this is not an argument I am ever going to win with those committed to a belief of primitive and rough paint manufacture.
The difference in colours of NOS items I have seen can be attributed to country of manufacture and time of manufacture as colors were changed,,,the most common American Olive drab is OD8 there were seven before that.
That paint fades and discolors when exposed to sunlight , hostile environments and oxygen has also been covered previously and accounts for most if not all the differences observed in photographs. Discoloration is especially evident on dead flat paints as we used until the introduction of egg shell KG3 .
I am open to the idea that manufactures may have got it wrong or schemes I have not accepted were in fact used...But I need concrete evidence in the form of documentation or an artifact who's provenance is in no doubt and has been measured scientifically.
When I began my little project all sorts of things were put ...I have chased every one down . What I have now are verifiable and certain.
That's not to say I have everything or that my current position is final...it never will be ,,,but it will always be advanced only with verifiable documentation or evidence from artifacts.
As I indicated earlier I am keen to be shown to be wrong ( that can only improve our understanding ) and look forward to hearing of any documents I have not considered...
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