Thank you Nick and Graham
I know about the used shading variation of the colors and this info bellow is what I have looking for. There was limited info about the use of this colors and airplane mentioned before are Hurricane and Beaufighter,
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In N. Africa Light Earth was used as part of the "Emergency Desert Scheme" as per AMO.A.520 of Nov. 11 1939 (until Mid-Stone finalised).
A memo of Jan. 5 1941 ( R&M DA.2) stated that "Light Earth" was required for the Middle East ; apparently it was more used at the Egyptian end. Upper surface colours usually depended on the terrain , lower colours for altitude and role eg. ASR or PR.
The "Mediterranean Blues" ( Light and Dark) were also in the standards; by late 1942 ,Azure, Sky and Light MB were listed for undersides of day fighters ( AMO.664/42 amended) in the ME. An Appendix to AP. 1486 included also for lower surfaces, Dark Med. Blue, Medium Sea Grey, Deep Sky, PRU Blue, Sky Blue, Sky Grey ( Navy), and Night (black).
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This is one of the problem I have faced with this contrast and sometimes color are simply blend together so it is impossible to determine lines of colors. Special problem are area around the engine here heating from engine give great influence on the top coat and if we add regular fade out from sun, dirt, maintenance influence... we have real trouble with colors over it.
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See what Graham thinks but the low-contrast camo looks like green-brown; the darker area behind the cockade matches the Dark Green part in Hawker's camo drawing (but occasionally the colours were reversed). Spinner probably kept it's Night colour. The Desert Scheme usually shows a higher contrast between colours but that's not certain, depending on film type, light or weathering. Ortho film made yellowish colours appear dark.
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Excellent subject!
Cheers