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Photo notes: Used my 50mm f/1.8 LENS (shot at about f/9)
Blue and white
RaiLink colours were blue and white 
But this is a nice shot 
It might have started life as a ‘white’ engine, but years of sun, dirt, rust and oil/grease have certainly faded it into something else.
I go based on what I see, not what you modelers see in your decal kits or otherwise
I see white in the photo
Joe, Having done this long enough I’m fairly well (and self) trained in the identification of colour as far as the 8 bit pallette of RGB is concerned.
If I take a colour sample of four points in the ‘white’ of the OSR 1400, it comes out as R,G,B:181,193,193 as an average of four sample points.
Which translates to this – illustrated on this site for graphical comparison.
http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/B5C1C1/
I’d say that’s on the grey side. It’s not white – which if it was it’ would be more toward the top of the graph.
This “white” Is 25% darker than pure white (255/255/255 or Hex FFFFFF. Hence bud, it doesn’t just look grey, it is a shade of it
It should also go without saying that white balance plays a role in this but I think mine is fine.
The art of fine colour selection is a science unto itself that any self respecting photographer would be very wise to learn. It would help you pick accurate paints for your custom model jobs
- Steve