Paint Equivalents

Granite Shade

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 31A

#4C4741 · L*30.5 a*0.9 b*4.4

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

Foundry Granite Shade is a dark grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Warcolours Warm Grey 4 at ΔE 1.3. 7 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 Granite Shade?

Warcolours Warm Grey 4 is the closest equivalent to Foundry Granite Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Podge Yellow (ΔE 1.3) and AK Interactive Clear Smoke (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Granite Shade?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Burnt Umber, ΔE 2.0 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Foundry Granite Shade Shop Warcolours Warm Grey 4 Shop Warcolours Layer paints set

Granite Shade equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Foundry → Warcolours conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Podge Yellow Acrylic Colors 2392 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Gray Acrylic Colors 426 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full Foundry → FolkArt conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Clear Smoke Real Colors - Standard RC508 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Grey Brown Figures AK3005 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Metallic Burnt Iron 1 MMM-001 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Cold Rolled Steel MMM-002 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Foundry → Mission Models conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Golden

  1. A Raw Umber Fluid 2350 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Graphite Gray Heavy Body 1160 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Golden conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Monument

  1. A Matt Cexwish Brown Grey Pro Signature Series S22 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer 011P ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Foundry → Monument conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Burnt Umber Arte Deco 85.117 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Green Brown Model Air 71.020 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in P3

  1. B Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Bane Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full Foundry → P3 conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Skavenblight Dinge Layer ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Charadon Granite Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Ground Color Mr Color 522 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Oil Aqueous Hobby Color H342 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Olive Green Ija TC-0104 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Dark Black Green Ijn TC-0098 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Foundry → Tom Color conversion chart

Granite Shade equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Mountain Stone Master Series Paints Bones 9433 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Stormy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9088 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Foundry → Reaper conversion chart

Granite Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Paint #4C463A Khaki Čsn 5450 Mr Paint ΔE 3.2
The Army Painter #4F493D Noble Skin Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.2
Apple Barrel #4A423F Burnt Umber Colors ΔE 3.3
Scale75 #544943 Thrash Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.7
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 4.0
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 4.3
Duncan #454344 Oblivion Black Wash Wave 1 ΔE 4.6
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.6
Tamiya #4D4E4D Gun metal Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.6
Revell #565246 NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.0
Mig #525044 Gun Metal Acrylics ΔE 5.0
Green Stuff World #515151 Atramentum Black Wash Ink ΔE 5.2
Coat d'Arms #5A5444 Chocolate Brown World War II Range ΔE 6.5
Humbrol #585954 Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.8
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.6
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.7
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 8.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 10.9

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B Charcoal Black Paint System ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Dark African Flesh Shade Paint System ΔE 3.3 · very close
  3. C American Green Shade Paint System ΔE 4.8 · close
  4. C Red Oxide Shade Paint System ΔE 4.8 · close
  5. D Dark African Flesh Paint System ΔE 5.2 · similar
  6. D Soviet Winter Green Shade Paint System ΔE 6.0 · similar

Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot