"Ship colors for the pre-dreadnought Italia" Topic

I have scanned the internet and have found only a few black and white photos of the Italian ship Italia from the late 1800s. From the looks of it she had a black hull while her superstructure was White or at least a Light grey. Would this interpretation be accurate? Also does anyone know what color the steel walking deck that connected the funnels and mast together might be?

Thanks,

Victor

Tony Gibbon's Encyclopedia of Battleships has a drawing of Italia. The hull is a grimy black, as are the guns and the top 1/4 of the funnels. The superstructure, including the crane, lower funnels and barbette walls are a pale gray. The flying deck and the central deckhouse have pale gray sides. The ship's boats are also pale gray. The mast is black up to the top of the deck house and yellow/buff from there up. The deck is a light yellow-brown. The floor of the flying deck is the same. The floor of the barbettes, the top of the deck house and the boat covers are all a medium chocolate brown. Not sure how really authoritative Gibbon's is, but if nothing else turns up…

Hope this helps.

KPinder- Thanks for the info! That's the best description I've seen.