[RITSlist] RI FP7 colors

[Philip Weibler]

All -
I have a 'color chip' for Rock Island dark red dated January 1963 - actually, I held a piece of cardstock and had the carman/painter shoot it while he was doing a Geep in Silvis Shops.  Had a red thumbnail for a week.  Always found Testors #4 to be a close match to this color chip, but Ross says it doesn't 'scale' down for HO models in the basement.
Also have the Federal Spec # for the yellow used for the nose wings (Yellow, Federal Standard 595, color ship 13538)  Just wondering out loud because I haven't checked but do spray cans of "Safety Yellow" paint from Ace Hardware (or wherever) carry the Fed Spec number?
The reason for calling the standard Rock Island color of the '60s and '70s "dark red" instead of "maroon" is because the long dictionary definition of "maroon" indicates a purplish or brownish hue.
The Rock Island never had purple locomotives (or cabooses).
The Rock Island never had brown locomotives (not sure about the 743).
We could call it "wine red" but that would start a squabble about merlot or burgandy or chianti........PAW

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