Match for "Hemp"

May 01, 2004 28 Replies

Any good guesses as to the closest match for the modern RAF color known as "Hemp"? (I'm hoping to use paints readily available in the US, such as ModelMaster and/or Floquil-PolyS, Tamiya.... I don't have access to Humbrol unless I mail order it.



Don H.


You should be able to find a match using the color charts at this site:

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although I'm getting a "404 error" at the moment. hth

The Keeper (of too much crap)

Here, now...

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It says FS 30450, Tamiya:XF-57? Extracolour:X16 Gunze Sangyo:H336

An that's the lot...

Bestest, M.

Uhh...marijuanna...if you can find it...its kind of a hunter green...both the uhhh female and male leaf..Just thought I would pass it along. Mike IPMS

hemp as in the fibre or rope, is a light brown.

I had no idea one could tell the sex of the plant by its leaves but then what I don't know about weed is voluminous.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

you can make them change sex and increase the quality of the rope.

crsytal ball says answer probable.

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How about RLM 79,Sandgelb? Might have to lighten it up a bit, maybe 90/10 sandgelb and light ghost gray.

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. --Leonardo Da Vinci

if that is the color i'm thinking of, it is too yellow and needs browning.

And a little grey added, I'd guess. This is why I'm not too hot on mixing my own unless I have a recipe and even then I'm reluctant.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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