Armour
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 35B
#D1D3D2 · L*84.4 a*-0.9 b*0.3
The closest match to Foundry Armour in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Armour is a light grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Licorice at ΔE 1.0. 1 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 Armour?
FolkArt Licorice is the closest equivalent to Foundry Armour in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mig Cold Gray (ΔE 1.3) and AK Interactive Silver & Metal Midtones (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Armour?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Gunmetal, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Armour Shop FolkArt Licorice (Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics) Shop FolkArt Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics set
Armour equivalent in FolkArt
- A Licorice Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2934 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- A Silver Anniversary Metallics 506 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Armour equivalent in Mig
- A Cold Gray Acrylics AMIG0119 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Light Brown-gray Acrylics AMIG0120 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Armour equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Silver & Metal Midtones Figures AK3035 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Glaze Medium Auxiliary (3rd Gen) AK11233 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Armour equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Spaceship Exterior Warpaints WP1454 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Brigade Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.2 · very close
Armour equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Shine Silver Mr Color 90 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Super Chrome Silver 2 Mr Color Super Metallic 2 SM206 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Armour equivalent in Reaper
- A Foggy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9316 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Misty Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9090 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Armour equivalent in Humbrol
- A Silver Aerosol Sprays S11 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- A Light Grey Acrylics - Matt 64 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Armour equivalent in Mission Models
- A Grey Primer Primer MMS-003 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Light Gull Grey FS 16440 MMP-069 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Armour equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Primer Grey Matt Surface ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Quicksilver Metallic Colors ΔE 4.8 · close
Armour equivalent in Tamiya
- B Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat XF-16 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Mica silver Spray TS-76 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Armour equivalent in Vallejo
- B Dark Gunmetal Game Color 72.054 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Silver Arte Deco 81.121 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Armour equivalent in Scale75
- B Speed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Odorless Thinner Soil Works ΔE 3.1 · very close
Armour in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #C9C9C9 | Metallic White Metallic paints | ΔE 2.6 |
| Citadel | #D3D0CF | Wrack White Dry | ΔE 2.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #CDCCC7 | Snow White Colors | ΔE 2.8 |
| Duncan | #DCDCDD | Matt Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 2.8 |
| Revell | #C4CACA | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.0 |
| Creature | #DADBD5 | Metallic Medium Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.1 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 3.1 |
| Tom Color | #C5C7C4 | RAL 7035 | ΔE 3.1 |
| Liquitex | #DFDFDF | Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.1 |
| Monument | #D3D4CC | Metallic Medium Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #CED7D4 | Elven Grey Fantasy Range | ΔE 3.6 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 4.2 |
| Golden | #E3DFDE | N8 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 4.3 |
| P3 | #D7D9E0 | Quick Silver Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #CFC9C2 | Sparkle Motion | ΔE 4.9 |
| Arteza | #E7E9E8 | Silver Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mr. Paint | #C0C1BB | Light Grey Mr Paint | ΔE 5.1 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- B Armour Light Paint System ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Austrian White Paint System ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Austrian White Shade Paint System ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Austrian White Light Paint System ΔE 4.6 · close
- C Arctic Grey Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Gun Metal Light Paint System ΔE 5.0 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot