HMS Victory in her True Colours 

“People are a little bit resistant to change...” winner of understatement of the century.

I agree,Repaint your model kits and be done with it.This is how she looked and so be it!

Its a national treasure! I remember touring the ship when I was stationed at RAF ST Mawgan.......its truly something to behold! Much, much better than stone henge!!

There's been a saying among the ranks in the world's navies for centuries: "If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, PAINT it!"

It looks much more Georgian/Regency now, light and airy. The mustard look just came across as Victorian, heavy and industrial.

I was there. In 2017 I don’t remember the colour, will have to look at my photos now to see Anyway it was fantastic to actually see and walk on it A lifetime opportunity I was 53at the time and we travelled from Western Australia 🇦🇺 A very long flight and a decent train ride to Portsmouth Was worth every everything to see it and the warrior 😍😍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I love the HMS Victory, is my favorite war ship.

Victory in true colours and thankyou Lord Horatio Nelson with Trafalgar Square and remembering Birthplace, 🏛Me🏛. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbour ship. In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, with 244 years' service as of 2022.

Although I loved the deep yellow she had (kinda reminded me of Bumblebee), I'd prefer it to be the accurate colors any day...

Having been in the paint business for 45 years, I hope they took into account how colors age and oxidize over the years. This is especially true of linseed oil paint. If you look at the sample they came up with it is exactly how the original(former) color would have looked oxidized. Also the original color appears to have been made from yellow ochre, an earth color that was plentiful and cheap. If it was painted the color they now think it was it would have faded to an off-white very quickly due to the amount of sun it would receive.

I'm assuming all other parts will be painted to match....masts etc ? Glad the original colour has been revealed after all this time. If people have to repaint their model ships, so be it. It's more important to get the original HMS Victory in the correct colour scheme than models.

It has to be right, really enjoyed this, with all the news on an interview and covid this was a breath of fresh air. I think the colours are magnificent

I’m painting my model of the victory in yellow & black. I’ve lived in Portsmouth all my life and she’s always been those colours. A painting by jmw turner in the national maritime museum painted just 17 years after trafalgar, show her in these colours.

The inside of the ports where red because of blood. THe outside are black. Each Admiral had his own colour scheme. The black covers gave a checked look - called the Nelson Touch

Those Limey's sure showed the Frog's that time, eh? The Brit's have the bulldog as their mascot; the Frenchies have the poodle!

How those guys built her is amazing

And after I just finished the hull and masts for the second time and half way through installing the main armement?! No way! Im in command of this one, and she'll stay puke yellow.

I first paid a visit at 23, then again at 60, now 70 i hope to get on board this great historic ship again, I sincerely hope she is not attacked by the woke brigade as they seem to want to rewrite our history or destroy it altogether.

Excellent bit of research on your part. As for me, I'm also glad I came here _before_ starting the model...

The new colour is very much like the colour on the funnels of the early White Star Line Cunard ships, like the Titanic. A kind of peach colour.

In a few years when "further research by the experts" results in still another paint scheme for HMS Victory, people will complain that they do not like it and preferred the "original" paint scheme from 2015. So it goes...

I like it. I don't think the French would have laughed when they saw those gun ports open.

It is a beautiful ship no matter how you look at it or see it, but its true colors is the best. And I want see what Lord Nelson sall some 240 years ago..

Is it possible to buy the shade of paint . I would like to paint my garage door.

Peter Vickerstaff is my dad

Interesting archaeological work Interesting point that actual historical fact can get dismissed by people with a popular perception of history to the contrary. Even on a small personal project, I noticed different shades came make a huge difference. One yellow being slightly darker than another really stood out.

“People are a little bit resistant to change” how very British! Marvelous colours, well done!

Very serious point here. When you took the slide from the microscope and displayed it on the monitor -- was the monitor color calibrated? In other words, if you had a default Asian built monitor/tv (3200k) -- it would have the EXACT effect of turning yellow into some pale cream like color.

I love the VICTORY 👍

Good example of "restoration" as opposed to "renovation". Good job, well done!

I think, this was a mistake. All period paintings and the descriptions says "yellow" on her and other period warships.

