Posted by Bob Read on August 29, 1999 at 01:48:37 in 208.142.225.63:
In Reply to: Re: white star buff posted by Bruce Beveridge on August 29, 1999 at 01:35:29:
Bruce:
If you look back at Marschall's answer to our questions about this, he now seems to be of the opinion that there is not much of any red or peachy cast. I think the color on the front of the book "Exploring the Titanic" reflects his change of mind. I think what may have influenced him was the fact that "buff" was not a color peculiar to White Star. The Royal Navy warships
at the end of the previous century used this buff color and it was even used in the US Navy at the end of the 19th century. If you look at paintings and models of this buff color it does not have the peachy or orange cast indicating little or no red component.
The only authority for the "peachy" color I believe comes from Walter Lord who as a child on the Olympic tried to duplicate what he termed a "pinkish" color. Have you ever seen a good color
photo of one of the builder's models which had original paint? I haven't. In the absence of some evidence like that I would now probably agree with Marschall and go more with a brownish or tan like on the cover of "Exploring"
Regards,
Bob Read
: Judging from everything I have seen and have been told, also from the builders model, White Star buff is not yellow at all. It is a peach-tan combination. Basically a lighter shade of tan with red added.
: Bruce