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On another post Penrhos1920 brought up the question of Car Paint Colour Matches so I thought that it would be useful to repost this, the original was posted by SP Steve on RMweb. Many of the colours are relevant to Welsh railways, the others you may ignore.

BR Coach Cream - Vauxhall Gazelle Beige / Talbot Jonquil
BR Coach Cream (well worn) - Peugeot Antelope Beige
BR Diesel Blue - VW Pargas Blue
BR Steam Loco Blue - Peugeot Royal Blue
BR Loco Warning Panel Yellow - Vauxhall Mustard Yellow
LNER Garter Blue/BR diesel blue but slightly more blue - Ford Fjord Blue, less green
LNER Garter Blue - VW Pargas Blue
LMS Coronation Blue - Rover Pageant Mid-Blue
Stanier Coronation Blue - Peugeot Royal Blue
Pullman Coach Brown - Rover Russet Brown
GWR Coach Cream - Rover Primula Yellow / Ford Sahara Beige
GWR Coach Brown - Triumph Maple / Talbot Café Noir / Rover Russet Brown
SR Dark Olive Green - Land Rover Coniston Green
SR Malachite Green - Ford Laurel Green
LNWR / LYR Coach Plum Lower Panels - Daewoo Dark Red
LNWR Coach Bluey-White Upper Panels - Daewoo Casablanca White
CR Steam Loco - Peugeot Royal Blue
SDJR Blue / CR Dark Blue - Rover Midnight Blue
Stroudley LBSCR Ochre - BMC Tan

These suggestions have been around for a very long time witness Rover Russet Brown - a colour beloved of Austin Allegro owners - and BMC Tan. Good luck finding a tin of those in Halfords!

Menelaus wrote:Good luck finding a tin of those in Halfords! :

Maybe not on the shelf but one can get colour matches made up to spec at auto factors.

Thinking about this again if it was possible to identify the British Standard number for these colours it might be possible to match them with current colour ranges. Perhaps an option easier than getting batches made up.

Menelaus wrote: British Standard number for these colours

I think that the problem is that the British Standards (BS 381C, BS4800 & BS5252) cover certain standard colours (although I understand that BR colours came from the BS381 range), not necessarily all colours. However, there may be some mileage in finding and recording the RGB number for any desired colour, but then we are still in the 'getting paint mixed' area.

BTW I believe the the origin of the list I posted earlier was the RAF Kinloss MRC and an updated list can be found on their website http://www.rafkinlossmrc.co.uk/info.html. Sadly, though, the good men of Kinloss do not interest themselves greatly in matters Welsh.

Noel wrote: so pre-group railway colours need not have been put in BS381,

Perish the thought that the Circle's sphere of interest might end in 1922!