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The private Historycolors-Archive, due to temporal points of view, will be accessible not until the release of the publications to interested users at the request of. The use occurs without a loss or on the basis of an equivalent exchange of information, which is already possible any time and welcome. More details to the use will be announced on time.

Following a general overview of the collection of Historycolors-Archive and some examples of primary sources:

Color tone samples, color tone cards and standard color tones/collections:

• RAL 840 R - color tone register (including all cancelled color tones like 7027,  7028 etc.)
• Overview of the color tone register RAL 840 R (R - Ü)
• RAL 840 HR - color register
• RAL-F 81 - colors in road traffic
• Overview of the color register RAL F 2 (RAL 840 HR)
• Overview of the color register RAL F 3 (RAL 840 HR)
• RAL-F9 - camouflage color tones of the Bundeswehr
• RAL 840 B - color tone card for vehicle paints
• RAL 840 B 2 - color tone card for vehicle paints + 5 supplements
• RAL 840 C - color tone card for floor paintings
• RAL 840 F - color tone card for office furniture stains
• RAL 840 L - color tone card for agricultural machinery including equipment
• RAL 840/1 - color tone card for steel piece of furniture
• RAL 840/2 - color tone card for steel tin equipment
• RAL 840/3 - color tone card of the germans (empire) postal service for the painting of vehicles, mailboxes etc.
• RAL 840/4 - color tone card for fire vehicles, fire equipment and ambulance vehicles
• Special color tone extracts for army, air force and navy (armed forces)
• (RLM) provisional directions for the use and processing of Reich Air Ministry camouflage paints (camouflage of buildings and sites)
• (LS) provisional directions for the use and processing of Reich Air Ministry camouflage paints (camouflage of buildings and sites)
• L.Dv. 521/1, 521/2, 521/3 standard color tones - regulation of treatment and instruction for use for airplane varnish (RLM)
• Standard color tones of the german navy 1938 (AK 2 F 1 - F 2, AK 4 - F 1 - F 2), 1940 (AK 4 - F 1 - F 2),                1941 (TL - F 1), 1944 (TL - F 1 - F 2 - F 3)
• Technical regulation for the rust protection of steel buildings (Ro St) No. 807 of the national railway
• Standard color tones for the painting of the signals, interlocking parts, barriers and warning crosses (signal colors) of the national railway
• Baumanns new standard collection and color tone cards
• Standard collection A of Wilhelm Ostwald
• Vehicle color tones of Springer & Möller
• Color tones of DIN 5381
• Standard collection for seat piece of furniture, upholstered furniture and table (SiTi)
• Color tone samples of different color- and varnish factories
• Type colors (GDR)
• Standard colors TGL 21 196 edition 1969 (GDR)
• Standard colors TGL 21 196 edition 1977 (GDR)
• Standard colors TGL 21 196 edition 1987 (GDR)
• Standard collection TGL 21 196 edition 1987 (GDR)
• Colors of Rocks TGL 34329 editon 1981 (GDR)

Orders, regulations, communications, technical terms of delivery, patents, documents and correspondence to painting and camouflage of the following institutions:

•  High command of the german armed forces (OKW) and postregular offices
•  High command of the german army (OKH) and postregular offices
•  Army weapon office (Wa Abn, Wa Chef Ing, Wa I Rü, Wa Prüf, Wa Ro)
•  Supreme command of the air force (OKL/RLM) and postregular offices
•  High command of the german navy (OKM) and postregular offices
•  Imperial ministry of arming and ammunition (RfBuM) and postregular offices
•  Imperial ministry of armament and war production (RfRuK) and postregular offices
•  Waffen SS
•  Imperial committee for terms of delivery and quality management (RAL)
•  Imperial place of chemistry
•  Economic group of the chemical industry
•  Chemical-technical imperial institution (CTR)
•  National railway (Deutsche Reichsbahngesellschaft - DRG/Deutsche Reichsbahn - DR)
•  Color and varnish companies (including color formulas of german army, air force, navy and patents)
•  Armament companies
• German armed forces (Bundeswehr - camouflage plans etc.)
• National People's Army NVA (GDR)

Historical technical literature:

• Annual book for color- and varnish companies
• Manual for color- and varnish companies
• Recipes-guide for color- and varnish companies
• Testing methods for varnish and raw materials
• "Farbe und Lack"
• Color Newspaper
  
• RKW-News
• "Industrie Lackierbetrieb"
• "Der Flugzeugmaler"
• Advice for varnishers of airplanes
  
• (...) and about 50 more
  

Color data base:

• continuously complemented color data base on the basis of measurements of historical original color tone samples, equipment in original colors and original color chips
  

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):

• more than 625 digital NARA-rolls of (T): 62, 70, 77, 78, 84, 175, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 354, 501                            (list available - exchange is welcome)

Secondary literature:

 Selected publications of

• After the Battle
• Historyfacts
• Panzer Tracts
• Panzer Wrecks
• Walter J. Spielberger
• W. Schneider
• (...) and about 100 more

E x a m p l e s   o f   p r i m a r y   s o u r c e s

Countless isolated finds of military origin.