Austrian Facing Colors

Paint Guide

by Marc Raiff

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.

ColorGerman NameRepresentative paint
dark redDunkelrothPolly S 463 Mezzodeaman (Deep Red)
bright redHellrothPolly S PF20 Fire Red
ponceauPonceaurothPolly S 462 Dragon Red
roseRosenrothPolly S PF 22 Cherry Pink
crayfish redKrebsrothPolly S 461 Salamander (Orange/Red)
crimsonCramoisinrothArmory 33 British Crimson
pale redBleichrothPolly S 451 Cave Fisher Magenta
scarletScharlachrothArmory 7 Scarlet
sky blueHimmelblauPolly S PCA 800 Air Superiority Blue
dark blueDunkelblauPolly S PF 30 Blue or 432 Dragon Blue
light blueLichtblauPolly S PF Sky Blue
pale blueBleichblauPolly S PCG 85 Medium Blue
cornflowerKornblemenblauPolly S PCA 813 Azure Blue
apple greenApfelgrilnArmory 15 medium green
poplar greenpaperlgrunPolly S 443 Carrion Carler Lt. Green
grass greengrasgrunPolly S PF 51 Grass Green
steel greenStahlgrunPolly S PCF 77 Light Green
sea greenMeergrunPolly S 444 Green Slime Green
dark greenDunkelgrunArmory 13 Dark Green
sulphur yellowchwefelgelbPolly S 456 Mold Yellow
emperor yellowKaisergelbPolly S PF 40 Yellow
orange yellowOrnagegelbPolly S 459 Coutal Orange
light brownlichtbraunPolly S PF 63 Desert Light Brown
dark brownDunkelbraunPolly S 426 Kobold Red/ Brown
light pike grayLichthechtgrauPolly S PCA 836 Light Ghost Gray
blackSchwartzArmory 4 Black or Polly S PF 10 Night Black
violetViolettPolly 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


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