Claus, thanks for the interesting scans!
The chart is a good illustration of how Soviet colours were interpreted in 1970-ies. The interpretation itself is completely outdated, should be classified among the ?Western misconceptions about VVS colours?. But, since some of those misconceptions are still present in the modeling community, it is important to trace their origin.
It looks that the colours were derived from British (both RAF and Navy) colours. Standard British names were used to define some of the colours:
? ?Dark earth?, ?light earth? and ?middle stone? for shades of brown (except for 1943-45 AMT-1, colours nonexistent in VVS)
? ?Sky? (duck egg) for light green-yellow (both colour and its name unknown in VVS)
? ?Khaki? for dark green (dark green doesn?t correspond to the meaning of the word khaki in English language)
? ?Insignia Blue? ? obviously for British, not Soviet insignia, etc
On the bright side, this card is probably the first reference of the term ?Zashchitniy? (protective) for the upper surface green.
Phonetic transcription of Russian names is given in Polish; this probably explains origin of the information.
SB made by Zavod 22 in first half of 1940. Factory painted in glossy gray AE-9. Upper surfaces green is brush painted in field (probably to comply with the May 1940 order). Green paint is probably A-19f ? looks darker than green-yellow vegetable field in the background.
IMHO: AE-9 lower surfaces and A-19f upper surfaces.
UTI-4 upper surfaces are definitely AII Z. Depending on the time when the plane was made, lower surfaces are either AII Gray (1938 to mid-1940) or AII Blue (after mid-1940).
TB-3: old style red star shows that the plane is painted in mid-1930 paints ? dark green ?Zashchitniy? for upper surfaces and light blue-gray for lower surfaces.
Cheers,
KL