British Standard Colour Table

British Vehicle Colours in World War Two

Tetrach light tank with British two-colour disruptive camouflage scheme Light Tank Mk.VII, Tetrarch Mk.I sporting the 1944 two-colour disruptive pattern. The vehicle is from the collection of Patrick Storto, who completed the MMS 1:76 scale metal kit as a C.S. (close support) version, adding a spare fuel drum and a Bren MG mounted on the turret side.

Europe

3-Colour Disruptive Pattern, 1939
2-Colour Disruptive Pattern, 1941
2-Colour Disruptive Pattern, Sicily 1943
Mickey Mouse Pattern, Normandy 1944
Deep Bronze Green, 1945

North Africa

2-Colour Disruptive, 1937 & 1939
3-Colour Diagonal Bands Pattern, 1940
2-Colour Disruptive, 1942 & 1943

It is important to remember, that the table lists the closest model colour matches for a particular standard colour applied to an actual vehicle, not a model of the same. In order to paint a 1:72 scale model of a particular vehicle, the scale colour effect needs to be taken into account. As a rule, matching model colours should be mixed with 10-30% white in order to arrive at the scaled down vehicle base colour. Approximately 40-50% white is recommended for drybrushing the highlights. For a detailed painting guide, please refer to Weathering Vehicles, by Jim Gordon.

British Standard Colour Conversion Table
Denominación	Humbrol	Revell	Vallejo¹	Testors²	Tamiya²	Gunze²	Pactra²
No.1A B.S.987C-1942 Dark Earth	29 ⁽²⁾	87	921 (141)	E 6603	XF52	H72	-
No.1A B.S.987C-1942 Dark Earth	Secondary colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, Europe 1941.
No.2 B.S.987C-1942 Khaki Brown	26 ⁽²⁾	86	879 (114)	E 6413	-	H81 / TC-4	-
No.2 B.S.987C-1942 Khaki Brown	Base colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, Europe 1941. Base colour, Europe 1942–1943.
No.3 B.S.381-1939 Khaki Green No.23 B.S.381-1930 Middle Bronze Green	30 ⁽²⁾	-	895 (88)	-	XF26 / XF58	-	-
	Base colour, 3-colour disruptive pattern, Europe 1939. Base colour, North Africa (Tunisia) 1943.
No.4 B.S.381-1939 No.24 B.S.381-1930 Dark Green	75	-	897 (98)	-	-	H330	-
No.4 B.S.381-1939 No.24 B.S.381-1930 Dark Green	Dark disruptive colour, 3-colour disruptive pattern, Europe 1939.
No.5 B.S.381-1939 No.22 B.S.381-1930 Light Green	80	-	891 (74)	E 5973	-	-	-
No.5 B.S.381-1939 No.22 B.S.381-1930 Light Green	Light disruptive colour, 3-colour disruptive pattern, Europe 1939.
No.7 B.S.381-1939 Khaki Green	151	-	-	-	-	-	-
No.7 B.S.381-1939 Khaki Green	Base colour, Europe 1942.
No.13 B.S.987C-1942 Jungle Green	116	67	893 (95)	E 7953	XF13	-	-
No.13 B.S.987C-1942 Jungle Green	Base colour, Burma 1942.
No.15 B.S.987C-1942 Khaki Drab (FS 34088)	159	-	924 (94)	-	-	-	-
No.15 B.S.987C-1942 Khaki Drab (FS 34088)	Base colour, mickey mouse pattern, Europe 1944.
No.16 B.S.381-1930 Deep Bronze Green	75	-	897 (98)	-	-	H330	-
No.16 B.S.381-1930 Deep Bronze Green	Base colour, Burma 1945.
No.24 B.S.381-1942 Deep Bronze Green	75	-	897 (98)	-	-	H330	-
No.24 B.S.381-1942 Deep Bronze Green	Base colour, Europe 1945.
No.28 B.S.381-1930 Light Grey	64	-	-	-	-	-	-
No.28 B.S.381-1930 Light Grey	Disruptive colour, 3-colour diagonal bands pattern, N. Africa 1940.
No.34 B.S.381-1930 Slate Grey	31	-	-	-	-	-	-
No.34 B.S.381-1930 Slate Grey	Disruptive colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1939. Disruptive colour, 3-colour diagonal bands pattern, N. Africa 1940.
No.44 B.S.381-1930 Terra Cotta	70	-	940 (138)	-	-	-	-
No.44 B.S.381-1930 Terra Cotta	Disruptive colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1937. Disruptive colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1942. Disruptive colour, 2-colour disr. pattern, Syria, Persia, Iraq 1943.
No.61 B.S.381-1930 Light Stone	121	-	819 (124)	E 6213	XF57	H85 (?)	-
No.61 B.S.381-1930 Light Stone	Base colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1937. Base colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1939. Base colour, 3-colour diagonal bands pattern, N. Africa 1940. Base colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, North Africa 1942. Base colour, 2-colour disr. pattern, Syria, Persia, Iraq 1943.
Light Mud Middle Stone	84	88	821 (103)	-	XF59	H71	-
Light Mud Middle Stone	Base colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, Sicily 1943.
Blue-Black	67	78	995 (167)	E 6851	XF63	TC-1	-
Blue-Black	Disruptive colour, 2-colour disruptive pattern, Sicily 1943.
Black	33 ⁽²⁾	8	950 (169)	E 9983	XF1	H12	-
Black	Disruptive colour, mickey mouse pattern, Europe 1944.

Please refer to the British and Commonwealth vehicle catalog for more information about camouflage patterns, and markings.

Footnotes

Vallejo Acrylic Model Colours are listed with two number, i.e. "976 (120)". The colour’s order number (Ref) is followed by its position number (Pos) in brackets. The position number indicates the relative position of the colour on the Valley Model Colour chart.
Also available as acrylic paint. Testors Model-Master "E ...." numbers indicate acrylic paint, other numbers are Model-Master enamels.

Bibliografía

Starmer, Mike: British Army Colours & Disruptive Camouflage in the UK, France and NW Europe 1936–1945
Starmer, Mike: The Caunter Scheme, 1940 - 1941
Starmer, Mike: Alamein and After, 1942–1943
Starmer, Mike: Sicily and Italy, 1943–1945

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