Luftwaffe RLM Colors in WW2

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This table lists by manufacturer all of the paints producted to match RLM colors directly. Closely matched colors are also shown (see the key list at the bottom of this table). The number of color-matched Luftwaffe colors has grown in recent years, making the need to mix colors almost unnecessary. Let's take a look (Updated 31 Mar 2008):

RLM Acrylic Colors

RLM Nr	Color	Name	Testors Acryl	Polyscale	Tamiya	Vallejo	Spare
01		Silber Silver	4678	414299	X11	997
02		RLM Grau RLM Gray	4770	505075	XF22	044 886
04		Gelb Yellow	4771	505017
05		Lasur Cream				806
21		Weiß White		505011	XF02°
22		Schwarz Black		505214	XF01°
23		Rot Red	4772	505020	XF07°	003
24		Dunkelblau Dark Blue	4773	505023
25		Hellgrün Light Green	4774	505026
27		Gelb Yellow				002
61		Dunkelbraun Dark Brown	4775	505300
62		Grün Green	4776	505302
63		Lichtgrau Light Gray	4777	505304
64		Lichtblau Light Blue		505306
65		Hellblau Pale Blue	4778	505051		008 906
66		Schwarzgrau Black Gray	4779	505014	XF24°	005 866
67		Dunkelolivgrün Dark Olive		505308
68		Hellolivgrün Pale Olive		505310
69		Lichtohfarbe Light Tan		505312
70		Schwarzgrün Black Olive	4780	505055	XF27°	021 897
71		Dunkelgrün Dark Green	4781	505056		015 888
72		Grün Green	4782	505314
73		Grün Green	4783	505316		016 896
74		Graugrün Gray-Green	4784	505059	XF62°	054 867
75		Grauviolett Gray Violet	4785	505060
76		Lichtblau Light Blue	4786	505061		046 907
78		Hellblau Light Blue	4788	505318
79		Sandgelb Sand Yellow	4789	505320		032
80		Olivgrün Olive Green	4790	505322	XF58°	017 894
81		Brunviolett Brown Violet	4791	505070	XF49°
82		Dunkelgrün Dark Green	4792	505071		022 823
83		Lichtgrün Light Green	4793	505072	XF26°	891

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
• This table is based upon the 'industry standard' chips that were based upon Monogram's earlier works. Those paint chips shown in the color-matched tables are the Testors paint chips.
• The RLM color reference table consists of the color chips published by Eagle Editions based on more up-to-date research. The color differences from previous published works show some of the variance in color appearance from some of the more common colors.
• These RLM color tables are by no means complete. These are works in progress as we attempt to clarify some of these colors to make the use of common camouflage scheme charts easier to interpret and get the right results.

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.