The decks of British escort ships had a tone of their own, different from the sides, and it is precisely that tone which Royal Navy WWII W.A. Semtex Green from Lifecolor corresponds to.
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The acrylic paint Royal Navy WWII W.A. Semtex Green completes the group of Western Approaches shades with a tone for horizontal surfaces. The word Semtex in the name is the period designation of the non-slip deck covering used on British warships. This is therefore not a color for the sides or the superstructures, but for the surface that was walked on.
A horizontal surface looks upward and reflects the sky, whereas a vertical side reflects the water and the horizon. If a deck were given the same light tone as the side, it would look overexposed in daylight and would, on the contrary, make the ship stand out from a height. A deck tone is therefore usually more subdued and less light than the color patches on the sides. There is a practical side to it as well: the surface of a deck had to stand the traffic of the crew, so its shade follows from the material used and not from camouflage.
How to put it together
On a model the deck is usually dealt with separately, with the neighboring surfaces masked, so that a clean boundary stays at the railings and the superstructures. It pays to work with slight deviations of tone between the individual parts of the deck, because a uniform area without differences looks flat. Escort ships moreover had a very crowded deck, so between the fittings one sees a number of small sections rather than one continuous area of color.
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