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. 13 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 British Royal Blue Shade?
Humbrol Tank Grey is the closest equivalent to Foundry British Royal Blue Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) (ΔE 1.2) and Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36081 (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry British Royal Blue Shade?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Charcoal Grey, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry British Royal Blue Shade Shop Humbrol Tank Grey Shop Humbrol Aerosol Sprays set
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Humbrol
- A Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 2.3 · very close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in AK Interactive
- A RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air AK2162 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Pla Dark Blue AFV AK4251 ΔE 2.9 · very close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Gray Fs36081 Mr Color 301 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Blue Fs15044 A Aqueous Hobby Color H326 ΔE 4.0 · close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Tyrian Navy Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.0 · close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in FolkArt
- B Grotto Acrylic Colors 4671 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors 2496 ΔE 3.3 · very close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B IJAAF 3 Hai Ran Shoku (Cockpit Blue-gey) Mr Paint MRP-417 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 3.3 · very close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Tamiya
- B Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 3.8 · close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Vallejo
- B Charcoal Grey Arte Deco 85.119 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Sombre Grey Game Air 76.048 ΔE 5.2 · similar
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Italeri
- B Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint 4752AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 4.5 · close
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Duncan
- B Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Hydra Green Wave 2 ΔE 6.3 · similar
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Revell
- C Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.8 · similar
British Royal Blue Shade equivalent in Tom Color
- C London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Dark Blue 438m TC-0311 ΔE 4.7 · close
British Royal Blue Shade in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.7 |
| Liquitex | #283339 | Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.7 |
| Scale75 | #30383B | Panzer Grey Warfront Range | ΔE 4.3 |
| Golden | #2B4752 | Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 4.4 |
| Monument | #303839 | PRIME Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 4.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #2C4655 | Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 5.1 |
| Citadel | #39484A | Mechanicus Standard Grey Air | ΔE 5.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.1 |
| Mission Models | #344756 | Graugrun RLM 74 | ΔE 6.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #2C4C57 | Tuscan Teal Colors | ΔE 6.1 |
| Warcolours | #293543 | Blue Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #404B4F | Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range | ΔE 6.4 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.2 |
| Arteza | #214445 | Phthalo Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.3 |
| Mig | #323335 | Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 8.1 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.5 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 13.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 15.2 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- B American Olive Green Paint System ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Storm Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Union Blue Paint System ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Union Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Equipment Black Paint System ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D American Olive Green Shade Paint System ΔE 5.6 · similar
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