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engine sitting at Minneapolis enroute during its run from Chicago to Seattle, you added a comment that caught my attention when you said “I always liked the two-tone green livery. It was appropriate for the green forests of the northwest”. The lighter green tone shown on your engine is one I have used for over 40 years now. The tone I use happens to be a Benjamin-Moore mix and I have applied it to outdoor sheds, fences, lawn chairs and other outdoor items that happen to be in or near a forest setting, where the pale green tone blends in so well.
Above is a recent planting of shore pine in a park-like setting where I am a volunteer site steward during a long-term ecological restoration project. The newly planted pine has been ringed by stucco wire to deter browsing by Columbia black-tailed deer. But notice the pale green color of the stakes that are supporting the wire ring. By painting them “Burlington Northern” green the stakes become nearly as invisible as the wire ring when located in a setting of surrounding natural vegetation.
My use of this shade of pale green on so many outdoor projects over so many decades has now become a family joke, as our daughter refers to it as “xxxxxxx green” in which “xxxxxxxx” is our family surname. Once I locate a good image, I am going to post a link that identifies the single-cell green algae, Pleurococcus, that is responsible for the widespread natural occurrence of this pale green coloration on fences, tree bark and other surfaces in regions, like the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, where there is a moist surface for the algae to thrive for much of the year.
Cheers. And I’m glad you like xxxxxxxx green as an earth tone to beautify our surroundings.