Titanic Funnel Color Code
The following color was matched as closely as possible to the color of the funnels the paintings on pages 54, 60-61, and 67 of Art of Titanic, those illustrations having been recommended by artist Ken Marschall. What was Titanic's correct funnel color? I've seen many depictions in media and paintings, but it seems like two main sides to this. First is tan/beige ish color.
I've seen this color depicted in a lot of media, and this is the way I've depicted my titanic's funnels for years. But then there's yellow. I was recently reading Peter Davis-Garnier's "RMS Titanic: A Modelmaker's Manual", and in that book, it is stated that the "White Star buff" colour was sometimes referred to as "White Star pink".
A theory about the "White Star buff" color applied on Titanic's funnels ...
That got me thinking, "were Titanic's funnels really that visibly pink that people used to call the colour by that name?". Below are the paint mixes used on Art Braunschweiger's model. These are the scale equivalents of the colors I determined to have been used on Titanic based on the consensus of my own and other TRMA members' research.
When mixing paints, I used one eyedropper filled up to the same amount for each drop indicated below. All colors on the actual ship were in gloss paint, but were finished flat. Introduction This exterior color guide is being produced primarily for the modeler.
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Although color photography existed during the time of the Olympic class ships, there is only one verified color photo which includes Olympic. It is a long-distance photo of limited value. Where there is some evidence for particular colors, links to articles discussing how we have arrived at particular colors.
Good Afternoon Everyone, I've bought the Revell 1200 scale Titanic and need colour suggestions for a match to the White Star colour used on the funnels. I've read it is quite specific to that line. If possible cite Vallejo or Lifecolour matches, otherwise I'll try anything.
Why are funnels often orange with a black top? And why didn't some ...
Best Wishes, Will. The most debated Titanic color of all, without question, has to be the lower funnel color dubbed White Star Buff. Not quite one color or another, with barely discernible hints of one or two others, it's a color that defies easy description let alone replication.
Bob Read's Color Guide for the Olympic Class Ships serves as a comprehensive resource for modelers, offering detailed insights into the exterior colour schemes of the Titanic, Olympic, and Britannic. Due to limited historical colour photographs, the guide relies on evidence from documentation, standards like BS381C, and expert analysis. The case for more than one formulation of the color Of all the debates relating to Titanic's appearance, the question of the color of her funnels reigns supreme as the most controversial.
This particular color has come to be known in the greater Titanic Community as "White Star Buff" (WSB). Funnel colors of shipping lines were their signature colors and aided in their identification.
