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5-D Dark Grey
Posted by Bigb123 on Monday, June 27, 2011 3:36 PM

Of all the images and color chips on the web that I've found so far, this color looks more like a really deep dark blue to me.  Was this really the case, or is it really a dark grey?  Thanks!

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    August 2005
  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Monday, June 27, 2011 7:05 PM

Most likely it was not; the official 5-D was a dark neutral gray. The formula is on the bottom of the second page of this 1941 memo, showing none of the ultramarine blue that was used in the other paints which did have blue tones to them (second page on this memo). There was a conversion paste (also neutral) that was mixed with old stock of the pre-war gray to "convert" it to a 5-D appearance (albeit the formulas were different) and this version of dark gray might have had a slight blue tinge to it as the #5 Standard Navy Gray had a blueish tone, but I have to believe that the chroma value would be so low as to be invisible. THat's just the opinion of a non-color specialist though, so take it with a grain of salt.

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