Humbrol to Foundry paint conversion chart

Every Humbrol paint with its closest Foundry equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 112 rows, sorted by name.

85 of the 112 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Foundry within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 28 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.3. The 27 gaps are not spread evenly: 8 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Foundry does not answer.

How close is close enough? Reading the ΔE column

Moving a whole recipe across takes more than one pot. These search the boxed sets each range is sold in.

Shop Foundry set Shop Humbrol set

		ΔE
Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics	Armour Light Paint System	2.5
Aluminium Aerosol Sprays	Armour Light Paint System	3.3
Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics	Spearshaft Paint System	1.8
Army Green Acrylics - Matt	Quagmire Light Paint System	5.2
Beige Green Aerosol Sprays - Matt	French Dragoon Green Light Paint System	3.7
Black Acrylics - Gloss	Charcoal Black Shade Paint System	0.0
Black Acrylics - Satin	Blackened Barrel Paint System	3.1
Black Gloss Aerosol Sprays	Charcoal Black Shade Paint System	0.0
Black Matt Aerosol Sprays	Blackened Barrel Paint System	2.6
Black Satin Aerosol Sprays	British Denison Green Shade Paint System	4.8
Blue Acrylics - Matt	British Royal Blue Light Paint System	4.7
Brass Aerosol Sprays	Ochre Shade Paint System	2.1
Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics	Ochre Shade Paint System	0.6
Bright Green Acrylics - Matt	French Gun Olive Green Paint System	9.6
Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics	Flesh Shade Paint System	4.7
Brown Acrylics - Matt	North African Flesh Shade Paint System	2.8
Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt	Forest Green Shade Paint System	5.4
Brunswick Green Aerosol Sprays	Forest Green Shade Paint System	4.8
Chocolate Acrylics - Matt	British Uniform Brown Paint System	2.5
Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics	Gun Metal Light Paint System	1.5
Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays	Gun Metal Light Paint System	3.2
Copper Acrylics - Metallics	Tan Paint System	5.5
Cream Acrylics - Matt	Bone yard Paint System	4.1
Crimson Acrylics - Gloss	Bright Red Shade Paint System	3.6
Dark Brown Aerosol Sprays	British Denison Brown Light Paint System	2.8
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss	British Equipment Tan Shade Paint System	4.0
Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt	Drab Butternut Paint System	2.3
Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss	Storm Green Shade Paint System	6.3
Dark Green Acrylics - Matt	Bright Green Shade Paint System	6.7
Dark Green Aerosol Sprays	Bright Green Shade Paint System	7.0
Dark Green Aerosol Sprays - Satin	Blackened Barrel Paint System	5.7
Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt	Slate Grey Shade Paint System	3.8
Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays	Drab Light Paint System	2.7
Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt	Bone yard Shade Paint System	4.1
Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays	Dusky Flesh Light Paint System	3.9
Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt	Austrian White Paint System	7.4
Emerald Green Acrylics - Gloss	Bright Bottle Green Light Paint System	4.5
Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss	Gun Metal Shade Paint System	5.4
Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss	British Redcoat Paint System	2.0
Flesh Acrylics - Matt	German Oak Leaf Orange Light Paint System	4.3
Fluorescent Signal Green Acrylics - Gloss	French Gun Olive Green Paint System	9.6
French Blue Acrylics - Gloss	Sky Blue Shade Paint System	5.1
German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt	Spearshaft Shade Paint System	1.8
Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays	Soviet Winter Brown Shade Paint System	7.8
Gloss Varnish Acrylics - Gloss	White Paint System	0.0
Gold Acrylics - Metallics	Lemon Shade Paint System	1.0
Gold Aerosol Sprays	Lemon Shade Paint System	1.4
Grass Green Acrylics - Matt	Phlegm Green Paint System	4.0
Grass Green Aerosol Sprays	Quagmire Light Paint System	5.0
Grey Aerosol Sprays	Gun Metal Paint System	3.2
Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays	Russian Green Shade Paint System	6.5
Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics	Blackened Barrel Light Paint System	2.5
Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt	British Redcoat Shade Paint System	1.7
Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt	Yellow Shade Paint System	0.3
Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays	Madder Red Light Paint System	4.0
Ivory Acrylics - Gloss	Burnished Copper Light Paint System	1.4
Khaki Acrylics - Matt	Palomino Shade Paint System	1.3
Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt	British Denison Tan Light Paint System	1.9
Leather Acrylics - Matt	Spearshaft Paint System	6.6
Lemon Acrylics - Matt	Lemon Paint System	2.5
Light Grey Acrylics - Matt	Armour Paint System	2.0
Light Olive Aerosol Sprays	British Uniform Brown Shade Paint System	1.5
Lime Acrylics - Gloss	Phlegm Green Light Paint System	7.8
Lime Green Aerosol Sprays	French Dragoon Green Light Paint System	5.7
Magenta Acrylics - Matt	Shadow Pink Paint System	4.2
Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt	Phlegm Green Shade Paint System	4.7
Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt	British Royal Blue Shade Paint System	2.3
Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss	Union Trouser Blue Paint System	4.9
Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin	Gun Metal Paint System	4.1
Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt	Prussian Gun Mid Blue Light Paint System	2.7
Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss	French Blue Paint System	2.6
Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays	French Blue Paint System	1.6
Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt	Rich Butternut Paint System	2.7
Oak Acrylics - Satin	Base Sand Light Paint System	1.5
Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt	Quagmire Light Paint System	3.5
Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt	Soviet Equipment Green Paint System	5.1
Olive Green Acrylics - Matt	Bronze Barrel Shade Paint System	3.5
Orange Acrylics - Gloss	Scarlet Light Paint System	4.3
Orange Aerosol Sprays	German Oak Leaf Orange Paint System	3.1
Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt	French Hussar Sky Blue Paint System	7.1
Pastel Green Acrylics - Matt	French Dragoon Green Light Paint System	2.5
Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt	Wine Stain Red Light Paint System	15.0
Pink Acrylics - Matt	Nipple Pink Paint System	5.1
Primer Acrylics - Matt	Charcoal Black Light Paint System	2.9
Primer Aerosol Sprays	German Splinter Green Shade Paint System	2.1
Purple Acrylics - Gloss	Violet Shade Paint System	6.8
RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt	Union Trouser Blue Shade Paint System	5.3
Red Acrylics - Gloss	British Redcoat Paint System	4.5
Red Aerosol Sprays	British Redcoat Paint System	6.0
Rust Acrylics - Matt	South American Flesh Paint System	1.5
Sand Acrylics - Matt	Buff Leather Shade Paint System	3.4
Sand Aerosol Sprays	Dusky Flesh Light Paint System	0.7
Satin Varnish Acrylics - Gloss	White Paint System	0.0
Scarlet Acrylics - Matt	Madder Red Light Paint System	1.3
Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt	Charcoal Black Light Paint System	2.4
Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays	Charcoal Black Light Paint System	4.2
Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss	German Splinter Brown Paint System	3.6
Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss	Bright Red Paint System	3.0
Silver Acrylics - Metallics	Armour Paint System	2.2
Silver Aerosol Sprays	Armour Paint System	1.9
Tan Acrylics - Gloss	Tan Paint System	6.2
Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays	British Royal Blue Shade Paint System	1.1
Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt	Orange Light Paint System	2.2
US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin	British Gun Grey Light Paint System	4.2
US Light Green Acrylics - Matt	Soviet Equipment Green Paint System	4.0
US Tan Acrylics - Matt	German Oak Leaf Orange Shade Paint System	2.2
WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt	Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System	6.1
White Acrylics - Gloss	White Paint System	0.0
White Gloss Aerosol Sprays	Austrian White Light Paint System	2.8
White Matt Aerosol Sprays	Blackened Barrel Light Paint System	0.0
Yellow Acrylics - Gloss	Yellow Paint System	2.2
Yellow Aerosol Sprays	Yellow Paint System	1.9

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Foundry → Humbrol

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions