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Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: hopeitfloats on December 01, 2012, 11:23:14 pm

Title: concrete colour with humbrol paint
Post by: hopeitfloats on December 01, 2012, 11:23:14 pm

would anyone know what colours to mix to get an approximation of concrete  using humbrol paints. have experimented with black., grey and white but cant get it to match very close at all.

Title: Re: concrete colour with humbrol paint
Post by: wizard on December 02, 2012, 03:22:41 am

If you start from a light yellow ochre base you may come closer.

Title: Re: concrete colour with humbrol paint
Post by: essex2visuvesi on December 02, 2012, 09:54:09 am

concrete has many colours.... your best bet is to find a picture of what you want and go here:-
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint

Upload the pic and then you get a list of the closest colours

Title: Re: concrete colour with humbrol paint
Post by: hopeitfloats on December 08, 2012, 11:45:48 pm

had a brainwave and took a photo of concrete then printed on to self adhesive label paper. worked well. simple problem, simple solution.