Drab
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 12B
#917B41 · L*52.5 a*0.8 b*34.5
The closest match to Foundry Drab in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Drab is a mid-toned, moderately saturated yellow. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being P3 Gun Corps Brown at ΔE 1.2. 16 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?
P3 Gun Corps Brown is the closest equivalent to Foundry Drab in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Desert Camo (ΔE 1.5) and Vallejo Middle Stone (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Drab?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Middle Stone, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Drab Shop P3 Gun Corps Brown Shop P3 Privateer Press Formula P3 set
Drab equivalent in P3
- A Gun Corps Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- D Bog Moss Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Drab equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Desert Camo Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Antique Gold Metallic Colors ΔE 2.5 · very close
Drab equivalent in Vallejo
- A Middle Stone Model Color 70.882 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Camouflage Green Game Color 72.031 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Drab equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Brass Mr Paint MRP-150 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Brass Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A018 ΔE 3.5 · close
Drab equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Dark Earth Aqueous Hobby Color H72 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Hay Color Mr Color 524 ΔE 3.7 · close
Drab equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Idf Early Sand Yellow Real Colors - AFV RC096 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Ral 7028 Dunkelgelb Ausgabe 1944 AFV (3rd Gen) AK11319 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Drab equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Hemp Rope Warpaints WP1431 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Hoard Bronze Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.0 · close
Drab equivalent in Liquitex
- B Iridescent Antique Gold Heavy Body Acrylix 237 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Bronze Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix 530 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Drab equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Tan Earth World War II Range 524 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Mid Stone World War II Range 510 ΔE 3.6 · close
Drab equivalent in Mig
- C Dunkelgelb Base Acrylics AMIG0902 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Washable Dust (RAL 8000) Acrylics AMIG0105 ΔE 4.8 · close
Drab equivalent in Creature
- C Light Bronze Monument Pro Acryl MPA-026 ΔE 3.7 · close
- E Yellow Ochre Monument Pro Acryl MPA-038 ΔE 11.8 · far
Drab equivalent in Citadel
- C Hobgrot Hide Base ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Desert Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.0 · similar
Drab in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #9E844B | Transparent Ochre Transparent paints | ΔE 3.9 |
| Scale75 | #A08848 | Graugrun Gray Warfront Range | ΔE 5.0 |
| Reaper | #9B7E52 | Desert Stone Master Series Paints Bones | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tom Color | #A37D3E | Middlestone Raf | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mission Models | #836E41 | IDF Sand Grey Version 1 | ΔE 5.8 |
| FolkArt | #A08B54 | Bright Gold Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics | ΔE 5.8 |
| Italeri | #A68249 | Giallo Mimetico 4 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.1 |
| Tamiya | #7E783F | Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 6.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #9F7426 | Golden Sunset Colors | ΔE 7.1 |
| Monument | #A58F56 | Dark Golden Brown Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| Duncan | #A58E42 | Panzer Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 7.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #956B23 | Dark Ochre Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.1 |
| Revell | #AE8551 | Ochre Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.7 |
| Golden | #808028 | Green Gold OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 9.0 |
| Humbrol | #9B6817 | Khaki Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 10.5 |
| Acrilex | #B68031 | Caramelo Paints | ΔE 10.6 |
| Arteza | #B88247 | Raw Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 17.3 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- D Moss Paint System ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Rawhide Paint System ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Soviet Summer Tan Paint System ΔE 6.2 · similar
- D Rich Butternut Light Paint System ΔE 6.9 · similar
- D Raw Linen Shade Paint System ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Soviet Summer Tan Light Paint System ΔE 7.1 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot