Well I know the colors to use they are mincemeat and deep twighlite. Pittsburg 700 seris flat latex. I got these colors from Carrylite and G&H years ago when I sold my goose blinds. The trick with plastic as I was told is to make sure you have the decoy at or above 8o degrees. The chest color depends on the sub species of honers you are hunting and the time of year thusly tannish to grey. If you want a hoot look at my field decoys on my home page Mutha