Table 5 is the paint guide. It is not intended to be a dogmatic determination of each dye lot of facing color but is intended to provide a representative color to use on miniatures. I hope this is of some help. Please don't be put off by the fanciful names of the Polly S Fantasy range of colors. They are quite good. Color German Name Representative paint dark red Dunkelroth Polly S 463 Mezzodeaman (Deep Red) bright red Hellroth Polly S PF20 Fire Red ponceau Ponceauroth Polly S 462 Dragon Red rose Rosenroth Polly S PF 22 Cherry Pink crayfish red Krebsroth Polly S 461 Salamander (Orange/Red) crimson Cramoisinroth Armory 33 British Crimson pale red Bleichroth Polly S 451 Cave Fisher Magenta scarlet Scharlachroth Armory 7 Scarlet sky blue Himmelblau Polly S PCA 800 Air Superiority Blue dark blue Dunkelblau Polly S PF 30 Blue or 432 Dragon Blue light blue Lichtblau Polly S PF Sky Blue pale blue Bleichblau Polly S PCG 85 Medium Blue cornflower Kornblemenblau Polly S PCA 813 Azure Blue apple green Apfelgriln Armory 15 medium green poplar green paperlgrun Polly S 443 Carrion Carler Lt. Green grass green grasgrun Polly S PF 51 Grass Green steel green Stahlgrun Polly S PCF 77 Light Green sea green Meergrun Polly S 444 Green Slime Green dark green Dunkelgrun Armory 13 Dark Green sulphur yellow chwefelgelb Polly S 456 Mold Yellow emperor yellow Kaisergelb Polly S PF 40 Yellow orange yellow Ornagegelb Polly S 459 Coutal Orange light brown lichtbraun Polly S PF 63 Desert Light Brown dark brown Dunkelbraun Polly S 426 Kobold Red/ Brown light pike gray Lichthechtgrau Polly S PCA 836 Light Ghost Gray black Schwartz Armory 4 Black or Polly S PF 10 Night Black violet Violett Polly S 453 Purple Worm Purple or Armory 32 Purple * "Roth" is a variation of the more common "rot," i.e. red in German. Austrian Facing Colors Infantry and Cavalry 1809-1815 Introduction Austrian Infantry of the Line Grenz Infantry German Cavalry National Cavalry Paint Guide Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 3 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com