Hi Wayne. You will probably get a better response to this question if you post it as a new topic. Most users do not re-visit old posts after a few days and you can see that only 8 people have looked at this post in 3 days and that includes you and me (small number centre of the bottom of the page). The colour of the floats would be overpainted grey in wartime and if a camouflage pattern was applied to the ship that would take precedence.