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Re: Luftwaffe floatplane float underside colour - yellow?
I'm going back to post #2.
The more I look at this photo the less I see 'float', and the more I see 'wing cross section'. As in, this is the outside of the divider behind which lay the fuel tank in the port outer wing. So more likely in my judgement this shot shows the inboard section of the outer port wing that would have been attached just outboard of the engine nacelle.
Per the 1938 L.Dv. 521/1, for "Painting of exterior metal parts of land and naval aircraft and interior parts of naval aircraft' Lacquer Group 01 applied and the mandated colour for the more modern designs was Flieglack 7107.02 i.e. RLM grau.
(Again no mention of any .04 or .27 yellow tones in this connection. But then why would you use the then equivalent of a hi-vis paint on the internal surfaces of a maritime aircraft?)
Someone will know more, I'm sure.
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