Confederate Grey
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 117B
#526477 · L*41.6 a*-1.9 b*-12.9
The closest match to Foundry Confederate Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Confederate Grey is a dark, muted blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Ocean Gray at ΔE 1.2. 19 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?
Scale75 Ocean Gray is the closest equivalent to Foundry Confederate Grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Sombre Grey (ΔE 2.0) and Apple Barrel Turquoise (ΔE 2.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Confederate Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Confederate Grey Shop Scale75 Ocean Gray Shop Scale75 Warfront Range set
Confederate Grey equivalent in Scale75
- A Ocean Gray Warfront Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- D Pastel Blue Artist Range ΔE 7.5 · similar
Confederate Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A Sombre Grey Game Air 72.748 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B USAF Light Blue Model Air 71.111 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Confederate Grey equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Turquoise Gloss™ 21360 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Sky Blue Colors 20770 ΔE 4.5 · close
Confederate Grey equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.6 · very close
- E Mirage Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 10.8 · far
Confederate Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H22 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Neutral Gray Acrysion H53 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Confederate Grey equivalent in Mission Models
- B Intermediate Blue FS 35164 MMP-071 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C USN Flight Deck Blue 21 MMP-132 ΔE 3.6 · close
Confederate Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Ocean Gray (fs35164) AFV (3rd Gen) AK11341 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Wwi French Artillery Grey AFV (3rd Gen) AK11303 ΔE 3.9 · close
Confederate Grey equivalent in Tom Color
- B Cinza Azulado Médio TC-0204 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Ana 603 Sea Grey TC-0161 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Confederate Grey equivalent in Citadel
- C The Fang Air ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Russ Grey Air ΔE 5.6 · similar
Confederate Grey equivalent in Warcolours
- C Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Blue Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.0 · close
Confederate Grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Runic Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Wolf Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 5.2 · similar
Confederate Grey equivalent in Acrilex
- D Azul Seco Paints 824 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Azul Turquesa Paints 501 ΔE 9.9 · similar
Confederate Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revell | #5B6870 | Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mr. Paint | #5B626A | Dark Sea Grey Mr Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Tamiya | #646B75 | IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.7 |
| FolkArt | #3E5567 | Skyline Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 6.0 |
| Mig | #445366 | French Blue Acrylics | ΔE 6.0 |
| P3 | #4E5861 | Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.0 |
| Duncan | #627587 | Wolf Grey Wave 1 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Monument | #517283 | Blue Black Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #37698C | Fester Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.1 |
| Italeri | #556B71 | Dark Gull Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 8.0 |
| Humbrol | #677290 | RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.8 |
| Reaper | #4D60AC | Desna Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 9.3 |
| Golden | #4A5A95 | Smalt Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 9.4 |
| Liquitex | #1C5E78 | Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.8 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 10.5 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 11.9 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- C Prussian Gun Mid Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Confederate Grey Light Paint System ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Confederate Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close
- C Storm Blue Light Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Rebel Grey Paint System ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Rebel Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 6.4 · similar
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