Arctic Grey
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 33B
#BEC0BF · L*77.5 a*-0.9 b*0.3
The closest match to Foundry Arctic Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Arctic Grey is a light grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Cottage White at ΔE 1.2. 7 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Foundry Arctic Grey?
FolkArt Cottage White is the closest equivalent to Foundry Arctic Grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo USAF Light Gray (ΔE 1.3) and Mr. Hobby Light Gray Fs36495 (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Arctic Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is USAF Light Gray, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Arctic Grey Shop FolkArt Cottage White (Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics) Shop FolkArt Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics set
Arctic Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- A Cottage White Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7274 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Sky Mist Acrylic Colors 2596 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A USAF Light Gray Model Air 71.276 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Light Grey Wash FX 76.515 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Arctic Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color 338 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Light Gull Gray Acrysion N51 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Arctic Grey equivalent in Mission Models
- A Aluminum MMM-003 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Silver MMM-006 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A RLM 77 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A068 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Light Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-284 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Light Grey Fs 36495 Air (3rd Gen) AK11889 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- A Light Grey Fs 36495 10ml Real Colors - Air RC253 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Arctic Grey equivalent in Tom Color
- B RAL 7035 TC-0092 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Mig 25/31 Grey TC-0184 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Warcolours
- B Cool Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Real Navy Gloss™ 20353 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Snow White Colors 21884 ΔE 3.8 · close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- B Smoke Lacquer Paint LP-67 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray AS-12 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Revell
- B Aluminium Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B White Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.3 · very close
Arctic Grey equivalent in Citadel
- B Fortress Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Runefang Steel Air ΔE 3.4 · very close
Arctic Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #B3B9B9 | Ashen Stone Speedpaint Set 2.0 | ΔE 2.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 2.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #CCCCCC | Primer Grey Matt Surface | ΔE 3.4 |
| Reaper | #CCCCCC | Misty Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.4 |
| Creature | #B9BCB5 | Bright Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.5 |
| Scale75 | #C6C1BD | City Dust Soil Works | ΔE 3.6 |
| Golden | #BBB7B6 | N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mig | #B2B2B2 | Stone Grey Acrylics | ΔE 3.8 |
| Humbrol | #CFD0D2 | Light Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.5 |
| P3 | #BFCACE | Cold Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.7 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B0BBB7 | Horse Tone – Grey Military Range | ΔE 5.0 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.8 |
| Liquitex | #D9D6CF | Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.5 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Duncan | #D2C7BF | Ivory Tusk Wave 1 | ΔE 6.8 |
| Arteza | #ACABB1 | Silver Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.8 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- A Leather & Metal Washes Light Paint System ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Armour Light Paint System ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Armour Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Austrian White Shade Paint System ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Austrian White Paint System ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D British Gun Grey Light Paint System ΔE 8.4 · similar
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