Although anecdotal sources attribute the naming of the bombs to painting them a pumpkin color, the bombs were painted olive drab or khaki, and photographs indicate that the units delivered to Tinian came painted in the same zinc chromate primer color worn by Fat Man.
Anecdotal sources attribute the naming of the bombs to. Anecdotal sources are painting them a pumpkin color. The bombs were painted olive drab or khaki. The units delivered to Tinian came painted in the same zinc chromate primer color. This is what photographs indicate. This same zinc chromate primer color was worn by Fat Man.