As an aside, here are a few other examples of how dark and dull the base colors need to be.
This is the shade of yellow I use for German planes. It represents RLM 04.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/wBztBB1t/RLM-04.png)
You can see how it looks in game on the tail of this 109.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/gjrJCPVh/Hackl_2.png)
And this is the red is used for the Soviet star insignia.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/wBk1RdNw/Soviet-Red.png)
And here is how it looks in game on this P-40
![](https://i.postimg.cc/KjhPTFzv/Winter_P-40C_2.png)