Thank you Jack for doing that paint test... It helps to complete a picture of Vallejo's effort in matching British colours. I believe the Tamiya mix is definitely different than Vallejo and Hataka.
Hold on to your hats Mates, below is a reply from Mike Starmer:
Hello Jim [Harold]
Thank you for contacting me about these British colours. I don't use Vallejo paints at all nor have the company sent me any samples to check. In fact I don't recall the company ever requesting samples or books from me. I did assist an artwork producer to correct some drawings they sent him with their ideas of which colours were used on the subjects. These were mostly inaccurate. I was able to advise the artist accordingly, to Vallejo's dismay.
Thus the best I can do at present is to correct the terminology, which they have mangled. Vallejo seem to have some strange ideas about British colours and usage. The SCC range were never officially named except the last three amendments.
SCC.14 is a Blue-Black, not dead black, a sort of 'off black'. It doesn't look dark grey at all.
SCC.2 is brown. This is the basic vehicle colour from 1941 until early 1944 but continued in use after that date for repairs and certain vehicles retained in UK until 1946.
Hull red? [I gave Mike the wrong Vallejo number] Where on earth did they dream that from. No reds were used in UK or Europe and camouflage colours except as specific types of paint for use on buildings and other structures.
Light Mud. not strictly SCC.5 but probably based on it. This was a locally used colour as the basic colour on vehicles in Sicily and Italy and Middle East in general from 1943 -35. Definitely not UK or Northern European operations.
SCC.11B is pink. A similar colour to that used as basic colour on vehicles of the 8th Army from late 1842 till early 1943. The SCC.colour was produced in different specifications for use on structures.
Dark Olive Drab No.41 is, as you will know, the term for the 1941 colour used by the USAAF . How did they think this was a British colour? The mind boggles.
B.S. Dark Green. I think this might refer to Dark Green No.4 used as the disrupter over Khaki Green No.3 from 1939 till 1941. It was never a B.S.C.colour unless it is supposed to be B.S.381 No.24 Deep Bronze Green as the peacetime gloss overall finish from 1934 until 1939. Not used during WW2.
No.3 Khaki Green, otherwise G3. The base colour for vehicles from late 1938 until 1941. It was never a B.S.C colour nor S.C.C. colour.
Unfortunately I cannot provide any guidance on which Vallejo paints might be suitable for those other important SCCs used too. BTW SCC.4 was used by the Canadian 1st Corps as a repainted basic with black on their vehicles prior to deployment to North Africa for Operation Husky. It was sometimes used as the middle colour on Firefly gun barrel camouflage, black on top, SCC.4 centre and white underneath.
Might I suggest you buy my books on the subject? You would then have all the disruptive diagrams as issued, copies of the relevant orders and closely matched painted swatches of the colours too.
Kind Regards
Mike