Why Are the Interior Surfaces of Aircraft Painted Green?

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Why are the insides of aircraft surfaces painted that bilious green color? Is it an anti-corrosion thing? Or is it for some other reason?https://glasair-owners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08_test_fitting_GlaStar_Aux_Tank_.jpg(strange link: seems to work only with copy and paste)

gus_massa · Accepted Answer

> (strange link: seems to work only with copy and paste)It's a feature to discourage the submission of links inside questions, so the submitter does not have a pinned comment. But in some cases it is an antifeature.Clicky: https://glasair-owners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08_tes...Also, "clicky" version of the comment by zgniatacz chttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_chromate

steffan · Answer

Typically the green color is zinc chromate which is used to prevent or reduce corrosion on aluminum parts

ratsmack · Answer

Zinc chromate comes in various shades of green and yellow.

zgniatacz · Answer

zinc chromate