1/35 figures and color corrections?

I'm sure it is a consideration by some given the number of articles and marketing brochures that contain techniques and opinions on it. The general theory is that it should be a little lighter than it would be in 1:1. 

Its one of those things that goes hand in hand with highlighting and shading based on scale. Smaller figures can be exagerated more than larger scales to help illustrate the play of light on the figures surface. This is again one of those things that dependent on technique, and more importantly, personal aesthetic of the person viewing the figure, can work and has a variety of levels of success. 

There is an old saying that art is to be judged only by the person viewing it. I think this can apply here well enough and is an individual thing as much as a popular. 

Thanks for bringing me back to earth a bit there!

I just wanted to know if it was a consideration that others thought about.  I figured IF I was to try to guess, it would be lighter in 1/35 than it would be at 1:1.

Try a search for "Scale Effect". You may get some results with that. 

Although frankly, I've rarely seen anyone try and make a color match at a show, display or otherwise commented on the great job of scale effect on a particular model. Painting is a subjective issue and as long as its close and looked at within the context of its presentation then it works. A quick perusal of the armor section at a contest will show you a variety of shades of dunkelgelb, olive drab, russian green, nato black etc. amongst the models entered. Some dark, some light, some with various tones and hues to further muddy the waters and make for an interesting view of the history of afv's. The day that someone shows up with a 1943 Panzer IV at 1:1 scale and pars it outside (sans 60 years of weathering, oxidation, and or repaint) and the judges whip out a color spectrometer to make a comparative analysis of a model and the vehicle and take into account scale effect, emmited light source, atmospherics and reflectivity, then it'll be time to worry about scale effect. 

Same goes with figures. As long as within the context they are viewed is correct, the colors are subjective and things like wear, weathering, dye lots etc all make enough of a variance that scale effect is moot.