LC37 - FS30040 matt burnt umber

Burnt umber FS30040 as the brown field of a scheme

Burnt umber is a dark, earthy brown, exactly the type of tone the brown field of multicolor camouflage schemes on ground vehicles rests on. The trio of green, brown and black is one of the most widespread ways of breaking a vehicle up into discontinuous areas in European terrain, and brown plays the part of the link between the lighter and the darkest field. The name of the shade gives the number of the American Federal Standard color standard, FS30040, and the matte degree of sheen.

How to lay the brown field on

• Brown is usually laid on as the second field, after the base green and before the darkest field.
• A hard edge matches schemes applied in a workshop to a drawing; a soft edge matches schemes sprayed at the unit.
• Run the fields across the shape breaks of the vehicle, not along them. That is exactly how camouflage breaks up the outline.
• Keep to the plan of the fields on the roof and the lower parts too, so that the scheme looks continuous from every side.

Other uses

Besides camouflage fields, a dark brown is useful for earthy dirt in a wheel well, as a base for the deposits on the running gear and for the wooden parts of loads and equipment.

Who the color is for

For modelers of military vehicles in multicolor schemes and for builders of dioramas who need a dark earthy tone.

Keep the paint out of the reach of children and, when spraying, work in a well-ventilated space.