Following is a list of RLM (Reichsluftfahrt Ministerium) paint designations used by the
German Ministry of Aviation from 1933 through 1945.
List
* RLM - 01, ''SILBER'' (
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
)
* RLM - 02, ''GRAU'' (
grey
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be compos ...
)
* RLM - 04, ''GELB'' (
yellow
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In ...
)
* RLM - 21, ''WEIß'' (
white
White is the lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter all the ...
)
* RLM - 22, ''SCHWARZ'' (
black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ha ...
)
* RLM - 23, ''ROT'' (
red )
* RLM - 24, ''DUNKELBLAU'' ( dark
blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when ...
)
* RLM - 25, ''HELLGRÜN'' ( light
green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...
)
* RLM - 26, ''BRAUN'' (
brown
Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black. In the RGB color model use ...
)
* RLM - 27, ''GELB'' (
yellow
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In ...
)
* RLM - 28, ''WEINROT'' (
maroon
Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".
According to multiple dictionaries, there are var ...
)
* RLM - 61, ''DUNKELBRAUN'' ( dark
brown
Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black. In the RGB color model use ...
)
* RLM - 62, ''GRÜN'' ( green)
* RLM - 63v.1, ''GRÜNGRAU'' ( green-grey)
* RLM - 63v.2, ''LICHTGRAU'' ( light grey)
* RLM - 65, ''HELLBLAU'' ( light blue )
* RLM - 66, ''SCHWARZGRAU'' ( black-grey )
* RLM - 70, ''SCHWARZGRÜN'' ( black-green )
* RLM - 71, ''DUNKELGRÜN'' ( dark green )
* RLM - 72, ''GRÜN'' ( green )
* RLM - 73, ''GRÜN'' ( green )
* RLM - 74v.1, ''GRÜNGRAU'' ( grey-green )
* RLM - 74v.2, ''GRÜNGRAU'' ( grey-green )
* RLM - 75, ''GRAUVIOLETT'' ( grey-violet )
* RLM - 76, ''LICHTBLAU'' ( light blue)
* RLM - 77, ''HELLGRAU'' ( light grey)
* RLM - 78, ''HELLBLAU'' ( light blue )
* RLM - 79, ''SANDGELB'' ( sand-yellow )
* RLM - 79, ''SANDBRAUN'' ( sand-brown)
* RLM - 80, ''OLIVGRÜN'' ( olive-green )
* RLM - 81v.1, ''BRAUNVIOLETT'' ( brown-violet )
* RLM - 81v.2, ''BRAUNVIOLETT'' ( brown-violet )
* RLM - 81v.3, ''BRAUNVIOLETT'' ( brown-violet )
* RLM -82, ''LICHTGRÜN'' ( light green )
* RLM -83, ''DUNKELGRÜN'' ( dark green )
* RLM -84v.1, ''GRAUBLAU'' ( green-blue )
* RLM -84v.2, ''GRAUBLAU'' ( green-grey )
* RLM -84v.3, ''GRAUBLAU'' ( green-blue )
References
External links
RLM - FS Color LIst
{{DEFAULTSORT:RLM paint designations
Luftwaffe
German military-related lists