Paint Equivalents

Drab Light

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 12C

#B7A37E · L*67.9 a*1.6 b*21.9

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

Foundry Drab Light is a light, moderately saturated orange. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Khaki Shadow at ΔE 0.9. 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 Drab Light?

Reaper Khaki Shadow is the closest equivalent to Foundry Drab Light in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mig Light Sand Grey (ΔE 1.2) and AK Interactive Oif & Oef – US Vehicles Base (ΔE 1.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Drab Light?

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

Shop Foundry Drab Light Shop Reaper Khaki Shadow Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set

Drab Light equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Khaki Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9121 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. C Clockwork Brass Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89554 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Foundry → Reaper conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Mig

  1. A Light Sand Grey Acrylics AMIG0067 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Old Wood Acrylics AMIG0036 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Foundry → Mig conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Oif & Oef – US Vehicles Base AFV AK122 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Dunkelgelb Ausgabe 44 – Dark Yellow RAL 7028 Ver. ’44 Real Colors - AFV RC061 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Flat Desert Tan Acrylic Paint 4859AP ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Sand Acrylic Paint 4720AP ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → Italeri conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Khaki Colors 21390 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Ivory Colors K20516 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Foundry → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Grey Sand Mecha Color 69.031 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Skeleton Bone Surface Primer 70.627 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Thar Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Buff Artist Range ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays S237 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt 72 ΔE 7.3 · similar

Full Foundry → Humbrol conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Necrotic Flesh Warpaints WP1108 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Skeleton Bone Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Foundry → The Army Painter conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Agrellan Badland Technical ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Agrellan Earth Technical ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Flesh Wash Wave 1 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Keleton Legion Wave 1 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

Drab Light equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint LP-16 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Buff Lacquer Paint LP-75 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

Drab Light in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.3
Tom Color #C9AD86 Medium Skin Tone ΔE 4.4
Mr. Paint #C1A36F Sabbia Mr Paint ΔE 4.5
Kimera Kolors #A99E85 Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 4.9
Coat d'Arms #ABA073 Bright Gold Fantasy Range ΔE 5.0
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 5.1
Mr. Hobby #C9B384 IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color ΔE 5.2
Mission Models #AEA67F Concrete 1 ΔE 5.2
Revell #CDB285 Gold Email Color - Metallic ΔE 5.3
Monument #AC9E6B Khaki Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.3
P3 #AF9369 Beast Hide Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.4
FolkArt #AE9D67 Sunflower Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.4
Green Stuff World #BF9F66 Sandstorm Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.6
Warcolours #AAA295 Warm Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 8.5
Golden #DFC07B Naples Yellow Hue Fluid ΔE 10.9
Arteza #E4B463 Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 12.2
Liquitex #958146 Iridescent Antique Gold Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.9
Turbo Dork #D6B34F All That Glitters ΔE 13.0

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B American Tan Shade Paint System ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C American Tan Paint System ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C British Denison Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. C Rawhide Light Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Moss Light Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
  6. D British Equipment Tan Light Paint System ΔE 5.6 · similar

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