Paint Equivalents

American Olive Green

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 94B

#313E44 · L*25.3 a*-3.7 b*-5.4

The closest match to Foundry American Olive Green in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry American Olive Green is a dark, muted blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya Field blue at ΔE 1.4. 11 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

What is the closest equivalent to Foundry American Olive Green?

Tamiya Field blue is the closest equivalent to Foundry American Olive Green in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Revell Granite Grey (ΔE 1.4) and Tom Color London Grey RAL 7026 (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry American Olive Green?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Foundry American Olive Green Shop Tamiya Field blue Shop Tamiya Acrylics Mini Flat set

American Olive Green equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Revell

  1. A Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 7.3 · similar

Full Foundry → Revell conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Ana 607 Sea Blue TC-0159 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Foundry → Tom Color conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air AK2162 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Dark Sea Blue 10ml Real Colors - Air RC258 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C War Master Green Wave 3 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray Mr Paint - Car MRP-C022 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Mr. Paint conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Tyrian Navy Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Foundry → The Army Painter conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Humbrol conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Sombre Grey Game Air 76.048 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Charcoal Grey Arte Deco 85.119 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Panzer Grey Warfront Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint 4604AP ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Italeri conversion chart

American Olive Green equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Gray Fs36081 Mr Color 301 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Blue Fs15044 A Aqueous Hobby Color H326 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

American Olive Green in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Liquitex #283339 Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.5
Monument #303839 PRIME Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Primer ΔE 3.6
Reaper #383C3F Black Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash ΔE 4.1
FolkArt #294147 Grotto Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1
Citadel #39484A Mechanicus Standard Grey Air ΔE 4.3
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 4.6
Green Stuff World #2A333C Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.6
Golden #2B4752 Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body ΔE 5.1
Mission Models #344756 Graugrun RLM 74 ΔE 5.3
Warcolours #293543 Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 5.8
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.0
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 6.2
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics ΔE 6.5
Creature #292D2F Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.5
Apple Barrel #2C4C57 Tuscan Teal Colors ΔE 6.7
P3 #4A5456 Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.9
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 11.2
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 13.2

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B British Royal Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Union Blue Paint System ΔE 3.8 · close
  3. C Equipment Black Paint System ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. C American Olive Green Shade Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Union Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. C Storm Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close

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