Hi Dan,
It's a matt finish paint as per the other Colourcoats Sea products, as many modellers follow up their builds with a clear coat to hide errand tell-tales of CA glue under photoetch railings and the like. The shade is as per the 13% render as contained in here: [url]
https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/page ... 10-and-g45[/url]
It seems to have been received with a degree of indifference here, but obviously this isn't the only place I've posted it and there has been more discussion elsewhere. John Snyder has also seen it
The RGB render looks deceptively dark on its own against a white forum background (as indeed does the 2" square matching samples I made, also stuck to white cards):
If you saw the thread in the Camouflage section of this forum you will likewise have seen the following images posted just after the link to the paper. As with all paints and colours generally, human eyes are hugely unreliable and context is everything. Did you know your cones change shape across your eyeballs, changing how colour is perceived at the centre of our vision as compared to at wider angles? Viewing a swatch
always results in a darker perceived shade than looking at a larger object sending reflected light at more of the cones in our eyeballs.
Take that little 2" square swatch which is viewed at the centre of our eyes, and apply it to a slightly larger surface (a full size ship is not necessary - just a piece of scrap MDF we can stand a few yards back from and observe will serve the purpose well) and view it in natural light. With a black stripe painted to mimic a boot topping and giving us something to perceive a familiar contrast against and it all clicks in to place.
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