Archive

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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 RAL 7027, RAL 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
Overview of the camouflage color tones of the Bundeswehr RAL-F9
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

RAL 840 B 2 - color tone card for vehicle paints

and 1. supplement (1935)

RAL 840 C - color tone card for floor paintings (1944)

RAL 840 R - color tone register (1940 - 1945)

RAL 840 R - color tone register (1947)

Overview of the color tone register RAL 840 R (R - Ü) (1951)

RAL 840 R - color register (1955)

Overview of the color register RAL 840 R (R - Ü)

(1959)

RAL - color register 840 HR (1963)

Baumanns new standard collection (ca. 1928)

Vehicle paints of

Springer & Möller

for

Adler, Audi, BWM, Daimler, DKW, Ford, Framo,

Hansa-Lloyd, Hanomag, Horch, Hansa, NSU, Opel, Tempo, Wanderer

(ca. 1920 - 1950)

RAL 840 A (1928)

Heeresmitteilung (H. M.) Nr. 864 (1940)

Technical terms of delivery (TL Heer)

TL 6303, 6304, 6313, 6320...

Countless isolated finds of military origin.

Did you know that Ferdinand Leiber, who was highly talented in the field of camouflage patterns, selected his shades according to the historic german Baumann-Prase color chart, among other things? Through the evaluation of original historical documents, the shades of the famous "Leiber pattern" from late autumn 1944 are now known. Since several original color cards of the Baumann-Prase color chart are also in the Historycolors archive, the color shades can now also be traced using original color samples.