[R-390] 390A front Panel Color

[Barry]

Isn't that assuming it was a Navy radio?  Didn't some of the other contracts specify different colors?

Ragards,
Barry - N4BUQ

> Barry,
> 
> Today we would call the color ANSI 61 gray.
> 
> Pretty much Square D and fuse box gray paint.
> 
> It is still a standard color. But with much less
> variation in the shade these days.
> 
> 
> You may not think it is an exact match to what you are
> looking at on the front panel of your receiver.
> 
> But you must consider the age of that paint
> and all the stuff applied to the paint in the
> last 50 plus years either with intent or not
> and not of it was mean to change the color.
> 
> 
> Roger AI4NI
> 
> 
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, it is 26152 on this page:
> 
> http://www.fed-std-595.com/FS-595-Paint-Spec.html
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Barry - N4BUQ
> 
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