Hey guys, I just found this community and I figured it was the best place to post this question. I'm currently building a ME262A-2a/U2 from Dragon. https://imgur.com/a/eks4C I've included a imgur album with several depictions of the plane. Basically I'm trying to figure out what the best hobby brand color would be for the "top" part of the model. I believe the bottom is simply Luftwaffe light blue. I don't have the best eye for color and I honestly can't even tell if the three photos I included are even the same paint scheme. Thanks in advance.

According to the 3-volume Classic Publications book on the Me-262, the airplane you have described was painted in RLM 81 and RLM 82 on the upper surfaces and RLM 76 on the undersides. The wings and tailplanes were in a splinter pattern and the fuselage and upper nacelles were mottled with both of the greens, but so heavily that it almost appeared to be a solid color, except at the lower edges where the two greens met the light blue of the undersurfaces. IIRC, almost all of the leading paint brands have these three shades: Gunze, Modelmaster, Vallejo, Lifecolor, Tamiya, etc.
Mike

Thanks moogieman, this is very helpful, I'm still baffled that that model is painted dark green, it almost looks like a dark grey or a black to me. Can you speak to the accuracy of the Humbrol RLM paints? They have a RLM 81, 82 and 83 that all look pretty similar to the end result.
https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/251-rlm-81-dunkelbraun-matt-14ml-acrylic-paint.html
https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/253-rlm-83-dunkel-grun-matt-14ml-acrylic-paint.html
https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/252-rlm-82-olivgrun-matt-14ml-acrylic-paint.html
I'm not trying to promote humbrol, just trying to find the easiest way to get this model looking somewhat authentic.
Thanks again.