The newspaper commenter amuses me. I guess if they are going to take the time to repaint the real HMS Victory in the original colors, the hobbyists can repaint their scale mantel pieces to match. Salute from a US Navy vet.

I would love to work on that ship /to paint it. Lived in Portsmouth for a couple of years; nice place, nice people. I do a 1:72 cross section of the HMS Victory at the moment and try to find the right colors. Love that beautiful ship.

In the 1960's I used to marvel at the skills of the shipwrights who were replacing the massive bent timbers on the starboard quarter. I for one love that she is back to her true colours. ( I am ex R.N.)

Surely there must be myriad period paintings of the ship from which one can determine the colours and also help confirm if the new paint scheme is correct?

An interesting informationen about HMS Victory's colours... but it makes me very angry and sad to see her masts cut down!

I don't mind the colour, what concerns me is the use of a roller. Rollers are great for painting drywall (gyprock plaster) but they do leave a pattern. Did the sailors of 1805 use a roller or a brush? Sure a roller is faster but a brush has its own pattern or sheen. I would hate to see the exterior of HMS Victory look like the interior of my house. Sorry if I am being too picky? Any experienced ship painters have a comment?

sorry i dont agree that is the true colour, they have just taken the paint samples and matched them 'as is' 200 years of fading in salt air, rain and strong sunlight would have made it this colour , the original is the yellow ochre which most people have always used , as someone who has sprayed cars for 30 years i know a bit about paint fading ,which happens to modern paints which have 'uv' protection in them , let alone the basic compounds and pigments which were available in the18th and 19th cenuries

Scrape the paint back layer by layer the go to b&q and get them to scan it, job done

nice work that crew, the lot did the work, as much as the chair polishers!

Now, just imagine if Admiral Lord Nelson had taken his WIFE to pick out a "colour!" The whole fleet would have been beached while The Missus compared paint chips! I can just hear His Lordship: "Get On with It Already!"

Dutch pink is a name used for yellow in the 19th century. Probably a continuation of the insults to the Dutch from the time when England and the Dutch were at war. Some other insults remain today-Dutch treat being the most familiar.

The Victory would still be magnificent ship even with polka dots. It almost has a soul.

Rule Brittania

Is the bottom of the Victory still covered with copper plates? what was the color under the water rope?

Crick Smith, I know them. The dog at 3:01 is Bob. He always hated white lab coats.

Absolute the best Line Ship!!!

Hello. And on HMS Victory works on restoration of a mast and rigging will take place?

Was this scheme 'standard' for Ships of the Line?

In its day, it was a Death Star. The ultimate in projected power.

Personally, I think I prefer this paint scheme to the darker yellow. Also you'd have to be colour blind to think it looks pink.

Forgive the ignorance of this question, but is this colour scheme an early 19th-century aesthetic choice, or was there some tactical advantage in this layout . . . e.g., some variant of dazzle camouflage?

Excellent job. Needed a bit of a 'Buff'.

it is pink! What if all those samples were weathered and bleached out making the new thoroughly researched colour actually too pink. personally I can't believe its correct.

Who, originally, chose the colors and why! 'HMS Victory Time Line'. Fails to mention: But thanks to Wiki: 'In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England,' How much damage was done on WW2?

She is as she looked as Britain began to rule the waves, but your critics want you to waive the rules. Well done I say.

Question Why not the Trafalgar checkerboard?

I believe in the 1800's reddish pale pink color was considered a male color as it was a warm color. So they wouldn't have had any reason against using this color on a ship.

Not crazy about the new color. It’ll take some getting used to.

The true star is the dog starring at the camera at 3:03. I wonder if he (or she) took a bite out of the camera person. That seems to be what the dog has in mind.

Much better and more believable than the bumblebee yellow.

So when will the restoration be finished? Planing on visiting next summer and it would be nice to see the masts on and everything :)

Hey when I built the Airfix model I used tan instead of yellow! I GOT IT RIGHT!

