Was HMS Repulse ever painted white?

[PrincessRoyal]

I stumbled onto this picture of HMS Repulse on wikipedia. It was taken in the late 1930s, since Repulse already has her hangars. My question is: is the ship actually white in this photo, or is that a trick of overexposure in the high Mediterranean sun, in which casy she is actually gray? I am thinking of building a model of the ship, and would love to dress her in white if that was actually an accurate scheme.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... g.1938.jpg

[JCRAY]

I think you are looking at 507C in bright sunlight. hth!

[Olaf Held]

Compare the main gun barrels to the white uniforms. I think the paint gurus would have heard about a white painted battleship.

Happy painting ~ Olaf!