VALLEJO Colour matches for RAF / RN Colours
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:17 pm
Took the plunge to swap from enamels to acrylics for Brush Painting recently, and following a recommendation that Vallejo Model Colour is the best Acrylic out there for the job, I have been experimenting to see if I can get some matches 'straight from the bottle' .....cos I hate mixing!
Thought some of you guys might find this useful. I have tried to match to Xtracolor RAF / RN WWII paints.
Dark Slate Grey (X25) - V924 Russian Uniform WWII. Really hard one to match! This one is the closest but maybe a tad on the green side?
Extra Dark Sea Grey (X5) - V867 Dark Blue Grey
Sky (X7) - V885 Pastel
Dark Sea Grey (X4) - V836 London Grey
Ocean Grey (X3) - V869 Basalt Grey
Medium Sea Grey (X3) - V870 Medium Sea Grey
Medium Stone (X9) - V882 Middlestone. Worst colour to match, this one is the closest although maybe too yellow?
Light Stone (X29) - V914 Green Ochre
Dark Earth (X2) - V921 English Uniform.....OR V873 U.S. Field Drab. Both close matches
Dark Green (X1) - V95 U.S. Dark Green
Azure Blue (X26) - V943 Grey Blue. Another difficult one to match and this is about the closest.
PRU Blue (X8) - V904 Dark Blue Grey
If anyone has found better matches let me know............especially that Middle Stone and Dark Slate Grey!
cheers
Thought some of you guys might find this useful. I have tried to match to Xtracolor RAF / RN WWII paints.
Dark Slate Grey (X25) - V924 Russian Uniform WWII. Really hard one to match! This one is the closest but maybe a tad on the green side?
Extra Dark Sea Grey (X5) - V867 Dark Blue Grey
Sky (X7) - V885 Pastel
Dark Sea Grey (X4) - V836 London Grey
Ocean Grey (X3) - V869 Basalt Grey
Medium Sea Grey (X3) - V870 Medium Sea Grey
Medium Stone (X9) - V882 Middlestone. Worst colour to match, this one is the closest although maybe too yellow?
Light Stone (X29) - V914 Green Ochre
Dark Earth (X2) - V921 English Uniform.....OR V873 U.S. Field Drab. Both close matches
Dark Green (X1) - V95 U.S. Dark Green
Azure Blue (X26) - V943 Grey Blue. Another difficult one to match and this is about the closest.
PRU Blue (X8) - V904 Dark Blue Grey
If anyone has found better matches let me know............especially that Middle Stone and Dark Slate Grey!
cheers