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Royal Air Force Camouflage Schemes

F3

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Upper surface: Barley Grey (BS4800.18B.21) now known as Camouflage Grey (BSC381C:626)  (satin) 
Undersides: Light Grey (BSC381C:627) (satin)
Radome: Medium Grey (matt)
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in the mid 2000's F.3’s were repainted in overall Medium Sea Grey with a slight variation in the radome colour.

Early F3

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"Tornado F3 29sq" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Rob Schleiffert
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"Tornado F3 RAF" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Rob Schleiffert

GR1 and GR4 ​Initial Service

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Wrap-around Matt Dark Green (BSC381C:641) (matt)
Wrap-around Dark Sea Grey (BSC381C:638) (matt)
Radome Black (gloss)
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"Tornado GR1 27sq" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Rob Schleiffert
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"Tornado GR.1 ZA399 Mildenhall 93" (CC BY-NC 2.0) by joolsgriff

First Gulf War

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During the first gulf war aircraft were overpainted in overall desert pink with a black radome.
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© Crown copyright. IWM (GLF 717)

Grey

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From 1999 until the mid 2000's aircraft were repainted in Dark Sea Grey Uppers and Dark Camouflage Grey (BSC381C:629) on the side/ undersides. The radome remained black.

By 2007 the camouflage scheme for the GR.4‘s had transitioned to overall Medium Sea Grey (Xtracolor X003) with Dark Sea Grey (Xtracolor X004) radomes. With repairs and parts being 'recycled' from RTP, individual airframes can display considerable variation across different panel.
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Temporary Winter Scheme

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Based on the grey, green wraparound scheme, the green portions were overpainted in a temporary white paint.
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