color. Windsock publications uniformly describe clear-doped linen as Methuen 4A3 to 4C3.
| 4A3 | Light Linen | |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
| Methuen 4A3 CIElab 91.69,-0.92,23.08 |
Austr.Std. Cream (Y34) Beauti-Tone Martica (B24-6-0811-0) |
GW Bleached Bone (?) ? |
| 4B3 | Medium Linen | |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
| Methuen 4B3 CIElab 83.19,-2.36,21.95 |
Beauti-Tone Howdy Neighbor (B12-5-0385-0) Behr Honey Mist (MQ3-42) |
Reaper Creamy Ivory (9144) |
| 4C3 | Dark Linen | |
|---|---|---|
| Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
| Methuen 4C3 CIElab 75.06,-3.11,19.2 |
Beauti-Tone New Foliage (C41-4-0400-0) Behr Wasabi Powder (PPU9-10) |
Reaper Yellowed Bone (9143) Reaper Khaki Highlight (9123) |
Background and Caveats
Note: As always, there was frequently variation in paint color, weathering, varnishing, etc., so this is just a general guide. Unless you've got a high-end, wide-gamut monitor in perfect calibration (and who does?), do not trust the colors you see on your monitor! Instead, visit your local paint store and see if you can find paint samples like the ones listed and then match your hobby paints or mixes against those. The goal is just to "get close enough" for your own tastes.
Color matching was performed with the 1989 Methuen Handbook of Color and a Nix Color sensor.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- A. Kornerup & J.H. Wanscher, Methuen Handbook of Colour, Third Edition. Great Britain: Methuen London, 1989, ISBN 0-413-33400-7