This look 'bout right for " tinted zinc chromate"? S’pose to be yellow ZC with a smidge of lampblack to tint. (seen the IPMS Stockholm info, and a couple other references) Did a SWAG mix and got this. Sure it’ll darken a bit when I hit it with the black wash. (P-47C-5)…
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Looks a little “bright” but the wash should help with toning it down. 
I thought it looked just right and with dirt, dust, wear/chipping and a wash, I think it will be perfect.
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From what I’ve read and seen, zinc chromate, both yellow and green, were quite variable, especially the green. This was because of supply problems both in raw materials (chromate) and transport. These primers were sometimes mixed with other primers when there was a shortage of one or the other. It looks bright to me, too, but if this plane was in the desert or tropics, it could be sun bleached, too.
I’ve seen (read) zinc chromate described as “apple green”, so it looks pretty good. Maybe, instead of a black wash, use a thin black/green wash.
56th FG, Halesworth, Suffolk. Not much solar radiation there. 
With flat black wash.
L>R: Yellow ZC (AK11858), Tinted ZC (home brew), Interior Green (Mig 220. ANA-611/ FS34151), Dull Dark Green (AK11861. Medium Green 42 / FS34092) DDG was used on later P-47s andP-47Gs.
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From what I read plain ZC on plain aluminum gives the apple green. Yellow is when applied over a white base. (That is confusing because what I remember ZC went on the metal. “Tinted” was used as a second coat and tinted so it was visible over the first coat.) Tinting was done with black (or Indian Red which gave the Chance Vought “salmon”). I have not seen period color photos (of P-47s) to get an idea what it should like. I dont like using restorations/ models for reference. Never know what research the did.
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