Lozenge Colour List

Guy Fawcett (gfawcett@am.nofc.forestry.ca)
Fri, 02 Dec 1994 12:48:00 -0600 (MDT)

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

Note to Allan Wright

If this catches on you might consider adding a section to the WWI page entitled
something like Colour Bank.