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Welsh Dave · 2 October 2007, 08:35 AM

When I said we have only one public sample of streaky fabric from a D.VII, I was forgetting the framed serial number from 252/18, formerly on display at the Musee de l'Air in Paris.

I know this only from a photograph, in which it looks very brown. However, so does everything else in that photo! If I boost the colour saturation, the area in shadow at the left end of the panel turns purple.

As published in a recent Windsock, the same shadowy area is bright green! A friend who saw the sample in the Musee a few years ago thinks it was in fact streaky green, the viridian found on 368/18. Does anyone know this sample, and its true colour(s)?

If it is in fact brown, that means the olive dye continued into D.VII production for a while.

2 October 2007, 08:35 AM	#84 (permalink)
Welsh Dave Observer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Wales Posts: 88	When I said we have only one public sample of streaky fabric from a D.VII, I was forgetting the framed serial number from 252/18, formerly on display at the Musee de l'Air in Paris. I know this only from a photograph, in which it looks very brown. However, so does everything else in that photo! If I boost the colour saturation, the area in shadow at the left end of the panel turns purple. As published in a recent Windsock, the same shadowy area is bright green! A friend who saw the sample in the Musee a few years ago thinks it was in fact streaky green, the viridian found on 368/18. Does anyone know this sample, and its true colour(s)? If it is in fact brown, that means the olive dye continued into D.VII production for a while.