"Painting the Stern - Were there Regulations?" Topic

Did any nation have regs on what color they were to be ?

Its hard to find information on what colors a ship painted there Stern other then some very famous ship like Victor or the Trinadad ect.

How are you choosing the color then?

What period are you working on ?

Decoration got more and more 'formal' with time, though it was often the admiral who decided rather than some national set of rules.

Mostly 1780 – 1815 Revolution and Empire period

The Swedes used red. Spanish used Blue for the Stern's. But captains would and could change them. I cannot say about the rest. Sorry. I'm not good for the rest. I use yellow/black for the Brits hull. Dark red hulls. For the French, some used this colour. But unlike me not all. The Russians had black/white hulls, this is right. This is how I do it. I think for 1-1200 scale and smaller it is O.K. For bigger it is looking it up time for each ship. I would hope Vol will look into this thread. he is the man to ask.
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Rory

Towards the later end of the period, the British did have some regulations in place (how closely they were followed; that's another matter). The style and colors on Victory pretty much reflects this (although the current yellow on Victory is probably too dark). There's some evidence that some French ships used a blue base for the stern and quarter galleries with yellow or white details. And the USN seemed to favor a black base with white details. Beyond that, there is just not much out there, I'm afraid.

Yeah. Like others have said, it could probably be changed at the captains pleasure. regulations back then were loose guidelines…or that is how they were usually viewed.