Re: Melbourne's grey white trams

[Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Melbourne Age reported that the basic colour is white.
The colour prints which I have seen show that the body colour is white.

I have now had some comments from RNV's Victorian colour-chart subeditor.  The
closest matches which he has found are:
The main body: USA 37875, Australian AS2700 pearl grey.
The lower body: USA 26493, Australian N35 light grey.
The leaf blue: USA 15065, Australian B23 light blue.
The leaf green: USA none, Australian between G34 fern green & G33 lettuce green
(Humbrol enamel gloss lime green is close).

Anthony Morton wrote:
Roderick Smith  <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote:

> >This whole thread was based on an incorrect starting premise.
> >The Yarra livery is like a modern aeroplane: basic white with an applied
> >logo.  The only grey is the lower body skirt.
> If it's white then it's a very grey shade of white.  The one I saw yesterday
> looked more like a battleship than an aeroplane.
> Of course, the reason battleships are painted grey is it makes them harder
> to see.
> >The logo is a leaf emblem
> >in blue & green.  The whole effect is very nineties (or even very
> >noughties), rather than very Melbourne.

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Regards
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor