American Roundel and Rudder Colors

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The usual caveats: 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 below and then match your hobby paints or mixes against those. The goal is just to "get close". See 'Color: why we'll never get it exactly right'.

Entries with an asterisk (*) are excellent matches; entries with question marks (?) have not been formally measured with a color meter and are therefore unconfirmed.

Source: Windsock Datafile 36: Nieuport 28

Red	American Roundels & Rudders
Methuen/CIElab	House Paints and Standards	Hobby Paints
46.71,40.78,28.51	Beauti-Tone Cherry Blink A23-1-1075-3 Behr Tibetan Orange PPU2-14 * Benjamin Moore Rosy Apple 2006-30 * Dulux Tender Rose 10YR 16/407 FS595c 11302 Pantone 7608C * Sherwin-Williams Peppery 6615 Valspar Toasted Cranberry 2001-5A **	??Vallejo 70.829 Amaranth Red?? ??Vallejo 70.803 Brown Rose??
42.21,36.62,25.84	See the same entry in for British PC12
Blue	American Roundels & Rudders
Methuen/CIElab	House Paints and Standards	Hobby Paints
63.54,-9.79,-12.11	See the same entry in French Roundels & Rudders
65.28,-19.21,-25.8	Beauti-Tone Epimetheus C17-3-0660-4 * Behr Aztec Sky P490-4 Dulux Amsterdam 50BG 41/312 ** Pantone 7702 U * Sherwin-Williams Fountain 6787 Valspar Ocean Sigh 5002-10A	??Reaper MSP 9018 Sky Blue??
53.24,-18.63,-23.02	Beauti-Tone Charybdis C17-2-0661-4 Behr Explorer Blue M470-5 Benjamin Moore Ash Blue 2057-40 Dulux Chelsea Blue 52BG 38/320 Farrow & Ball St. Giles Blue 280 ** NCS1950 S2040-B Pantone 7702 U * RAL Design 230 60 30 Sherwin-Williams Jamaica Bay 6781	TBD

Color matching with 1989 Methuen Handbook of Color and Nix Color sensor