Here is an example of the only site I know that uses the system as it existed before 1984 The GSA, all by themselves, decided that all three of those houses would be the same from then on,with the small exception that everyone on 1 street are now Glossy, everyone on 2 street being Semi-Glossy, and everyone 3 street being Non-Specular.
In that example, it is easy to see that each house might be different, but, all be house number 6440. This IS true from 1984 on up,but is NOT true before 1984.īefore 1984, the colors were grouped on the same line as if they were houses, their addresses might match up as 6440 on each street in the same position on that street,with 1, 2, and 3 being the street names. It is only the model industry that is using a less specific method, by saying that 16440, 2640 are the same color. Just take a look at the Munsell numbers at the back of Monogram USN Color Guide Volume III or IV,for any color you see that has a 1, 2, or 3 shade, you will see that the Munsell company themselves tested Elliot's cards and found a difference.ĭave, it IS safe to assume that the government specification is actually more specific. Simple logic says the FS colors were at one time different from each other,for over a decade, the old ANA system and the FS system existed side by side, with ANA colors cross-referencing fairly close to the FS colors This internet Meme is so entrenched, and supported by an IPMS pub (in error), that I don't think it is possible to get modelers to actually use the colors that applied during the time period being modeled, though. Right up until then, though, and for quite a while afterwards, the colors remained separate. After the GSA made a unilateral decision to simplify the colors, from 1984 on up, those colors got merged.
The truth is that until the 1984 GSA incident, 1640 were actually different colors. This line is what Dana Bell politely calls "a common misconception" "36440 is flat, 16440 is gloss but the same color."
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