Paint Equivalents

French Blue

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 65B

#1D3460 · L*22.2 a*7.1 b*-28.9

The closest match to Foundry French Blue in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry French Blue is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Omega Blue at ΔE 1.4. 8 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

French Blue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Omega Blue ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Elven Armor ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → The Army Painter chart

French Blue equivalent in Golden

  1. A Cerulean Blue Deep 1051 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Phthalo Blue (green Shade) 1255 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Golden chart

French Blue equivalent in P3

  1. A Exile Blue ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. E Cygnar Blue Base ΔE 10.3 · far

Full Foundry → P3 chart

French Blue equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Midnight Blue S15 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Midnight Blue 15 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Foundry → Humbrol chart

French Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Indigo Blue Dip ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Lapislazuli ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Green Stuff World chart

French Blue equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A True Blue 401 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Ink Spot 2925 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Foundry → FolkArt chart

French Blue equivalent in Creature

  1. B Dark Grey Blue MPA-014 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. E Blue MPA-046 ΔE 11.2 · far

French Blue equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Twilight Purple 9483 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Ritterlich Blue 9115 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Foundry → Reaper chart

French Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Dark Blue 70.930 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Imperial Blue 72.720 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Foundry → Vallejo chart

French Blue equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Navy Blue ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Inktense Blue ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 chart

French Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Phthalo Cyanine Blue H322 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Metal Dark Blue GX216 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby chart

French Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Royal blue X-3 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Blue X-4 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Foundry → Tamiya chart

French Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Apple Barrel #002F6A Too Blue ΔE 3.4
Revell #1F2D52 Dark Blue ΔE 3.4
Citadel #002B5C Night Lords Blue ΔE 3.5
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue ΔE 3.8
AK Interactive #2C3D73 Pure Blue, RAL 5005 ΔE 4.0
Mr. Paint #00345C Blue Metallic For Subaru Brz ΔE 4.4
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue ΔE 4.5
Kimera Kolors #203479 Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) ΔE 4.6
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue ΔE 6.0
Mission Models #122742 USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #002053 Blue 5 ΔE 6.2
Liquitex #2D2A5F Ultramarine Blue Red Shade ΔE 6.6
Monument #1D2347 Dark Purple ΔE 7.0
Mig #294888 Medium Blue ΔE 7.8
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue ΔE 8.2
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 15.9

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B British Royal Blue Light ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Bavarian Cornflower Blue Shade ΔE 3.8 · close
  3. C Prussian Blue Light ΔE 4.6 · close
  4. D British Royal Blue ΔE 5.4 · similar
  5. D Deep Blue ΔE 5.7 · similar
  6. D Deep Blue Shade ΔE 6.2 · similar