covered hopper gray

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Here's a color photo of a (partial) covered hopper, seen behind the
locomotive and the boxcar. The color tint of this photo appears to be
pretty accurate, in my opinion.  This photo was taken by Fred Byerly and is
from the American-Rails collection.
https://www.american-rails.com/norfolk.html
Mike Rector
[image: image.png]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:43 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Jim: I have been using Floquil's "SP Lettering gray" on my N&W covered
> hoppers. I realize this is no longer available, but thought this reference
> might be helpful.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 05:38:50 AM CDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Is the shade of gray used to paint covered hoppers specified anywhere?
> From photos it appears that it may have varied over the years or from class
> to class.  The early ones look quite light while later ones a bit darker.
> Also, does anyone know how to talk about the scale  of shades between white
> and black unambiguously?  A little looking on line seems to result in a
> chaotic mix of RGB values and photography/ painting discussions.  One I saw
> several times was neutral gray being defined as 16% reflectance.  Anyone
> able to bring some order to my confusion?
> Thanks, Jim Cochran
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