New to painting ECW

[Smiley Miley 66]

I am now in a position to start painting my Mainly Parliamentary army.
Now as there are a few (experts of the subject) on here. I need to ask advise about basic colours.
Is there a hard and fast rules for these regiments. I know New Model Army infantry coats are Red. But this makes a very limited army. A lot of Cavalry seemingly had a yellow/beige coats ?
So if anyone can help by putting up a basic guide to those of us are just looking at starting out ?
Many thanks
Miles

[Colonel Kilgore]

Miles,
I believe that the cavalry beige coats are buff leather.
Someone more knowledgeable than me can fill you in on the NMA!
Simon

[Colonel Kilgore]

Actually, this might help at a high level:

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2020/05/coat-colours-part-4-others-nma-dragoons.html

Simon

[Sean Clark]

https://www.baccus6mm.com/PaintingGuides/ECW/

This is an excellent quick reference quide.

[Martin Smith]

Both those recommendations are spot on...and it comes down to 'we know very little' about clothing colours. The London Trained Bands are nowadays thought to be in civilian clothing, with a few buff coats among the privileged few. Other regiments seemed to change coat colour depending on what cloth was available at the time of a refit.

The only constant seems to have been the colours (ie flags/standards)....so references to eg "a yellow regiment" refer to the colours, not necessarily the coats.

As the author of the blog linked to above has mentioned a few times, plenty of browns to paint....

Also means you're unlikely to be wrong, as no-one is certain of colourings.

[Smiley Miley 66]

Thank you Gentlemen all good to know so far?
Miles