Paint Equivalents

British Royal Blue Shade

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 74A

#283B42 · L*23.6 a*-5.5 b*-6.7

The closest match to Foundry British Royal Blue Shade in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry British Royal Blue Shade is a very dark, muted blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Humbrol Tank Grey at ΔE 1.1. 12 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Tank Grey S67 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Matt Tank Grey 67 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Foundry → Humbrol chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) AK2162 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Pla Dark Blue AK4251 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Gray Fs36081 301 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Blue Fs15044 A H326 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Cobalt Metal ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Tyrian Navy ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Foundry → The Army Painter chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Grotto 4671 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Midnight Garden 2496 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Foundry → FolkArt chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B IJAAF 3 Hai Ran Shoku (Cockpit Blue-gey) MRP-417 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Raf Blue-grey Bs633 MRP-380 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Foundry → Mr. Paint chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Sea blue XF-17 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Field blue XF-50 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Foundry → Tamiya chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Charcoal Grey 85.119 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Sombre Grey 76.048 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Foundry → Vallejo chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Gunship Gray 4752AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Gun Metal 4681AP ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Foundry → Italeri chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Oxidation Green ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Hydra Green ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full Foundry → Duncan chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Revell

  1. C Granite Grey ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Anthracite Grey ΔE 8.8 · similar

Full Foundry → Revell chart

British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Deep Ocean 9076 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Black Wash 9255 ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full Foundry → Reaper chart

British Royal Blue Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Liquitex #283339 Muted Turquoise ΔE 3.7
Scale75 #30383B Panzer Grey ΔE 4.3
Golden #2B4752 Viridian Green Hue ΔE 4.4
Monument #303839 PRIME Dark Neutral Grey ΔE 4.7
Green Stuff World #2C4655 Dusty Blue Dip ΔE 5.1
Citadel #39484A Mechanicus Standard Grey ΔE 5.2
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green ΔE 6.1
Mission Models #344756 Graugrun RLM 74 ΔE 6.1
Apple Barrel #2C4C57 Tuscan Teal ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #293543 Blue Grey 5 ΔE 6.4
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade ΔE 6.4
Creature #292D2F Dark Neutral Grey ΔE 7.2
Arteza #214445 Phthalo Green ΔE 7.3
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow ΔE 8.1
P3 #4A5456 Gravedigger Denim ΔE 9.5
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 15.2

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B American Olive Green ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Storm Blue Shade ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Union Blue ΔE 3.5 · very close
  4. C Union Blue Shade ΔE 4.3 · close
  5. D Equipment Black ΔE 5.5 · similar
  6. D American Olive Green Shade ΔE 5.6 · similar