Does anyone know what color, if any, Imperial artillery carriages and limbers were painted?  Thanks.

No idea, but Austrian ones later in the century were yellow ochre.

I am not a betting man. But in this period I would be quite on the safe side if I assumed varnished wood... the tonality of the varnish is up to you... I don't think there was any uniformity in colour farther than that.

Found this on the minatures page as I am just about to start painting myself could be useful

Black (with Yellow metal): Saxony.

Blue (with Yellow metal): Sweden.

Green (with Black metal): Russia ~1707.

Grey (with Black metal): English/British.

Red (with Black Metal): France; Hannover; Russia post-1721; United Provinces (& I presume Spanish Netherlands?).

Red (with Yellow Metal): Denmark; Russia 1700 & probably 1710-1721.

White (with Black metal): Prussia.

Yellow (with Black metal): Imperial/Austrian.

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=250161

Yellow wood with black metal fittings.  It makes a brave show!

Yellow and black sounds good to me.  That's a lot!

Question When you say "Yellow" metal do you really mean a brass or bronze color?

Woodwork in yellow, all metalwork in black

Hello, when you say "yellow" do you actually mean yellow or brass colored? Aren't all cannon barrels brass colored? Please advise.

gsayhi - the 'yellow' for the woodwork is actually yellow, a colour often called 'Ochre Yellow'.

Where the 'Yellow;is for metal it means the metal is brass/bronze coloured. Many of the gun barrrels, but not all, which are 'Black' are actually also brass/bronze but they are painted black.