How do you lighten Olive Drab?

[Gazzas]

Hi everyone!

    I'm going to be using some OD-like colors in the very near future, and I want to use both lighting, fading, and shading effects.   I'm wondering if there aren't better lightening colors than white for OD.  Has anybody done any experiments, or builds that can give me some ideas?

 

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

Gaz

[thierry laurent]

German dark yellow! This is a well-known tip amongst afv modellers. If this is true for Tamiya paints (XF-60 Dunkelgelb) , this must be for other ones. 

[Gazzas]

Thank you, Thierry.  I am years behind the learning curve.

[MikeC]

7 minutes ago, thierry laurent said:

German dark yellow! This is a well-known tip amongst afv modellers. If this is true for Tamiya paints (XF-60 Dunkelgelb) , this must be for other ones. 

Second that: in fact any yellow will do, depending on the effect you're trying to achieve.

[Gerhard]

I painted normal olive drab, and then used shades of MIG Pigments to lighten. I dont have an air brush though. 

[John1]

I've used a light tan.  MM Armor Sand or Radome Tan works well for me. 

 

 

[Theo]

Olive Drab is mixed from Black and Yellow, So Yellow is think best.