Paint Equivalents

British Denison Tan

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 99B

#9D7960 · L*53.7 a*10.5 b*19.1

The closest match to Foundry British Denison Tan in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry British Denison Tan is a mid-toned, moderately saturated orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Rusted Pipe at ΔE 1.1. 18 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 British Denison Tan?

FolkArt Rusted Pipe is the closest equivalent to Foundry British Denison Tan in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Warcolours Flesh 5 (ΔE 1.2) and Vallejo Barbarian Flesh (ΔE 1.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry British Denison Tan?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Barbarian Flesh, ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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British Denison Tan equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Rusted Pipe Acrylic Colors 2502 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. D Iced Coffee Acrylic Colors 6462 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full Foundry → FolkArt conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Flesh 5 Layer paints ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. D Transparent Flesh Transparent paints ΔE 8.6 · similar

Full Foundry → Warcolours conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Barbarian Flesh Game Air 72.771 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Tan Earth Model Color 70.874 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Dark Tan Acrylic Paint 4709AP ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Nocciola Chiaro Acrylic Paint 4643AP ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Italeri conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Light Earth Mr Paint MRP-167 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Sea Camouflage FS30219 Mr Paint MRP-103 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Mr. Paint conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Vambrace Brown Wave 3 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Sandstone Wave 1 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B RAL 8008 Olive Brown (olivbraun)17ml Air AK2164 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Dark Tan Fs 30219 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC225 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Tanned Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9043 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Brevoy Copper Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89553 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Foundry → Reaper conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. C Rlm79 Sand Yellow Mr Color 119 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Cocoa Milk Mr Color Lascivus SM212 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Medium Tan TC-0187 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. D Nicciola Chiaro 4 TC-0149 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Foundry → Tom Color conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Balthasar Gold Air ΔE 4.6 · close
  2. D Seraphim Sepia Shade ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

British Denison Tan equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Warrior Skin Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. C Dorado Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Foundry → The Army Painter conversion chart

British Denison Tan in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Arteza #A8724E Bronze Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 5.4
Mig #937D6F Cinnamon Acrylics ΔE 5.6
Scale75 #AE8A72 Us Dark Brown Warfront Range ΔE 6.0
Humbrol #B47E58 US Tan Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.3
Revell #B37451 Copper Email Color - Metallic ΔE 7.0
Monument #AE7849 Copper Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.0
Apple Barrel #866E56 Territorial Beige Colors ΔE 7.0
Golden #A77846 Raw Sienna Fluid ΔE 7.3
Mission Models #A98E79 IDF Sand Grey Version 2 ΔE 7.5
Acrilex #AF8F77 Capuccino Paints ΔE 7.5
Coat d'Arms #917F75 Gun Metal Fantasy Range ΔE 7.6
Tamiya #B18150 Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.9
P3 #AC8454 Lyossan Flesh Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.0
Kimera Kolors #C2835C Caucasian Skintone Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 9.1
Creature #967E51 Light Bronze Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.4
Green Stuff World #BC6F51 Seraphim Flesh Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 9.9
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 11.1
Liquitex #8C6931 Iridescent Rich Gold Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 11.7

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B German Pea Pattern Tan Shade Paint System ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Rich Butternut Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
  3. D German Pea Pattern Tan Paint System ΔE 5.4 · similar
  4. D Drab Butternut Light Paint System ΔE 6.7 · similar
  5. D Near Eastern Flesh Paint System ΔE 6.7 · similar
  6. D Near Eastern Flesh Shade Paint System ΔE 7.8 · similar

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