What color paint do I use on my F8?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Since most of the 8cwts that made it overseas were in North Africa I tend to think of them in the desert sand colour (yellow) but the G3 khaki was common too. Olive drab wasn't used this early in the war.

Here's a very much abriged version of Starmer's research, as appicable to CMPs:

1940-42: base colour Khaki Green No. 3

1942-44: base colour S.C.C. 2 (a.k.a. brown, khaki brown or service drab)

April 1944–45: S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab (not the same as US Olive Drab)

Middle East practice: approx. October 1941/December 1941 - April 1943: basic colour Light Stone No.61

HTH,
H.