Paint Equivalents

Confederate Grey Shade

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 117A

#4C5866 · L*36.9 a*-1.2 b*-9.6

The closest match to Foundry Confederate Grey Shade in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry Confederate Grey Shade is a dark, muted blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive FS 36118 Medium Gunship Grey at ΔE 0.7. 15 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 Confederate Grey Shade?

AK Interactive FS 36118 Medium Gunship Grey is the closest equivalent to Foundry Confederate Grey Shade in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Gunship Grey FS 36118 (ΔE 1.4) and Tom Color Cinza Azulado Médio (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Confederate Grey Shade?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Foundry Confederate Grey Shade Shop AK Interactive FS 36118 Medium Gunship Grey Shop AK Interactive Air set

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A FS 36118 Medium Gunship Grey Air AK2144 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. A Ocean Gray (fs35164) AFV (3rd Gen) AK11341 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Gunship Grey FS 36118 MMP-084 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Intermediate Blue FS 35164 MMP-071 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Mission Models conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Cinza Azulado Médio TC-0204 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Sea Grey TC-0125 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Foundry → Tom Color conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Denim Blue Colors 21354 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. D Turquoise Gloss™ 21360 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Foundry → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Sombre Grey Game Color 72.048 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Dark Sea Gray Model Air 71.053 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Gunship Grey FS363118 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A087 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Ocean Grey Mr Paint MRP-115 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Foundry → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in P3

  1. B Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.7 · similar

Full Foundry → P3 conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Mig

  1. B French Blue Acrylics AMIG0062 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Night Blue Grey Acrylics AMIG0250 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Foundry → Mig conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Ocean Gray Warfront Range ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Faust Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Gray violet Aircraft Spray AS-4 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-13 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors 925 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Skyline Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2979 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → FolkArt conversion chart

Confederate Grey Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Hobby #3E4F5F Dark Gray "Dunkel Grau" Mr Color ΔE 3.8
Citadel #405B71 The Fang Air ΔE 4.7
The Army Painter #555C61 Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.9
Revell #484B52 Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.0
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.0
Acrilex #545F78 Azul Seco Paints ΔE 6.0
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.3
Green Stuff World #55677F Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 6.8
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 7.2
Reaper #314659 Templar Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 7.2
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.4
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.8
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 8.4
Golden #2B4752 Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body ΔE 9.5
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 10.0
Liquitex #165068 Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.4

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B Stone Shade Paint System ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Rebel Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 3.5 · close
  3. C Confederate Grey Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close
  4. C Equipment Black Light Paint System ΔE 4.8 · close
  5. D Slate Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 6.3 · similar
  6. D Storm Blue Paint System ΔE 6.3 · similar

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