69.027 Green Blue Matt

A green-blue link between two color fields

The designation 69.027 carries a shade whose point is to reconcile two colors that would otherwise grate side by side. When a machine has a blue hull and green limbs, a hard break tends to show along the boundary; a thin veil of this tone on the joining edge brings both fields optically closer and the scheme gains calm. On its own it looks like a saturated sea green with a marked blue component.

When to reach for a transition

The technique is used only once both neighboring areas are finished and dry. The airbrush is held square to the edge, the pressure is drawn as low as possible and the paint is laid on as a hint only, so that what lies beneath shows through. It serves just as well for tinting clear parts, where a few light coats turn colorless plastic into the tinted glazing of a cockpit.

• A sea green tone with a visible blue component
• It ties neighboring color fields together and softens hard transitions
• Suitable for tinting clear parts into tinted glazing
• Light veils can be laid repeatedly without losing the fineness of the surface
• It stays matte, so it does not interfere with later picking out of the panel lines

Custom shades of your own

Because it lies midway between two basic colors, it is easy to start from when looking for unusual tones. A drop of yellow shifts it toward the toxic green used on science-fiction displays, while a drop of white creates the faded variant that suits old machines long left standing outdoors. Mix in small amounts over a white ground, or you will judge the resulting tone on paper badly.