The Ionic Smart Colors WWII USMC Infantry 19421945 set includes 12 acrylic paints carefully selected to provide the essential tones for painting the uniforms and equipment of United States Marine Corps infantry during the Pacific campaigns of World War II.

This set of 12 colors contains everything needed to depict Marines from the early Guadalcanal operations up to the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Early in the war many Marines wore the P41 utility uniform made in Olive Drab HBT and prone to fading under the tropical sun into lighter more muted green or brownish tones. The reversible P42 camouflage uniform also appeared in these campaigns featuring the well-known “frogskin” pattern with green brown and sand tones on the jungle side and beige with brown shapes on the beach side.

Later in the war the P44 uniform became common with a slightly cooler Olive Drab tone and similar fading effects. Webbing and field gear were typically khaki or light olive drab while helmets were standard M1 helmets in Olive Drab Nº3 or Nº7 often dulled by dust wear and grime from island terrain.

Contents of the set:

• IONIC-1010    IONIC US Dark Green
• IONIC-1011    IONIC Green Grey
• IONIC-1009    IONIC US olive drab dark base
• IONIC-0142    IONIC Desert Yellow
• IONIC-0145    IONIC Dark Ochre
• IONIC-0154    IONIC Brown
• IONIC-0123    IONIC Lizard Green
• IONIC-0024    IONIC Khaki
• IONIC-0161    IONIC Burnt Umber
• IONIC-0173    IONIC Black Metal
• IONIC-0032    IONIC Dwarf Skin
• IONIC-0009    IONIC Bone