Matching Athearn BN/BNSF Executive Cream & Green


jbaakko

Diesel Detail Freak
Does anyone happen to know of a close match for Athearn Cream & Green on the BN and BNSF SD70MAC's? I'm redoing the logo on two, and the cream wore off in the process of removing the first unit's logo, so now I need to patch the paint.
 
The cream looks like white with a tiny bit of yellow in it. The green looks like CNW with more blue. That is what I am going to use (Floquil).
 
Which green is right? Kato's or Athearn's? They are very different.
 
I think the Athearn represents the more accurate green, in my eye, judging by photos... Not sure though.

I'm hoping there's a close match for the cream at the LHS so I do not have to spend days on end mixing to get the right color. I think Antique white will be my starting point though if I have to mix.
 
I took a photo of a painted model with a black and white card next to it. I put it in Photoshop and corrected the photo to the black and white card. Then I sampled the cream color and on the spectrum it came out as I described above, very light yellow, slightly toward the green.
 



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