Colors for the French Ministry of Defence

[Space Ranger]

Want to know the exact colors for your modern French aircraft, ship, or armored vehicle model? They’re all here in this 186-page document, publication NORMDEF 0001, Edition 1, March 2009. Includes digital color chips and colorimetric data.

 

https://ereverra.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ere_copie_couleurs_reference_def_fr.pdf

 

Associated AFNOR color deck (scan): 

https://www.aluplex-signaletique.fr/pdf/nuancier_afnor.pdf

 

Edition 2, September 2017, can be found here:

https://docplayer.fr/82727244-Norme-defense-normdef-0001-edition-02-septembre-2017.html

 

Edition 3, July 2018, can be found here: 

https://docplayer.fr/148426879-Norme-defense-normdef-0001-edition-03-juillet-2018.html

 

Profitez!

Edited February 8, 2022 by Space Ranger

[cngaero]

What a great source of colour information you've shared.

My French translation skills have deminished somewhat over the years, l mean, imagine my surprise when my French teacher loudly informed me that "canne de peche" was a fishing rod and not a tin of peaches as I had thought. 

However, this is a very useful document all the same.

Thank you for sharing it here.

Edited February 9, 2022 by cngaero

[Space Ranger]

You're most welcome. My French language skills are limited to the names of certain wines and "Sacre Bleu!" and "Zut! Alors!", but I have found Google Translate to be extremely useful.

 

And I should mention that it was a link to Edition 1 of this document in an old BritModeller thread that led me to the discovery of these documents. This is a great forum, and I am glad to be part of it.