Japanese Army Camouflage Pattern of World War Two, 1937–1945
It is important to remember, that the table lists the closest model color matches for a particular standard color applied to an actual vehicle, not a model of the same. In order to paint a 1:72 scale model of a particular vehicle, the scale color effect needs to be taken into account. As a rule, matching model colors should be mixed with 10-30% white in order to arrive at the scaled down vehicle base color. Approximately 40-50% white is recommended for drybrushing the highlights. For a detailed painting guide, please refer to Weathering Vehicles, by Jim Gordon.| Imperial Japanese Army Camouflage Colours | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation | Humbrol | Revell | Testors | Tamiya | Gunze | Pactra |
| Khaki | 72 | - | - | XF49 | H81 | - |
| Infantry uniform jackets, trousers, webbing, soft caps, and helmets. Artillery pieces. | ||||||
| Brown | 10 | - | - | X9 | H7 | - |
| Infantry boots, leather equipment, and helmets. | ||||||
| Middle Stone | 84 (?) | - | - | XF59 (?) | - | - |
| Vehicle colour, part of the 4-colour pattern on Fujimi’s Ho-Ni Type 1. | ||||||
| Wood Brown | 26* (?) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vehicle colour, part of the 4-colour pattern on Fujimi’s Ho-Ni Type 1. | ||||||
| Khaki Green | 30* (?) | - | - | XF26 / XF58 (?) | - | - |
| Vehicle colour, part of the 4-colour pattern on Fujimi’s Ho-Ni Type 1. | ||||||
| Mahogany | 29* (?) | - | - | XF52 (?) | - | - |
| Vehicle colour, part of the 4-colour pattern on Fujimi’s Ho-Ni Type 1. | ||||||
| Army Green | - | - | 2114 | - | - | - |
| Aircraft colour | ||||||
| Army Light Grey | - | - | 2115 | - | - | - |
| Aircraft colour | ||||||
| Navy Green | - | - | 2116 | - | - | - |
| Aircraft colour | ||||||
| Navy Sky Grey | - | - | 2117 | - | - | - |
| Aircraft colour | ||||||
| Deep Yellow | - | - | 2118 | - | - | - |
| Aircraft marking colour | ||||||
* Also available as acrylic paint.
Japanese vehicles were sometimes painted in a plain middle stone or khaki green. A variety of camouflage patterns existed as well, using one, two or three disruptive colours over a middle stone or khaki green base colour.
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