Color: Clear-Doped Linen

[ReducedAirFact]

Early in the war many countries simply used clear-doped linen on their planes, which turned out to a cream or buff color. Windsock publications uniformly describe clear-doped linen as Methuen 4A3 to 4C3.

First the usual caveats: Unless you've got a high-end, wide-gamut monitor in perfect calibration (and who does?), do not trust the colors you see on your monitor! Instead, visit your local paint store and see if you can find paint samples like the ones listed below and then match your hobby paints against those. The goal is just to "get close". See 'Color: why we'll never get it exactly right'.

Clear-Doped Linen	Use: early-war planes of most countries
Source: Various Windsock Datafiles
Methuen/CIElab	House Paints and Standards	Hobby Paints
91.69, -0.92, 23.08	AS Y34 Cream Beauti-Tone Martica B24-6-0811-0 * Behr Calla PPU6-12 ** Behr Taj Mahal M300-2 * Benjamin Moore Weston Flax HC-5 ** Dulux Vanilla Cream 41YY 83/214 ** FS595c 27855 NCS1950 S 0515-G90Y Pantone 7499C RAL 130-5 Sherwin-Williams Full Moon 6679 ** Valspar Honey Cream 3007-6B **	TBD
83.19,-2.36,21.95	Beauti-Tone Howdy Neighbor B12-5-0385-0 ** Behr Honey Mist MQ3-42 Benjamin Moore Mellowed Ivory 2149-50 Dulux Sunshine Coast 40YY 67/196 NCS1950 S 1515-G90Y ** Sherwin-Williams Ancestral Gold 6407 ** Valspar Ancient Scroll 3008-8B *	Reaper 9144 Creamy Ivory
75.06,-3.11,19.26	Beauti-Tone New Foliage C41-4-0400-0 Behr Wasabi Powder PPU9-10 * Benjamin Moore Georgian Green HC-115 Dulux Winter's Silence 50YY 49/191 * Pantone 453C Sherwin-Williams Lemongrass 7732 Valspar Withered Moss 6007-3C *	Reaper 9143 Yellowed Bone Reaper 9123 Khaki Highlight ?Vallejo 70.837 Pale Sand?

Color matching with 1989 Methuen Handbook of Color and Nix Color sensor

[gully_raker]

Thanks again Daryl!
I found the old Games Workshop "Bleached Bone" was a pretty good choice for CDL.

Sample pic below.

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[Blackronin]

That's also what I use, Barry.

[flash]

Me too, or is that three !

[Flying Helmut]

And me!
Now as an alternative I have started using "RFC Clear Doped Linen" and "German Clear Doped Linen" from Albion Alloys.

[Boney10]

I use Revell Beige mixed with a cream colour, keep adding the cream to , ahem, taste

[Dom S]

Vallejo Iraqi Sand is my most common go-to, but I use all manner of off-white to pale sand shades on occasion.

[ReducedAirFact]

I was hoping to test Vallejo Pale Sand (70.837) but the local hobby store was out of stock. Buff (70.976) and Flesh (70.928) were a little off. None of the local dealers have the GW line, but I found one with Reaper paints and there might be a good match there.