French National Colors
This page outlines the colors used in the roundels and on the rudder of French WWI aircraft, as measured by comparisons to surviving fabric and paint samples..
Red/Cocarde Rouge | French National Markings | |
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Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
Methuen 10D8[1] CIElab 47.04, 45.74, 22.88 |
Beauti-Tone Lipstick (A19-3-1444-3) Behr Lingonberry Punch (M150-6) |
Reaper MSP Rust Brown (9072) ? |
Red/Cocarde Rouge | French National Markings | |
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Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
Methuen 10C8[1] CIElab 50.12, 50.79, 27.01 |
Behr Pinkadelic (P160-6) Benjamin Moor Rhubarb (2007-30) |
TBD |
White is white.
Blue/Cocarde Bleu | French National Markings | |
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Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
Methuen 22D4[1] CIElab 63.54, -9.79, -12.11 |
Benjamin Moore Whipple Blue (HC-152) British Std 2660 Wedgewood Blue (BS 8-088) |
Reaper MSP Snow Shadow (9021) ? |
Blue/Cocarde Bleu | French National Markings | |
---|---|---|
Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
Methuen 23D4[1] CIElab 65.53, -10.67, -10.1 |
Beauti-Tone Meetinghouse Blue (CC042-4) Behr Crashing Waves (S450-4) |
Vallejo Model Color Pale Blue Grey (70.905) ? |
Blue/Cocarde Bleu | French National Markings | |
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Reference Color | House Paints or Standards | Hobby Paints |
Methuen 23C8[1] CIElab 53.74,-25.16,-35.67 |
Dulux Peking Blue (56G 23/355) Dulux Bayshore (50BG 30/384) |
Vallejo Model Color Andrea Blue (70.841) ? |
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
- J.M. Bruce, Windsock Datafile 8: Spad 7.C1. Great Britain: Albatros Publications Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-948414-12-X
- A. Kornerup & J.H. Wanscher, Methuen Handbook of Colour, Third Edition. Great Britain: Methuen London, 1989, ISBN 0-413-33400-7