Not a bit convinced by the new colour, though I was never 100% on the previous one either. 'I don't see the pink people talk about.' - right there you can see the prejudice, because everybody else can! The main fault in the new colour analysis is that they are matching to samples _that are 200 years plus old_ with no research whatsoever into how those samples would have changed colour over the centuries. A major failing. Old paint loses saturation (colour intensity), can change hue dramatically, and linseed oil darkens. Also, they are contradicting several first-hand witnesses who speak of 'dull yellow' and 'sad yellow' - there was never any report of any pink cast at all. And here's a spanner in the works for you; historically the word 'pink' was used to describe a transparent (lake) yellow!

So, when I saw it in the year 2000 it was flying false colours? Nelson would be shamed!

Just a thought, lighter colours such as used for gunports would have faded in sunlight, so there would have been a difference in the paint samples that might not actualy reflect how it looked when it was painted?

When are the masts and rigging due to be put back?

are they gonna build some kind of cover for her, or is she going te remain out doors, imean if they not going to complete the rigging?

It looks *pink* to me !

My airfix model from my youth gave the colour as buff

Portsmouth ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I've always felt the tacky orange was wrong.

And ladies and gents, it's pink!

It was clearly originally blue and white

As a very picky ship modeler; i do appreciate the correct color scheme.im building this ship as we speak...so its important to me. For years,ive painted constitution s uper deck bulwarks the WRONG color...pissed me off.ya gotta do you hm work to make a scale model...or why do it at all???

So there were absolutely no artist representations of the most famous ship of the day that reflected the new colours? Or was it simply that the paint job had a colour shift because the curators didn't pay attention. And why did the lads not use spray guns to paint the ship?

needs to have new masts and to be re rigged, doesn’t look right with no rig and those little mast posts

It's a weird, counter-scientific attitude among modelers (or rather: one modeller, who assumes others think likewise) here: we'd rather ignore something we learned than realize we have been wrong. You still have a model showing HMS Victory the way she looked a substantial time of her life.

The linseed oil paint is only expected to last 2 years?

They called that colour buff, didn’t they

It actually pisses me off how they took the sales away

Pink is a great long-distance camouflage colour.👍

would the hole fleet been painted in the same colors?

I remain unconvinced, as does Peter Goodwin the previous curator. Peter's knowledge of Victory far exceeds Baines'. Whether full attention has been given to age, effect of saltwater, or oxidization remains questionable. One thing is certain. Nelson, like all naval officers, was proud of his ship and uniform. If he was satisfied with the present distasteful livery he'd obviously had a few too many tizers. Before you judge or believe this video come to Portsmouth and have a look yourself.

Wouldn't it be fantastic to see HMS Victory take to sea. Would no doubt take millions of pounds to make her seaworthy but there are no doubt many people who would pay good money to sail on the most famous warship in the world. Just a thought.

when was the ship build and who built it

I believe the reason those gunports are painted red is because ship interiors were usually painted red to make blood less visible as to not lower the crew's morale

Looks like white man skin colour. I like it!

Pink stripes?

put the rest of the masts back...thats what you told us you would do after there refurbishment...if its too much added weight you can always make lighter copys , .obviously the sales cannot be unfurled...

a hard pill to swallow

7:58 I wonder if 200 years ago it would of had a fucking door cut into the side of the hull. or a gift shop was you can buy a little teddy bear. Wonder if that was standard military requirement

as the old proverb, oyster stay at it orginal bays

1. Painting on a ship doesn't begin or end, it just is. 2. I doubt Nelson, given his sea sickness, ever paid much attention to the color(s) of Victory

Ah yes, now all the arm chair "experts" join in, commenting on that which they know little about

I'm surprised you were allowed to use leaded paint and not have to find a non-toxic colour match.

El Trinidad, ES, el que en la primera descarga de Trafalgar, desarbolo al Victory de Nelson: 👉 Véase, la serie con el nombre *Batalla de Trafalgar: las mentiras de los ingleses, los pecios.* Son unos 4 episodios. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r-hBY0Mx7PQ.html *DATOS DE LA BATTALLA* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8-s1z5wgzUk.html *LA BATALLA* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S8E211EewfI.html

Is that Austin Powers!!!!!

soo what are the true colors if not yellow ochre may I ask

It does not look "yellow" to me .Would the carpenter (or anyone else) really describe that ,as yellow? still at least they didn`t use "magnolia!"