Mountbatten Pink Paint

It was developed by lord louis mountbatten in 1940 as a camouflage paint scheme for ships of the royal navy.

Mountbatten pink paint. It was first used by lord mountbatten of the british royal navy during world war ii. After noticing a union castle line ship with a similar camouflage colour disappearing from sight he applied the colour to his own ships believing the colour would render his ships difficult to see during dawn and dusk. The story of its creation is that while on convoy protection mission he saw that one of the ships seemed to disappear from his sight faster than the rest. The color of is known as mountbatten pink.

Mountbatten pink also called plymouth pink is a naval camouflage colour resembling grayish mauve. It has a hue angle of 3232 degrees a saturation of 132 and a lightness of 539. Royal navy mountbatten pink 2 oz some notes about tru color paint. After noticing a union castle line ship with a similar camouflage colour disappearing from sight he applied the colour to his own ships believing the colour would render his ships difficult to see during dawn and dusk.

997a8d color hex could be obtained by blending fff4ff with 33001b. If arizona hobbies website shows a color out of stock please backorder it and it. Whereas in a cmyk color space it is composed of 0 cyan 203 magenta 78 yellow and 40 black. The pink paint scheme was said to be a highly effective desert camouflage especially at dawndusk.

The vehicles were delivered in standard bronze green but many were repainted in a pink colour which at that time was believed to be the best camouflage in the desert.