Army-Navy Aeronautical (ANA) Color Tables

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This table lists by manufacturer all of the paints producted to match ANA colors directly. Closely matched colors are also shown (see the key list at the bottom of this table). The number of color-matched colors has grown in recent years, making the need to mix colors almost unnecessary. Let's take a look (Updated 03 May 08):

ANA Enamel Colors

ANA Nr	Color	Name	Model Master	Gunze Mr.Color	Humbrol	Revell	WEM
501		Light Blue	2030 4219				ACUS28
502		Insignia Blue	4218	326
503		Light Green	4229				ACUS27
505		Lemon Yellow	2023				ACUS29
506		Orange Yellow	1707	329		32310'	ACUS11
508		International Orange	2022 4225
509		Insignia Red 45	4224	327			ACUS26
510		Maroon	4231
511		Insignia White	1745 4223	001 316	022
512		Aircraft Gray	1731	073			ACUS21
513		Engine Gray	1791 4220	339
514		Instrument Black	4227		085
515		Black 44	1747 1947			32107
601		Insignia White 46	1768 2142	062	034		ACUS10
602		Light Gray		033			ACUS05
603		Sea Gray	1723 1923	305			ACUS13 ACUS14
604		Black	1749 1949		033	32109
605		Insignia Blue A-N	1719
606		Semigloss Sea Blue	1717 1917	014		32169	ACUS07
607		Non-Specular Sea Blue	1718			32169	ACUS07
608		Intermediate Blue	1720 1920	072	144		ACUS08
609		Azure Blue	2048
610		Sky	2049
611		Interior Green	1715	027			ACUS09 ARUS07
612		Medium Green 42	1764	302	149		ACUS16
613		Olive Drab	1711 2050	012 304	155
614		Orange Yellow 48	1708		154
615		Middle Stone	1955 2052
616		Sand 49	2053				ACRN16
617		Dark Earth	1702 2054		029		ARUS05
619		Insignia Red A-N	1705		153
620		Light Gull Gray	1730 1930	011			ACUS01
621		Dark Gull Gray	1740	317	140		ACUS02
622		Jet Black		002 092	021
623		Sea Blue	1717 1917				ACUS07

 

Notes:

• ° - Indicates that the color was produced to match but not labeled by manufacturer as match
• ˆ - Indicates that the color was produced to meet another standard (ANA, BS, etc.) and is equivalent
• ´ - Indicates that the color is a close match

Resources:

You can find many of these paint lines in your local hobby shop, but if you don't have these available to you locally and you are obviously reading this article online, then you can obtain these colors from the following online sources:

• Great Models Webstore (www.greatmodels.com) offers the Testors Model Master, Alclad, Gunze Sangyo, Tamiya, and WEM Colourcoat lines
• HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com) offers the Gunze Sangyo line
• Squadron Mail Order (www.squadron.com) offers the Testors Model Master, Alclad, Gunze Aqueous, Humbrol, Tamiya, and Vallejo
• White Ensign Models (www.whiteensignmodels.com) produces and distributes their WEM Colourcoats paint series from their website

This list of paint manufacturers and online resources is by no means all-inclusive and we will provide you with periodic updates to these lists as more information becomes available.