Standard colors of South African planes from 1970s till 1990s

In mid-1975 South African Air Force introduced a standard camouflage scheme of Deep Buff and Olive Drab over Light Admiralty Grey, later modified by replacing Deep Buff with Dark Earth (all colors according to British Standard). Both combinations were widely used during the „Angolan Bush War†in 1970/80s and are still in use on some helicopters. Two types featured a distinctively different camouflage: English Electric Canberra (overall PRU Blue) and Blackburn Buccaneer (Dark Sea Grey over PRU Blue). It is also worth noting that due to lack of availability of original BS colors, SAAF used local equivalents (believed to be exact matches) with local color names.

Contains the following colors (lacquer based paints, optimized for use with airbrush):

• HTK-C204 – BS Deep Buff – BS381C:360, „Kalahari Sandâ€, used for upper surfaces in early SAAF pattern (Mirage III, Sabre Mk.6, Mirage F1, Impala)
• HTK-C146 – BS Olive Drab – BS381C:298, used for upper surfaces camouflage of majority of SAAF planes from 1975 to 1990s (early and mid-life camo)
• HTK-C205 – BS Light Admiralty Grey – BS381C:697, used for lower surfaces in early (Mirage III, Sabre Mk.6, Impala) and mid-life (Mirage F1, Impala Mk II) patterns
• HTK-C206 – BS Dark Earth – BS381C:450, used for upper surfaces camouflage of majority of SAAF aircraft (including helicopters fleet) in mid-life pattern
• HTK-C144 – BS Dark Sea Grey – BS381C:638, „Mirage Greyâ€, used for upper surfaces of SAAF Buccaneers. Also in „diamond†pattern of Mirage F1
• HTK-C207 – BS PRU Blue – BS381C:636, „PE Blueâ€, used on SAAF Canberra's and Buccaneers (lower part). Also in „diamond†pattern of Mirage F1