RAL

RAL is a series of standard colors of the Reichsausschuss für Lieferbedingungen (Committee for Delivery Conditions) for the military, industry and the German state, painted on aluminum panels. Many RAL colors were created for a specific purpose. Some colors still in use today date back to the times of the First and Second World Wars, their history of use is mostly unexplored. Color shades deleted from the collection after 1945 were reconstructed using original color samples – like Dark Yellow, introduced in 1943 as camouflage against infrared night-vision devices.