NVA T-54 Color

stikpusher

the PLA started using multi color camouflage schemes.

And in the last 5 years or so, they have started using near fluorescent camo, in some down-right funky colors that look more like anime. 

Go figure.  2¢ (0.875 yuan)

GMorrison

Good question, I don't know. What wars were the PLA in at that time?

EDIT- Sino-Indian War of 1962. Apparently color hadn't been invented yet.

 

I think that the last shooting war that the PLA was involved in was during the 70’s incursion into Vietnam. Before that, they fought some border ”incidents” with the Soviets in the late 60’s. 

But sometime between the Vietnam incursion and Tianemen Square the PLA started using multi color camouflage schemes.

Good question, I don't know. What wars were the PLA in at that time?

EDIT- Sino-Indian War of 1962. Apparently color hadn't been invented yet.

NVA tanks could have been of Russia or Chinese origin, or from one of the Warsaw Pact satellite countries that had tank production capability, such as Poland or Czechoslovakia. Pick you favorite shade of Russian Armor green and you’ll be fine. Czech built tanks tend to be of a more brownish Olive Drab shade than some of the others. 

GM, I don’t think that the Chinese went to multi tone schemes until after the Vietnam war ended.

I don't know the exact numbers, but quite a few were Chinese built T-59s. The PLA has a three color camo scheme, here's a clip from an add I found for MIG paints.

A selection of the most accurate colors to paint PLA (Chinese People’s Liberation Army) vehicles. The set includes the most common modern 3 tones Chinese camouflage colors and base green widely used for single color vehicles over many decades. All 4 jars are acrylic and formulated for maximum performance both with brush and airbrush. The Scale Reduction-Effect will allow us to apply the correct color on our models. Water soluble, odorless, and non-toxic. Shake well before each use. Each jar includes a stainless steel agitator to facilitate mixture. We recommend A.MIG-2000 Acrylic Thinner for correct thinning. Dries completely in 24 hours.
Included colors:
A.MIG-060 Pale Green
A.MIG-078 Ochre Earth
A.MIG-083 Zashchitniy Zeleno
A.MIG-924 Olive Drab Shadow

Vallejo's Russian Armor Green would probably be a safe bet.

I'm fairly certain they wouldn't bother repainting them a different green either. If anything, they'd just use some local mud for an ad hoc camo, if they even bothered at all.

Green.

Although I must confess, my first impression upon seeing these from the air was that they were more brown than green. 

Image from the interweb.

The instructions give a color, but I would go for Soviet green. Why bother repainting a tank that is green into a different shade of similar green just to go into combat.

Now there are probably some tanks dressed up for the victory parade after they won the war. They may be repainted to look pretty.