Specifications

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MIL-STD-1472E
5.7.9 Surface colors.
5.7.9.1 Army. Surface colors shall conform to MIL-HDBK- 1473 unless specified by the
procuring activity.
5.7.9.2 Navy. Surface colors shall be as specified by the procuring activity.
5.7.9.3 Air Force. Surface CO1OHshall be selected from FED-STD-595 as follows:
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Console, rack and cabinet exteriors
Panels
Non-critical functional grouping pads
Emergency/critical grouping pads
Interior walls, and ceilings
Interiors of uninhabited compartments
where maintenance is performed
Standard commercial equipment (if,
however, such equipment becomes an
integral part of an assembly, the color
must be identical to or compatible with
that of the assembly)
Anodized or conductive surface
Lettering colom:
Backmound Color
24300 Green
26492 Gray
27875 White
26231 my
21136 Red
Anodized or ncm-painkd
(‘~m]nxxcial
cquipmcnl
24300 Green
26492 Gray
26622 Gray
21136 Red
27875 White
26622 Gray
Existing Color
Not Painted
Lettering color
17875 White
17038 Black
17038 Black
17875 White
17875White
17038 Black or 17875 White,
whichever prowdcs better contras[
Contrasting Color
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