Roma side walk colour?

[spoondog13]

Hi,

Working on a 1940's Rome street scene, I have to find a good colour for paving stones

Looks like a grey would suit? Any recommendations in Humbrol/Model master or AV?

Cheers Rod

[bentwaters81tfw]

Just your regular concrete, with a wide edging stone. Something to note, manhole covers are round or rectangular steel and embossed SPQR.

Best I can do, I wasn't looking at the pavements.

 

[Giorgio N]

The traditional pavement of Roman street is made from the so-called "Sampietrino", a block of mid-grey stone with an approximate size of 120X120 mm. The stone used is very common in most of Central Italy and this material was first used in Rome in the XVI Century. It's still used today in central areas of the city and to get an idea of the colour variations you can google the word, will return many images. There's even a wikipedia page in English language on this pavement

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampietrini

 

Of course in the 1940's asphalt had already been introduced and some of the main roads in the larger cities started to be covered in this material in the late '20s. There sure were asphalt paved roads in 1940's Rome, however the pavement in the central areas would have remained in stone

[Rob 1]

Whatever colour it was, there would be years of grime built up, which I would think would add a ubiquitous weathered overtone seen on streets the world over.

Edited May 22, 2017 by Rob 1