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Aircraft Colours of the Soviet Air Force

World War II colour matches have been based on the material from Modeling the Aircraft of the
Soviet VVS, 1930-45 site (www.oz.net/~xopowo).

Colour names are arbitrary. Those from the WWII period conform to names originally used by
Erik A. Pilawskij in his book The Aircraft and Markings of the Soviet Air Forces of the Great
Patriotic War.

This chart has been last revised in September 2006

World War II VVS colours

Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
Underside
standard
Brilliant colour used
FS:2546
Medium throughout
6
Blue the war
period 1937-
1945.
Olive Upper surface FS:1425 6*Hu:8
Green overall 7 3+
colour, used 2*Hu:8
throughout 0+
the war. Also 3*Hu:3
used together 4+
with Dark 1*Hu:9
Green in two- 9 (151)
tone green
scheme. The
paint
darkened with
 age to to
FS:34151.
Factory-
applied 7*Hu:8
overall top 8+
colour, 3*Hu:1
Medium
typical for FS:3405 90 +
Forest T:XF-17
Petlyakov, 8 2*Hu:3
Green
Tupolev and 2+
MiG aircraft 2*Hu:3
between 4
1940-1942
Used together
with
Camouflage
"Tractor"
Black in the FS:1452
Bright
oft-publicised 4
Green
"tractor"
scheme.
1941-1943
Used together
with
"Tractor"
Bright Green
Camoufla FS:2703 Hu:85
in the oft- T:X-18 GS:H2
ge Black 8 (33)
publicised
"tractor"
scheme.
1941-1943
Alternate
colour to
"Tractor"
bright green
in the green-
4*Hu:3
and-black FS:2406
Dark +
scheme. Also 2 T:X-05
Green 1*Hu:1
used together (24524)
31 (3)
with Olive
Green in two-
tone green
schemetrough
out the war.
Olive A variation of FS:1425 6*Hu:8
 Olive Green
used in
Black-and-
olive scheme
on on early Il- 3+
2s etc. 1940- 2*Hu:8
1943. Also 0+
Green 2 part of 3-tone 7 3*Hu:3
scheme with 4+
Ochre Brown 1*Hu:9
and Light 9
Sand-Brown,
alternatively
Dark Earth
Grey-Brown.
Used with
Olive Green 2
in standard Il-
2 factory
camouflage
Ochre from 1943. FS:3011
Hu:70 T:X-09
Brown Also part of 1
the later
Southern
Front
standard
scheme.
Used with 8*Hu:1
Dark Olive Green 2 10 +
Earth in alternate Il- FS:2009 2*Hu:1
Grey- 2 factory 9 13 +
Brown camouflage 1*Hu:3
from 1943 3
Light Used together FS:3048
Sand- with 0
Brown Camouflage
Black in
standard
scheme for
the Southern
Front 1941-
44. Later
(1943-45)
also used
 together with
Ochre Brown,
or in 3-tone
scheme with
Ochre Brown
and Olive
Green 2.
Part of
standard 9*Hu:3
topside 4+
Medium scheme for all FS:2649 2*Hu:2
X:X214
Grey single-seat 3 8+
fighters from 1*Hu:1
1944 56
onwards.
Part of
standard
topside
scheme for all
single-seat
fighters from
1944
1*Hu:1
onwards.
Dark Sea FS:2627 56 +
Also used for T:XF-53
Grey 0 1*Hu:3
single-colour
4
winter
schemes on
fighters from
late 1943
onwards.
Also used as
primer colour.
Standard
winter upper
Winter FS:2000
colour Hu:34
White 0
throughout
the War
Standard
Medium metal primer
FS:2458
Blue- colour used
5
Green from the 30's
(24664)
Primer until mid-
50's.
Modern Soviet AF colours by aircraft type
Su-17M-4
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
FS:2649 7*Hu:8
Blue 3 7+
T:XF-66
Grey FS:2627 3*Hu:3
0 4
T:XF-
Dark FS:3410 P:50081 GS:H30
Hu:117 61*2+65
Green 2 5 3
*1
7*Hu:1
Light FS:3037 87 + P:PCI87
Brown 2 3*Hu:1 9
29
4*Hu:2
FS:3045 50 +
Sand
0 1*Hu:1
48
Su-24MR
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
3*Hu:3
FS:2788 4 +
White
6 2*Hu:4
1
FS:3637 P:50083 GS:H30 MM:17
Grey Hu:127 X:X136
5 6 8 28
Su-25K
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
19*Hu:
Light FS:2545 47 + P:PCA8
Blue 0 1*Hu:1 00
47
Dark FS:2408 T:XF- GS:H31
Hu:108 X:X144
Green 6 62/13? 9? 1
Dark FS:2005 19*Hu:
 10 +
Brown 9 1*Hu:6
1
FS:3031
Sand Hu:250
3
MiG-23UB
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
7*Hu:8
Blue FS:2632 7 +
T:XF-66
Grey 9 3*Hu:3
4
Light FS:3021 P:PCA8 GS:H31
Hu:118 T:XF-52 X:X102
Brown 9 16 0
FS:2413
Green Hu:131 P:PF51
8
1*Hu:1
FS:2011 80 +
Brown T:X-09
1 1*Hu:1
77
MiG-25RBK
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
FS:3637 P:50083 GS:H30 MM:17
Grey Hu:127 X:X136
5 6 8 28
Dielectric
panels
FS:3623 P:PCA8 MM:17
Grey Hu:140 T:XF-54 X:X131 GS:H57
1 24 40
MiG-29
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
Light FS:3649 GS:H33
Entire aircraft Hu:147
Grey 5 8
Blue Topside FS:2632 7*Hu:8 T:XF-66
Grey camouflage 9 7+
3*Hu:3
 4

Mi-8MTB
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
7*Hu:8
Blue FS:3632 7 +
T:XF-66
Grey 9 3*Hu:3
4
9*Hu:9
Grey- FS:3442 0 +
T:XF-20
green 4 1*Hu:3
1
1*Hu:1
Light FS:3640 21 +
Stone 0 1*Hu:9
0
Mi-24D
Colour Humbro Xtracol Gunze Model
Comment FS Tamiya Polly S
name l or Sangyo Master
7*Hu:8
Blue FS:3632 7 +
T:XF-66
Grey 9 3*Hu:3
4
FS:3409
Green Hu:150
8
3*Hu:1
Light FS:3641 21 +
Stone 5 2*Hu:8
4