Storm Blue Light
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 39C
#576973 · L*43.3 a*-4.3 b*-7.8
The closest match to Foundry Storm Blue Light in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Storm Blue Light is a dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Revell Greyish Blue at ΔE 1.8. 17 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 Storm Blue Light?
Revell Greyish Blue is the closest equivalent to Foundry Storm Blue Light in any other range, at ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Raf Pru Blue Bs381c/636 (ΔE 1.9) and Mr. Hobby Gray (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Storm Blue Light?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Faded P.R.U. Blue, ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Storm Blue Light Shop Revell Greyish Blue Shop Revell Email Color - Matt set
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Revell
- A Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.4 · similar
Storm Blue Light equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Raf Pru Blue Bs381c/636 Air (3rd Gen) AK11852 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Amt-11 Blue Grey 10ml Real Colors - Air RC317 ΔE 4.0 · close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H22 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Neutral Gray Acrysion H53 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Intermediate Blue FS35164 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A089 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Celomer 1620 Mr Paint MRP-357 ΔE 3.8 · close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Vallejo
- B Faded P.R.U. Blue Model Air 71.109 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B USAF Light Blue Model Air 71.111 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Wolf Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Runic Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.2 · very close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Italeri
- B Dark Gull Gray Acrylic Paint 4755AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 7.5 · similar
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Duncan
- B Shadow Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Wolf Grey Wave 1 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Mig
- C Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics AMIG0245 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics AMIG0235 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Sky Blue Colors 20770 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Turquoise Gloss™ 21360 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Tom Color
- C Ana 608 Intermed. Blue TC-0162 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C FS 36187 TC-0030 ΔE 4.1 · close
Storm Blue Light equivalent in Mission Models
- C Extra Dark Sea Grey BS381 RAF MMP-138 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Intermediate Blue FS 35164 MMP-071 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Storm Blue Light in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #5F6772 | Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints | ΔE 4.6 |
| Tamiya | #646B75 | IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.0 |
| Monument | #517283 | Blue Black Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Scale75 | #44646F | Pastel Blue Artist Range | ΔE 5.1 |
| Citadel | #507085 | Russ Grey Air | ΔE 5.3 |
| FolkArt | #6A737A | Sequin Silver Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics | ΔE 5.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #616F6F | Field Blue World War II Range | ΔE 5.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 6.3 |
| P3 | #4E5861 | Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #55677F | Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.9 |
| Humbrol | #575B5A | Primer Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.4 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 8.9 |
| Reaper | #707070 | Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 9.1 |
| Arteza | #375B5F | Deep Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.8 |
| Liquitex | #1C5E78 | Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.4 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #285E68 | Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.7 |
| Golden | #6D6968 | N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 10.9 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- B Rebel Grey Paint System ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Confederate Grey Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Stone Paint System ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Slate Grey Paint System ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Rebel Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 6.2 · similar
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