I used a strip of white styrene and sprayed strips of commercially available rattlecan colors that lean toward olive and brown:
I then compared them under sunlight and an OTT light to a Federal Standard chip book and noted which FS code they were closest to.
DO NOT go by the scan above for an accurate color, even though I also scanned a postage stamp in case you want to calibrate your monitor. On my monitor, these look too brown. Go by the FS number call-out.
Olive drabs are notoriously shifty colors, which is why they make such good camouflage.
The first four colors are Tamiya sprays, the fifth is Model Master's generic, the last three are Flames of War's WarPaint series mostly aimed at gamers, but it is a fine spray paint.
And here are the results:
A — Tamiya TS-5 "Olive Drab" (lacquer) — FS#33070
B — Tamiya TS-28 "Olive Drab 2" (lacquer) — FS#34098
C — Tamiya TS-70 "JGSDF Olive Drab" (lacquer) — FS#34079
D — Tamiya AS-14 "Olive Green" (lacquer) — FS#34159
E — Model Master 1911 "Olive Drab" (enamel) — FS#30118
F — WarPaint SP03 "US Armour" (lacquer) — FS#34088
G — WarPaint SP02 "Soviet Armour" (lacquer) — FS#34097 or 34102
H — WarPaint SP01 "British Armour" (lacquer) — FS#34201
The winner for me is the last, which is, ironically, named "British Armour." It resembles (to me) a slightly faded PC-10, good for scale effect.
Of course, if Tamiya would get off the stick and produce a real PC-10 rattlecan color, this would all be moot. And I'd want a nice CDL shade as well....
