Paint Equivalents

Drab Butternut Shade

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 116A

#776246 · L*42.9 a*4.2 b*19.1

The closest match to Foundry Drab Butternut Shade in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry Drab Butternut Shade is a dark, moderately saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Country Twill at ΔE 1.6. 10 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

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What is the closest equivalent to Foundry Drab Butternut Shade?

FolkArt Country Twill is the closest equivalent to Foundry Drab Butternut Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo German Green Brown (ΔE 1.7) and Green Stuff World Dark Beige (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Drab Butternut Shade?

The nearest Vallejo paint is German Green Brown, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Country Twill Acrylic Colors 602 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Bronze Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6303 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Foundry → FolkArt conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A German Green Brown Surface Primer 70.606 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Dirt Model Air 71.133 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Dark Beige Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Andalusian Earth Wash Ink ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Foundry → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Field Drab Acrylic Paint 4708AP ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Marrone Mimetico 2 Acrylic Paint 4641AP ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Foundry → Italeri conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Graugrun Khakibrun RAL 7008 MMP-008 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D RAF Dark Earth MMP-078 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Foundry → Mission Models conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Dust Bowl Wave 1 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Scabbard Brown Wave 3 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Grey-brown Standard (3rd Gen) AK11125 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Reddish Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11017 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint LP-25 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Brown (JGSDF) Spray TS-90 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Graveyard Earth Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Gobi Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Walnut Scale Color Range ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Brown Fs30219 Mr Color 310 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H95 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade equivalent in Revell

  1. C Olive Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Earth Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full Foundry → Revell conversion chart

Drab Butternut Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Humbrol #6F5F3E Olive Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.8
Mig #70603E 7k Russian Tan Acrylics ΔE 3.9
Coat d'Arms #7A6844 British Khaki World War II Range ΔE 4.0
Tom Color #6F5B36 Woodbrown Médio ΔE 4.3
Mr. Paint #7B6035 Pc-8 Mr Paint ΔE 4.6
Monument #805F3E Flameon Caramel Brown Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.6
P3 #745738 Copper Pipe Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.8
The Army Painter #796352 Werewolf Fur Warpaints ΔE 5.0
Apple Barrel #866E56 Territorial Beige Colors ΔE 5.5
Reaper #7A592E Rich Leather Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 6.0
Kimera Kolors #7D5B44 Oxide Brown Light Expansion Set 1 ΔE 6.8
Arteza #865F43 Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.2
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 7.9
Creature #654B2D Bronze Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.2
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.5
Golden #915A31 Raw Sienna OPEN Acrylics ΔE 10.6
Warcolours #767269 Warm Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 11.0
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 11.7

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B Bronze Barrel Shade Paint System ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Peaty Brown Light Paint System ΔE 3.1 · very close
  3. C Drab Butternut Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
  4. C Dark African Flesh Light Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Rawhide Shade Paint System ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. C Bronze Barrel Paint System ΔE 4.6 · close

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