British Standard Colors in World War II

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This table lists by manufacturer all of the paints producted to match RAF colors directly as well as closely matched colors. (Updated 03 May 2008):

British Standard Acrylic Colors

Color	Name	Testors Acryl	Polyscale	Tamiya	Vallejo	Spare
	Aluminium	4678	414299	X11 XF16	064 997
	Azure Blue		505262		902
	Dark Earth	4708 4846	505252		029 873
	Dark Green	4726	505250 505388	XF27	016 888 893
	Dark Slate Gray		505266 505038	XF61	013 892
	Extra Dark Sea Gray		505264		867
	ID Yellow Trainer Yellow	4721	505282
	Interior Green		505270
	Medium Sea Gray	4757	505384
	Middle Stone		505260		081 882
	Night Black	4768	505350	XF01	950
	Ocean Gray		505256		052 869
	PRU Blue		505268		904
	Sky	4840			885

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.