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	Model Master	Gunze Mr.Color	Humbrol	Revell	WEM
	Aluminium	1781 1790	008	011 191	32190	C04
	Azure Blue	2048				ACRN12
	Dark Earth	1702 2054		029		ACRN10 ARUS05
	Dark Green	1910 2060	023 309	116		ACRN09 ACUS20
	Dark Slate Gray	2027		030		ACRN06
	Extra Dark Sea Gray		333	027	32171	ACRN02
	ID Yellow Trainer Yellow	1708		154		ACRN21
	Interior Green					ACRN28
	Medium Sea Gray	1725 2058	306 335			ACRN04
	Middle Stone	1955 2052	021			ACRN11
	Night Black	1749 1949		033	32109	ACRN17
	Ocean Gray					ACRN07
	PRU Blue					ACRN14
	Sky	2049				ACRN01

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.