I've been thinking about color-choice lately, and I wonder if it would make sense to have an entire sub-forum dedicated to that topic?
We would start off with a few sticky caveat threads. Those would talk about color-matching is an inexact science for various reasons (especially on the internet): metamerism, paint aging, gamuts, monitor calibration, lighting, the fact that the original colors were not 100% consistent, etc. In other words, "don't get too pedantic about this".
But that doesn't make the color question disappear entirely. If you're trying to paint a British plane in standard PC10 base-color, there are a range of greenish-browns and brownish-greens that are believable and there are greens and browns that are not. The goal isn't to say "This is the right answer to match PC10"; it's to say, "if you want to be more-or-less accurate, here's a range of colors or paints that would be a good match to start with."
Each particular color or color-set could have its own thread: British PC10, German 1917 day five-color camouflage, Italian 1916 roundel colors, etc. In there we could collect data (and their sources) about those colors, for instance the Methuen references from Windsock Datafiles, old copies of Over the Front, the studies done on the Aerodrome and other websites. Also conversions of those colors into other forms: La*b* colors, Federal Standard 595c, closest Humbrol equivalent, or maybe paint chip colors from common paint stores like Sherwin-Williams or others.
I think if they're not in their own sub-forum, such threads in this main Hobby Room forum would get buried and lost. No one wants to pick through dozens of "What's on your workbench" threads trying to find French five-color camouflage notes.
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