Paint Colours

[GUB]

What do you use as a reference for paint colours for a specific time period when painting structures and rolling stock? I currently use colours for structures that are pleasing to the eye, but wonder if they are appropriate to the time period i am modeling - 1930's to 1940's.

Thanks

GUB

 

[wheeler1963]

GUB, here's a picture of Gentry's store layout. It's about the time frame your looking for. He builds these wood kits and paints them all up.

 

[Graham Line]

Here's a good first-hand source for vintage color photos. You can also look through Library of Congress pictures.

 

[Charles Smiley]

If you look at old collectable postcards of city scenes they are all colorized back to 1900 or so. They are a good reference for times that had no color film.

 

[GUB]

Thank you for all your help all great suggestions. What I was hoping for and am still looking for is a chart that shows paint colours that were popular during the 1930's and 1940's.