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Re: WD colours

I looked at the group's technical specs page and found this on color- http://www.wdbsa.nl/colour.htm - which I thought, while helpful, is a bit unwieldy. These days with a HEX code or RGB value you can go to any professional paint shop and have an exact match mixed. I did a little digging into the BS381C colors and found the following four:

BS381C 220 Olive Green
HEX 405018 RGB 64 80 24
http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/405018/

BS381C 223 Middle Bronze Green
HEX 404828 RGB 64 72 40
http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/404828/

BS381C 224 Deep Bronze Green
HEX 304020 RGB 48 64 32
http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/304020/

BS381C 298 Olive Drab
HEX 404820 RGB 64 72 32
http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/404820/

My question for the group is how close these might be to the original War Office specs. and if so what dates, makes, theaters, etc. they might apply. Other colors? Or if there is already resource online with this information which I couldn't find?

EDIT- I just found this chart which seems to disagree with the information above- https://www.e-paint.co.uk/BS381%20Colourchart.asp It would be nice to know which colors were used where and when.

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