Lozenge Colors
Written by:Guy Fawcett gfawcett@nofc.forestry.ca
Well here is my first shot in the lozenge war. About a year ago I borrowed a copy of the Metheun
Handbook of colour and tried my hand at matching FS# to Metune references (tedious work). I was
not entirely satisfied with the result (note in the five colour upper I ended up with two colours with
only one FS# close). So people who can try the same exercise again might shed some light on a set of
more precise matches or maybe confim some of my choices. As I mentioned in the first letter about
this I then tried to match a set of lozenge decals that accompany Kosters Vacum form kits. Does
anyone know if Koster has the decals made up for him exclusivly or wether they actually come from
a major decal manufacturer?
FS# to
Koster
Decal FS# to Methuen DESCRIPTION
13618 4.5B6 5B AMBER YELLOW
15177 21.5D6 5B COPENHAGEN BLUE
15193 24.5D4 5B GREYISH TURQUOISE
17142 14.5D4 5B GREYISH MAGENTA
17142 12CD5 5B GREYISH RUBY
34524 28D5.5 5T DEEP GREYISH GREEN
37100 17E5.5 5T DEEP GREYISH VIOLET
14255 4.5D6 5T HONEY YELLOW
15102 21E6.5 5T DULLISH DEEP BLUE
15193 24EF6 5T DEEP GREYISH TURQUOISE
33538 13637 4.5C7 4B BRAZEN YELLOW
15065 15107 23D4 4B DULL CHINA BLUE
21158+W 21158 11B5 4B GREYISH ROSE
14110 24241 26D4 4B DULL GREYISH GREEN
30215 14255 4.5D4 4T OLIVE BROWN
25231+B 15177 21D4 4T DULL BLUE
24108 15193 24.5E7 4T DEEP TURQUOISE
14449 24552 29.5D5 4T PEA GREEN
Codes
4T = 4 colour top
4B = 4 colour bottom
5T = 5 colour top
5B = 5 colour bottom
+W = add white or lighter
+B = add black or darker
Another Lozenge Attempt
Written by: Doug Jones djones@iex.com
After reading the lozenge material in the WWI home page I dug this out and offer it as another data
point. This material comes from the R/C Modeler lozenge stencils.
This is for a 5 color pattern:
Upper
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Color Munsell Humbrol
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Purple 5P 3/4 MC26 Royal Purple
Ochre 2.5Y 5/4 62 Leather
Green 7.5 GY 4/4 HF2 Vert
Blue 5 PB 2/6 56 Tank Gray
Blue-Gree 7.5 BG 3/4 88 Deck Green
Lower
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Color Munsell Humbrol
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Purple 5P 4/4 As Upper
Yellow 10 YR 6/6 HG7 German Pale yellow
Lilac 5 RP 5/6 MC10 Polish Crimson
Blue 2.5 PB 4/4 HU 13 Azure
Blue-Gree 7.5 BG 3/4 As Upper
Cammoflage Patterns
The following references are from the December 1969 Issue of Scale Models magazine from an
article entitled Cammoflage Petterns
4 Color Pattern
Top Surface Methuen Ref. Munsell Ref.
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Dull Blue 21D4 6PB/4.9/5.1
Deep Turquiose 24E7-25E7 5B/2.4/4.6-7BG/3.7/4.4
Olive Brown 4D4-5D4 5Y/5.9/2.9-8.5YR/5.5/2.8
Pea Green 29D5-30D5 5GY/5.9/3.1-2GY/5.9/3.1
Bottom Surface Methuen Ref. Munsell Ref.
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Dull China Blue 23D4 2.5PB/5.1/4.1
Dull Grey Green 26D4 7G/5.4/2.3
Yellow Ocre 4C7-5C7 5Y/6.3/8.4-9YR/6.0/8.3
Greyish Rose 11B5 9RP/6.2/6.7
5 Color Pattern
Top Surface Methuen Ref. Munsell Ref.
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Violet Between Between
17E5 - 17E6 2.5P/3.6/5.5-2P/3.0/6.8
Honey Yellow 4D6-5D6 5.5Y/5.8/5.6-8.5YR/5.2/5.3
Deep Grey-Green 28D5-28D6 6.5GY/5.7/3.2-7GY/5.6/4.4
Deep Turquoise 24E6-24F6 6B/3.7/3.9-7B/2.9/3.0
Dull Deep Blue 21E6-21E7 5.5PB/3.2/6.4-5PB/2.9/7.6
Bottom Surface Methuen Ref. Munsell Ref.
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Grey Magenta 14D4-15D4 9.5P/5.1/5.1-5.5P/5.0/5.3
Golden Wheat 4B6-5B6 3.5Y/7.6/7.7-7.5YR/7.3/7.6
Greyish Ruby 12C5-12D5 5.5RP/5.4/5.9-5.5RP/4.6/5.2
Grey Turquoise 24D4-25D4 8.5B/5.3/2.7-1.5B/5.3/1.9
Copenhagen Blue 21D6-22D6 6PB/4.0/7.9-4.5PB/4.3/7.4