RLM FS colours

Like all bureaucratic organizations the Reichsluftfahrt Ministerium (State Ministry for Aviation), or
RLM for short, tried to standardize as many things as possible and one of these was colors of
paint, which were known by a RLM number. For example late war dark green being RLM 83. In
the following list are the most important RLM colors, their official description, an approximate US
Federal Standard color code and sample.

RLM #

NAME

DESCRIPTION

FS #

RLM 01

SILBER

SILVER

17178

RLM 02

RLM GRAU

GREY

36307

RLM 04

GELB

YELLOW

33538

RLM 21

WEI

WHITE

37886

RLM 22

SCHWARZ

BLACK

37038

RLM 23

ROT

RED

31136

RLM 24

DUNKELBLAU

BLUE

35052

RLM 25

HELLGRN

GREEN

24108

RLM 26

BRAUN

BROWN

30109

RLM 27

GELB

YELLOW

33637

RLM 28

WEINROT

MAROON

20061

RLM 61

DUNKELBRAUN

DARK BROWN

30040

RLM 62

GRN

GREEN

34159

RLM 63v.1 GRNGRAU

GREEN-GREY

36307

RLM 63v.2 LICHTGRAU

LIGHT GREY

36492

LIGHT BLUE

26329

RLM 65

HELLBLAU

RLM 66

SCHWARZGRAU BLACK-GREY

36081

RLM 70

SCHWARZGRN BLACK-GREEN

34052

RLM 71

DUNKELGRN

DARK GREEN

34079

RLM 72

GRN

GREEN

34058

RLM 73

GRN

GREEN

34092

RLM 74v.1 GRNGRAU

GREY-GREEN

36081

RLM 74v.2 GRNGRAU

GREY-GREEN

16099

RLM 75

GRAUVIOLETT

GREY-VIOLET

26231

RLM 76

LICHTBLAU

LICHT BLUE

36473

RLM 77

HELLGRAU

LIGHT GREY

36492

SAMPLE

RLM 78

HELLBLAU

BLUE

35414

RLM 79

SANDGELB

SAND-YELLOW

33434

RLM 79

SANDBRAUN

SAND-BROWN

30129

RLM 80

OLIVGRN

OLIVE-GREEN

34096

RLM 81v.1 BRAUNVIOLETT

BROWN-VIOLET 30118

RLM 81v.2 BRAUNVIOLETT

BROWN-VIOLET 30045

RLM 81v.3 BRAUNVIOLETT

BROWN-VIOLET 34086

RLM 82

LICHTGRN

BRIGHT GREEN 34128

RLM 83

DUNKELGRN

DARK GREEN

34083

RLM 84v.1 GRAUBLAU

GREEN-BLUE

35622

RLM 84v.2 GRAUBLAU

GREEN-BLUE

34432

RLM 84v.3 GRAUBLAU

GREEN-BLUE

34554

RLM WITH TAMIYA ACRYLIC COLOURS

After I have worked during a certain time with the mentioned acrylic paints, I was decided to try to
reproduce some colors of the Luftwaffe (RLM), mixing the colors of this brand. I must say that in
most of the cases, the experience was of test and error, until obtaining the maximum similarity to
the color that I wanted to imitate. And I say SIMILAR or NEAR, since it is little probable that
somebody says with authority, overall in the RLM, was is the exact color or was brand is it. Well it
is known that the differences even between the German aircraft factories of WW2, existed.
Note: The amounts are given in parts and not in percentage.
The letters of each RLM (A,B or C) are, according to some authors, variations within each color.
RLM 02

3 p. XF-2 / 1 p. XF-18 / 3 p. XF-22

RLM 71

3 p. XF-2 / 6 p. XF-62 / 2 p. XF-58

RLM 74 A

3 p. XF-2 / 3 p. XF-24 / 2 p. XF-27

RLM 75

3 p. XF-2 / 4 p. XF-24 / 2 p. XF-9

RLM 76

3 p. XF-2 / 1 p. XF-23 o XF-18

RLM 78

2 p. XF- 2 / 5 p. XF-23 / 2 p. XF-54

RLM 79 A

2 p. XF-2 / 2 p. XF-4 / 6 p. XF-59

RLM 79 B

2 p. XF-2 / 2 p. XF-9 / 10 p. XF-52

RLM 80

1 p. XF-2 / 6 p. XF-58

RLM 81 B

1 p. XF-2 / 1 p. XF-62 / 1 p. XF-9 / 3 p. XF-10

RLM 81 C

1 p. XF-2 / 1 p. XF-10 / 5 p. XF-62

RLM 84 C

1 p. XF-18 / 5 p. XF-4 / 10 p. XF-2