Armour Shade
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 35A
#919191 · L*60.2 a*0.0 b*0.0
The closest match to Foundry Armour Shade in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Armour Shade is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal at ΔE 1.0. 6 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 Armour Shade?
The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal is the closest equivalent to Foundry Armour Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Light Grey (ΔE 1.2) and Reaper Rainy Grey (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Armour Shade?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Grey, ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Armour Shade Shop The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints) Shop The Army Painter Warpaints set
Armour Shade equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Plate Mail Metal Warpaints WP1130 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- A Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Armour Shade equivalent in Vallejo
- A Light Grey Model Color 70.990 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Silver Model Color 70.997 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Armour Shade equivalent in Reaper
- A Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9206 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Armour Shade equivalent in Citadel
- A Leadbelcher Air ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Ironbreaker Air ΔE 3.5 · close
Armour Shade equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- D Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.5 · similar
Armour Shade equivalent in Duncan
- A Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 3.9 · close
Armour Shade equivalent in Warcolours
- A Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 3.1 · very close
Armour Shade equivalent in Golden
- B N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 4.7 · close
Armour Shade equivalent in Mission Models
- B Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Transparent Smoke MMP-170 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Armour Shade equivalent in Tom Color
- B Haze Grey Usn WW2 TC-0176 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C FS 36314 TC-0039 ΔE 3.9 · close
Armour Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color 601 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Dark Gray (1) Mr Color 31 ΔE 3.7 · close
Armour Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint MRP-279 ΔE 3.6 · close
Armour Shade in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mig | #99999B | Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics | ΔE 2.9 |
| AK Interactive | #909599 | 507c Admirality Light Grey Naval | ΔE 3.1 |
| FolkArt | #888888 | Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics | ΔE 3.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #95999A | Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.1 |
| Tamiya | #8F918C | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 3.2 |
| Italeri | #8E9493 | Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.3 |
| Scale75 | #8B8C87 | Graphite Scale Color Range | ΔE 3.6 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.9 |
| Revell | #889093 | Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.0 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.3 |
| Monument | #9A9E9D | Silver Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.5 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.8 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 7.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 8.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B2A7A5 | Mid Grey Military Range | ΔE 9.2 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 11.5 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 11.8 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- A Arctic Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- C Gun Metal Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
- C German Late Field Grey Light Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Slate Grey Light Paint System ΔE 8.1 · similar
- D Granite Light Paint System ΔE 8.2 · similar
- D American Green Light Paint System ΔE 9.5 · similar
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