Gunfreak  | 25 Oct 2015 9:17 a.m. PST |
It's called cobalt blue, but historic color names does not necesarly fit modern names.
What blues would you use for prussian dragoons(preferaly in foundry colors)
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| MajorB | 25 Oct 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
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 Herkybird | 25 Oct 2015 10:04 a.m. PST |
73b – cornflower blue would be my choice, though it depends if you use white or black primer.
If black, I would go for, maybe 22a. That's my guess anyway… |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 25 Oct 2015 8:53 p.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 26 Oct 2015 10:58 a.m. PST |
Agree with Cornflower Blue with a wash |
| MajorB | 26 Oct 2015 12:00 p.m. PST |
Cornflower blue is much lighter than cobalt blue. See table here:
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| cncbump | 26 Oct 2015 12:18 p.m. PST |
with this chart, cornflower seems much more the correct selection. |
| Gunfreak | 26 Oct 2015 12:34 p.m. PST |
As i said in the start what they called a color or shade in older days does not always corilate with what w4e call it today. |
| olicana | 26 Oct 2015 3:58 p.m. PST |
It also depends on how you paint. If you do dark shade out you'll need more than the 'true' mid tone. These are painted in enamels but are, being wordy, cobalt to sky.
BTW, I did eventually notice the officer's hair had not been powdered – now corrected |
| spontoon | 26 Oct 2015 9:23 p.m. PST |
I'd use the UCLA blue, or Carolina blue from the chart. |
| Tricorne1971 | 27 Oct 2015 11:10 a.m. PST |
Cornflower blue, from the flower that grows in the area. We picked a couple of these on the last trip to Silesia. |
| MajorB | 27 Oct 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
So even though Cobalt Blue is the named colour, everyone thinks that that is wrong and that it should be a lighter shade? |
| MajorB | 27 Oct 2015 11:51 a.m. PST |
Hmmm … from this link: link it seems that Cobalt Blue as a pigment was not manufactured until well AFTER the SYW. So maybe the description of the colour as "Cobalt Blue" IS wrong? |
| spontoon | 28 Oct 2015 7:37 a.m. PST |
Just a dull sky blue for me. One needn't use the same blue for each unit, either. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
