Standard Colours

These are the colours as they appear in the drawings.  As the painted drawings are being revised, they are receiving new and more accurate colours--so only the colours that are in the revised drawings are listed here.  More will be added as more drawings are revised.
 
 

Colour	Red	Green	Blue	Sample
Yellow reflective tape	252	190	4
Silver	220	222	228
ACR Gray	188	190	196
ACR Red	148	2	20
ACR Yellow	252	214	68
ACWR Off-white	244	242	228
ACWR Green	4	66	36
ACWR Red	148	2	12
ATSF Blue	20	22	84
ATSF Yellow	252	214	20
BCR Red	228	18	28
BCR Blue	12	14	108
BN Cascade Green	4	142	52
BNSF Heritage Green	4	30	20
BNSF Heritage Orange	252	106	12
BNSF Heritage Yellow	252	222	4
B&O/C&O Blue	4	2	44
B&O/C&O Yellow	252	230	28
CB&Q Red	204	18	20
CB&Q Gray	196	194	204
CEFX Blue	4	98	196
CEFX Gray	132	138	132
CN Red-orange	244	38	20
CP Action Red	228	46	28
CP Candy Apple Red	188	10	20
CR Blue	36	66	180
CS Blue (same as B&O)	4	2	44
CS Orange	252	110	36
CS Yellow (same as B&O)	252	230	28
EL Gray (same as ACR)	188	190	196
EL Red	148	2	4
EL Yellow	252	234	76
GNWR Orange	252	130	4
GNWR Yellow	252	226	20
GTIS Gray	60	62	68
GTIS Orange	252	82	44
ICG Gray	84	86	100
ICG Orange	252	90	44
LLPX Blue (same as CEFX)	4	98	196
LLPX Yellow	244	218	36
LLPX Gray (same as CEFX)	132	138	132
MEC Orange	252	150	28
MEC Green	4	70	44
MKT Green	4	126	36
MKT Yellow	252	234	28
MP Jenks Blue	28	42	68
MP Canary Yellow (same as UP)	252	218	36
MP Gray (same as UP)	156	158	164
MP Red (same as UP)	236	2	12
MRL Blue	20	18	124
RTAX Gray	164	162	164
RTAX Red	180	2	20
SBD Gray	156	166	180
SBD Red	228	10	12
SBD Yellow	244	218	12
SLR Yellow	252	230	68
SLSF Red	220	34	12
SP Gray	84	90	100
SP Red	252	2	28
UP Armor Yellow	252	218	36
UP Harbor Mist Gray	156	158	164
UP Signal Red	236	2	12

Subdued colours are used when locomotives have corrugated radiator grills that are coloured.   These are the colours as they appear on the grills.  To make most of them, saturation of the standard colour was cut roughly in half.
 

Colour	Red	Green	Blue	Sample
ACWR Green	20	50	36
ATSF Blue	36	38	68
ATSF Yellow	196	178	84
BCR Red	172	72	76
CB&Q Red	156	66	68
CB&Q Gray	156	154	156
CEFX Blue	52	102	148
CP Action Red	172	86	76
CP Candy Apple Red	140	58	52
CR Blue	76	90	140
GNWR Orange	188	130	68
GTIS Gray	52	54	52
ICG Gray	84	86	92
MEC Orange	188	142	84
MKT Green	36	94	44
MP Jenks Blue	44	46	60
SBD Gray	148	150	148
SLSF Red	164	78	68
SP Gray	92	90	92
UP Armor Yellow	196	182	92
UP Harbor Mist Gray	132	130	132

Michael Eby 2006