Winters up here are longer and colder than down South so I’m betting the darker one was kept indoors for most of the year, out of the sun while its American cousin was at the beach more often. After basking in the hot sun for 69 years, it just might be faded a little bit. That Sea Mist Green was used from 1946-51 while the Seahorse Green was used from 1952-55.
EDIT: I just noticed that those are the wrong decals for a 1950 TN-26 so it’s probably been painted sometime in the past and later decals applied, possibly 1953.
Click on the link here to see what they should look like.
http://nymarine.ca/50JO5WEBPIC.gif
