Drab Shade
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 12A
#5A4E1A · L*33.3 a*-1.8 b*31.5
The closest match to Foundry Drab Shade in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Drab Shade is a dark, moderately saturated yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: P3 Battle Dress Green, ΔE 1.9. 18 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 Shade?
P3 Battle Dress Green is the closest equivalent to Foundry Drab Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Us Olive Base Uniform (ΔE 2.3) and Mr. Paint IJAAF 7 Ohryoku Nana Go Shoku (Yellow Green 7) (ΔE 2.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Drab Shade?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Cayman Green, ΔE 4.2 — a close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Drab Shade Shop P3 Battle Dress Green Shop P3 Privateer Press Formula P3 set
Drab Shade equivalent in P3
- A Battle Dress Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- D Bile Thrall Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Drab Shade equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Us Olive Base Uniform Figures (3rd Gen) AK11433 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Helloliv – Light Olive RAL 6040-f9 Real Colors - AFV RC090 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Drab Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B IJAAF 7 Ohryoku Nana Go Shoku (Yellow Green 7) Mr Paint MRP-418 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B A Ii 3 Green Mr Paint MRP-023 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Drab Shade equivalent in Scale75
- B Russian Green Warfront Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Russian Light Green Warfront Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
Drab Shade equivalent in Mission Models
- B Gelbolive RAL 6014 MMP-177 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Dunkelbraun RAL 7017 MMP-139 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Drab Shade equivalent in Reaper
- B Rotting Wood Master Series Paints Core Colors 9313 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Troll Hide Master Series Paints Bones 9455 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Drab Shade equivalent in FolkArt
- C Forest Moss Acrylic Colors 527 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Pure Gold Metallics 660 ΔE 4.7 · close
Drab Shade equivalent in Vallejo
- C Cayman Green Game Color 72.067 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Grey Brown Model Color 70.762 ΔE 4.3 · close
Drab Shade equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- C Kiwi Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 4.5 · close
- E Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 13.3 · far
Drab Shade equivalent in Humbrol
- C Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt 155 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt S155 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Drab Shade equivalent in Citadel
- C Steel Legion Drab Air ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Nazdreg Yellow Contrast ΔE 7.9 · similar
Drab Shade equivalent in Tom Color
- C Amt-4 Old TC-0210 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Olive Drab 41 TC-0167 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Drab Shade in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mig | #534F2A | Real Idf Sinai Grey 82 Acrylics | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #6A5D28 | Olive Drab (1) Acrysion | ΔE 5.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #605A02 | Limelight Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 6.5 |
| Italeri | #6D6129 | Interior Green Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.7 |
| The Army Painter | #575235 | Tainted Gold Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 6.9 |
| Liquitex | #413915 | Green Gold Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.0 |
| Tamiya | #4D5613 | Olive drab 2 Spray | ΔE 8.1 |
| Coat d'Arms | #434A21 | Muddy Green Brushscape Range | ΔE 8.7 |
| Warcolours | #3F4900 | Olive 5 Layer paints | ΔE 8.9 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.4 |
| Golden | #576122 | Green Gold Heavy Body | ΔE 9.7 |
| Revell | #756544 | Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 10.4 |
| Duncan | #776742 | Ancient Gold Wave 3 | ΔE 10.4 |
| Monument | #4E3E28 | AdeptiCon Spray-Team Drab Brown Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 10.5 |
| Arteza | #455032 | Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.7 |
| Apple Barrel | #3A3C24 | Mossy Green Gloss™ | ΔE 11.8 |
| Acrilex | #52483B | Sépia Paints | ΔE 12.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 17.4 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- D British Equipment Canvas Shade Paint System ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Moss Shade Paint System ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D British Uniform Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Phlegm Green Shade Paint System ΔE 8.7 · similar
- D German Splinter Brown Light Paint System ΔE 9.4 · similar
- D Soviet Equipment Green Paint System ΔE 9.8 · similar
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