Colour Scheme to be adopted in Buildings 3.

0 Colour Scheme
Colours for painting of walls, timber work and steel work of
1.0 Introduction buildings and structures may be as follows or as directed by
In Indian Railways, a large numbers of buildings and the Chief Engineer –
structures are regularly painted with paints of specified
colours to enhance their life as well as appearance. S. Items Colours for Remarks
No. Painting
The buildings/ structures can be classified in accordance to 1.0 All Wood Work in Buildings/ Structures
their intended use as follows – 1.1 Headquarter offices Polished or Paint of
1. Office premises including headquarters, divisional and & Divisional Varnished approved
other office buildings, watch huts Offices brand shall be
2. Residential premises including officers quarters, 1.2 Other Offices Light cream or used in Doors
subordinate quarters, club building off-white paint and windows
3. Station premises including signal cabin, station 1.3 Officers Quarters Polished or and structural
building, rest houses, officers & subordinate staff Varnished/ Light wood work.
building cream or off- Doors and
4. Platform shelters white paint windows
5. Steel structures including Foot over bridges, Road over 1.4 Senior Subordinate Light cream or likely to
bridges, Rail under bridges, signal gantries, goods quarters light grey paint come in
sheds and small workshops, Water tanks and stagings, 1.5 Other Group “C” & Light grey paint contact with
Power houses and large workshops. Group “D” quarters water may be
1.6 A-1, A & B class Polished or painted with
2.0 Reference
station buildings Varnished epoxy paints
1. Para 210 of IRWM 1.7 Other class station Light cream or of appropriate
2. PCE’s Circular No. 526 of NCR circulated vide No. 62- buildings light grey paint colour.
W/I/CE Circular/Wrks/36-10, dated 08.03.2010
 S. Items Colours for Remarks
S. Items Colours for Remarks
No. Painting
No. Painting
2.3 Platform shelters Up to 1.2 m
2.0 All Steel Work in Buildings/ Structures
height from PF
(A) Service Buildings, Offices surface: Dark
grey/ blue paint
2.1 Station building Aluminium/ off-
Above 1.2 m
white light Paint of
height:
cream paint approved
Aluminium paint
Headquarters and Aluminium/ off- brand shall
2.4 Foot over, bridges, Aluminium paint
Divisional Offices white light be used.
signal gantries
cream paint goods sheds and
Paint of small workshops
Other offices Aluminium/
approved 2.5 Power houses and Dark battleship
light grey paint
large workshops grey or
brand shall
2.2 (B) Residential Quarters aluminium.
be used.
3.0 Plastered Surfaces
Officers Aluminium/ off- 3.1 All exterior Lemon yellow/
white/ light Note: (i)
buildings Pale cream/Royal Buildings
cream paint ivory with with brick
Subordinate & Aluminium/ off- projected pointing
other staff white/ light portions such as should have
sunshades/ roofs exterior
cream paint or
with terra cotta surface in
light grey paint terra cotta
red
S. Items Colours for Remarks
No. Painting
3.2 All interior White/ pale red and plastered
buildings cream/ Royal surface at plinth
ivory level, sunshade भारत सरकार - GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
and roof in white. रे ल मंत्रालय - MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(In the interior of
(ii) Pointed stone (केवल कायाालय उपयोग हे तु / For Official use only)
residential masonry walls (An ISO: 9001-2015 Certified Organization)
quarters only, should be treated
other colour like with chemical COLOUR SCHEME TO BE ADOPTED
light pink, light treatment only
green and sky and no snowcem IN BUILDINGS
blue can be distemper/white
wash, etc. should CAMTECH/C/2019-20/COLOUR-SCH-BLDG/1.0
provided) MARCH - 2020
be applied on
exterior surface.
4.0 Buffer stops Structural part –
black buffer beam -
red
Note:
(i) All exposed steel work should be provided with primary coat of red
lead and appropriate finishing coats. DISCLAIMER
(ii) C.G.I. sheets should not be painted unless they are in corrosion The information contained in this pamphlet does not supersede any
prone area. existing provisions laid down in RDSO & Railway Board instructions.
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