This is perhaps the most accurate color rendering so far.
It is based on Mason color research by Jim Wilke.
And "general knowledge" of Mason schemes, and schemes of the era.
The actual shade, or hue, of color worn by Leviathan is still unknown, and may never be known.
But because Green is known to be a favorite of Mason's, its very likely Leviathan was Green.
Although it also possible she was Blue or Lake (a crimson, "red wine" type of Red)

It is obvious from the original B&W photos of Leviathan that her boiler and cylinders were Russian Iron, and her domes and various trim pieces were brass. These can be made out by the shades on the b&w photos. The rest was likely one color, and I have assumed Green to be the most likely.
So therefore this color study represents the most likely colors worn by any one Mason Bogie so far, based on historical information and what we do know about Mason's general color practices.
All the parts are correctly colored here, the domes, cylinders, cab, tender; everything is colored as it would have really been colored. The only major question un-answered here is the exact shade of color used, was it really green? or perhaps blue? that is still unknown.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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