Japanese Aircraft Color Standards, Feb 05, 1945.

Katsushi Owaki's Code

Japanese Army Code

Japanese Color Name

English Color Description

Japanese Navy Code

Munsell Standard

R, G, B Chip*

Federal Standard Number

1~1

#7

 Ohryoku 7 Go-shoku Dark Olive  

7.5Y 3/1.5

94, 90, 75

*4088

1~2

(#27)

 Aomidori-iro Dark Green

D2

7.5G 2/1.5

57, 67, 63

*4036

1~3

#39

 Kusa-iro Spinach

(M1)

7.5GY 3/1.8

81, 90, 75

*4056

1~4

(#39)

 Kusa-iro Spinach

M1

7.5GY 4.5/2

116, 126, 108

*4159

1~5

(#21)

 Midori-iro Leaf Green

D4

2.5G 3.5/3.5

75, 105, 86

*4108

2~1

#3

 Hairanshoku Gray  

2.5PB 3/1.3

81, 87, 97

*5045

2~2

#43

 Tochi-iro Gray  

2.5Y 3/0.3

88, 87, 85

*6008

2~3

     Dark Gray-Green

J1

7.5G 3.3/1

87, 96, 92

None

2~4

     Intermediate Blue

L3

10B 4.5/2.8

105, 126, 141

*5164

2~5

(#17)

 Tanseishoku Pale Green

K3

5BG 5.5/2

128, 152, 150

*4158

2~6

(#1)

 Hairyokushoku Gray-Green

J3

7.5Y 5.5/1.5

152, 148, 129

*6350

2~6

(#1)

 Hairyokushoku Gray-Green

J3

7.8Y 5.5/2.5

155, 148, 118

*6350

2~7

(#42)

 Karekusa-iro Light Olive  

7.5Y 4/1.3

115, 111, 90

*4127

3~1

     Dark Brown-Gray

N0

10R 3/2

105, 82, 77

*0059

3~1

     Gray Brown

N0

5R 3/2

105, 81, 81

*0059

3~1

     Dark Gray

N0

2.5YR 2.5/1

85, 73, 70

*0062

3~2

(#4)

 Seki-Kashoku Red-Gray-Brown

A3

7.5R 4/4.5

147, 99, 92

*0111

3~3

     Gray-Green

I3

5Y 4.8/2

140, 133, 110

*4201

4~1

     Orange

C1

7.5YR 6/11

216, 145, 37

*3432

4~2

(#14)

 Ki-iro Yellow

C3

10YR 7.5/11

248, 187, 66

*3637

4~3

#2

 Toh-Oh-Shoku Pale Yellow Orange

(H4)

10YR 7/7

222, 178, 108

*3434

5~1

(#9)

 Aka-iro Insignia Red

B2

5R 4/12

186, 70, 73

*1136

5~1

(#9)

 Aka-iro Dusty Red

B2

5R 4/9.5

175, 82, 81

*1136

5~2

#10

   Hinomaru Red

(B3)

7.5R 4.5/10

191, 94, 79

*1136

6~1

#32

 Kokuranshoku Midnight Blue  

10PB 2/2.5

66, 62, 80

*5044

6~2

#13

 Ao-iro Blue

(E1)

5PB 2.5/7

25, 70, 110

*5080

6~3

(#17)

 Tanseishoku Light Blue

E3

10B 4.5/7

61, 129, 166

*5109

7~1

(#11)

 Kuro-iro Black

Q1

      

8~1

#12

 Shiro-iro White

(O1)

      

9~1

(#5)

 Gin-iro Silver

P1

      

*To view the "Red, Green, Blue" chip on your system, use the values in the column in R, G, B order, respectively.

This page's background is in the 3-3 / I3 / 5Y 4.8/2 color.

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Special appreciation goes to Katsushi Owaki and Jim Lansdale, whose lifelong research has made this page happen.