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AEROSPACE

MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

AMENDMENT

AMS-STD-595™A_A3

Issued 2022-05

Colors Used in Government Procurement

RATIONALE

The purpose of this amendment is to make corrections to AMS-STD-595A and to add new colors to the defined color index system. Specifically, paragraph e. was changed to paragraph d. to correct paragraph notation, a misspelling of one of the RCAF references was corrected, and all references for “Marine Corp” were changed to “Marine Corps”. Also, several new colors are being added at the request of specific using authorities per the new paragraph e. These colors and their associated CIE L*a*b* digital coordinate data will be added to the Master Color List in Appendix A at the next full revision of AMS-STD-595.

1. Present Requirement: 5. NOTES, Paragraph e., Page 6

As specified

Change Requirement: 5. NOTES, Paragraph d., Page 6

d. New colors added to AMS-STD-595A at the request of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the U.S. Army/Marine Corps: RCAF and the U.S. Army/Marine Corps provided color samples to SAE. Color Proofs were developed and measured to obtain the CIE L*a*b* digital coordinate data. The colors listed in Table 4 (RCAF) and Table 5 (U.S. Army and Marine Corps) have been added to the Master Color List in Appendix A.

Table 4 - New RCAF colors

RCAF Color ID Color Chip Number Snowbird Red I-4147 Red 11330 Snowbird Blue I-6256 Blue 15051 Snowbird White I-1310 White 17930 Blue 25044 Blue 25044

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Table 5 - New U.S. Army and Marine Corps colors

U.S. Army/Marine Corps Color ID Color Chip Number

561 Bark Brown 30037 530 Dark Brown 30063 529 Brown 30098 450 Tan 30169 M-1 Khaki 30267 525 Tan 30373 453 Maroon 31100 2501/2502/2510 Scarlet 31348 558 Gold 33654 297 Rifle Green 34057 2209 Green 34065 Ranger Green 34076 2247/2248 OD green 34078 2212 Green 34080 2243 Green 34085 523 Belleau Wood Green 34087 528 Dark Green 34101 562 Moss Green 34150 526 Pale Green 34202 560 Light Sage 34203 527 Olive 34256 2307 Marine Dark Blue 35039 2312 Marine Dark Blue 35040 450 Blue 35041 3378 Blue 35043 2319 Sky Blue 35046 451 Blue 35047 548 Slate Grey 36007 2246 Pewter 36356 477 Black 37029 557 Black 37032 458 Black 37033 3202 Black 37034 2607 Black 37039 559 Dark Cream 37490 524 Cream 37500 521 White 37970 2414 White 37971

e. The following colors are established at the request of the Canadian Department of National Defence (CDND), the U.S.

Navy, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) using authorities, and the U.S. Army. The colors are listed in Table 6 (CDND), Table 7 (U. S. Navy), Table 8 (OEM), and Table 9 (U.S. Army).

Table 6 - New CDND colors

CDND Color ID Color Chip Number Matterhorn White White 17870 Gamma Grey Gray 16485

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Table 7 - New U.S. Navy colors

U.S. Navy Color ID Color Chip Number Gray 26076 P-8A Flat Gray Gray 36515

Table 8 - New OEM colors

OEM Color ID Color Chip Number Blue 25231 Medium Gray Gray 26375 Green 34120

Table 9 - New U.S. Army colors

U.S. Army Color ID Color Chip Number 222 Brown Brown 30036 222 Sand Yellow 33310 222 Tan Yellow 33450 222 Green Green 34075 222 Black Black 37057

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