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taucher

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I am restoring a British nr3 grenade.Has anyone the correct name or number of the colors used.Before you say yellow,red and pink.What kind of yellow,red and pink?These colors had officiale names.Who can help?
Thanks in advance.
 
the yellow is YELLOW OCHRE and the red is VERMILLION.
pink is a mix of 1 part VERMILLION to 2 parts ZINC OXIDE.
cheers, paul.
 
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