Malmo Heritage Trams - Green Colour Code

[Chester1903]

Looking for some information about the colour code for Malmo heritage trams car 20 and car 100.
I am part of a small team restoring the only surviving Chester tram in the UK. We know that our tram was painted green though we have no confirmed surviving examples of the colour code. We believe it to be very similar to the Malmo heritage trams and we are looking for the RGB code or HEX code for the colour your trams are painted. If we have the codes then that would allow comparison with some small paint flakes we have.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone has this information and can post it as a reply.
Many thanks, Tony Smith, Chester, UK.

[Matsälgen]

Ths is the green code för Malmö modern trams and buses:

//Matsälgen🫎

[Harald]

The modern buses don't have the same colour aas the historic trams. The best place to ask is probably the society that operates the old trams: info@mss.se

[Jourmaster]

The subject here is the colour of historic Malmö trams, not the colours used in Malmö now. Postings discussing these have been deleted.

[Chester1903]

Thank you for your feedback. I have contacted the info@mss.se museum and I am hoping that they can supply the paint information.

Actually looking at the tram museum site has encouraged me to visit Sweden again to travel on the heritage trams. We had such a great time in Sweden 2 years ago on your trams.

Thanks again, Tony

[Matsälgen]

Looking for some information about the colour code for Malmo heritage trams car 20 and car 100.
I am part of a small team restoring the only surviving Chester tram in the UK. We know that our tram was painted green though we have no confirmed surviving examples of the colour code. We believe it to be very similar to the Malmo heritage trams and we are looking for the RGB code or HEX code for the colour your trams are painted. If we have the codes then that would allow comparison with some small paint flakes we have.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone has this information and can post it as a reply.
Many thanks, Tony Smith, Chester, UK.

Hi!
I don't think you need to know the color codes for other objects (e.g. Malmö vintage trams) because you have your paint flakes as models.

I recommend you do what I did a few years ago:
I took a piece of material with the right color shade painted on it, and took it to a good and competent paint dealer ("Alviks färg"). They were able to give me an exact NCS color code. They can also mix the exact right color tone by hand if I wish. There are good competent staff in that shop with a good sense of color.

It works well for me to do it this way here in Stockholm. Can this approach also work well where you live?

Those who painted the old trams when they were new probably didn't have color codes back in the day. There is no exactly right standard color shade for old trams. Every time the trams were repainted, the color shades became a little different. In addition, the color fades with age from the sunlight.

If you sandpaper or carefully scrape your paint flakes with a knife, you can get the regular, freshly painted color shade.

If you get any color codes from Malmö, I'm interested in learning about them. Please tell us how your project is going on in the future.

Do you have any pictures showing your old trams?

//Matsälgen🫎
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SVENSKA
Hej!
Jag tror inte du behöver känna till färgkoder för andra föremål (tex Malmö veteranspårvagnar) eftersom du har dina färgflagor som förebilder.

Jag rekommenderar dig att göra som jag gjorde för några år sedan:
Jag tog med mig en bit material med rätt färgnyans målad på den, och gick med den till en bra och kompetent färghandlare ("Alviks färg"). De kunde ge mig en exakt NCS-färgkod. De kan även blanda till exakt rätt färgton för hand om jag önskar det. Det finns duktig kompetent personal i den butiken med bra färgsinne.

Det fungerar bra för mig att göra på detta sättet här i Stockholm. Kan detta tillvägagångssätt fungera bra även där du bor?

De som målade de gamla spårvagnarna när de var nya, hade antagligen inga färgkoder förr i tiden. Det finns ingen exakt rätt standard färgnyans för gamla spårvagnar. Varje gång spårvagnarna skulle ommålas blev färgnyanserna lite annorlunda. Dessutom bleks färgen med åldern av solljuset.

Om du sandpapprar eller skrapar försiktigt på din färgflaga med en kniv, då kan du få fram den ordinarie nymålade färgnyansen.

Om du får några färgkoder från Malmö är jag intresserad av att få kännedom om dem. Berätta gärna om hur det går med ert projekt framöver.

Har du några bilder som visar era gamla spårvagnar?

//Matsälgen🫎