Painting your cockpit  

A good coat of paint will tie everything in your cockpit together. An approximate match is one thing... but finding the exact paint colour would be ideal.  

If you live near a Benjamin-Moore paint dealer, you're in luck. We have done the work of matching Airbus and Boeing's cockpit panel colours for you. The following formulas ("formulae" for those with Oxford English Dictionaries) indicate the number of 'shots' per quart of Benjamin-Moore paint: 

A formula using 'shots' won't mean much to you or me, but I'm told it should make sense to your paint mixer! Check with your dealer to see if this formula is written the way they are used to seeing them. Note that the coding for Australian paint dealers is somewhat different. 

Airbus Blue/Grey 

Base: 
• 215-4A 
Add to one quart of base: 
• 12 OY (Oxide Yellow)
• 21 BB (Blue)
• 17.5 CR (Clear Red)
• 1 WH (White)
 
Boeing Brown 

Base: 
• 215-4A
Add to one quart of base: 
• 2 ounces + 3.5 shots OY (Oxide Yellow)
• 9 RO (Red Oxide)
• 18.5 BK (Black)
• 21 GY (Grey)

If you live in Australia, click here for the Boeing Brown paint formula for your area.