Storm Blue Shade
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 39A
#254047 · L*25.3 a*-8.1 b*-7.5
The closest match to Foundry Storm Blue Shade in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Storm Blue Shade is a dark, muted blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Grotto, ΔE 0.9. 13 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Foundry Storm Blue Shade?
FolkArt Grotto is the closest equivalent to Foundry Storm Blue Shade in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Scarab Green (ΔE 2.3) and Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36081 (ΔE 2.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Storm Blue Shade?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Charcoal Grey, ΔE 5.4 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Storm Blue Shade Shop FolkArt Grotto Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in FolkArt
- A Grotto Acrylic Colors 4671 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- D Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors 2496 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Scarab Green Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.5 · very close
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Gray Fs36081 Mr Color 301 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Iron Mr Metal Color 212 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Pla Dark Blue AFV AK4251 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air AK2162 ΔE 4.0 · close
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Golden
- B Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body 1469 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Phthalo Green (blue Shade) OPEN Acrylics 7270 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Humbrol
- B Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 4.0 · close
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Scale75
- C Despair Green Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Caspian Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 5.1 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Italeri
- C Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint 4752AP ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Schwarzgrün RLM 70 Acrylic Paint 4780AP ΔE 5.9 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Mission Models
- C Gloss Grey USN FS 16081 MMP-099 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Graugrun RLM 74 MMP-049 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Monument
- C Vince Venturella Dark Jade Pro Signature Series S01 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Matt Cexwish Dark Emerald Pro Signature Series S20 ΔE 4.8 · close
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Tuscan Teal Colors 21887 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Award Blue Colors 21892 ΔE 8.2 · similar
Storm Blue Shade equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- C Phtalo Green Pure Pigments PG7 ΔE 4.3 · close
- E Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 PB 36 ΔE 10.5 · far
Storm Blue Shade in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 4.5 |
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.5 |
| Tom Color | #153238 | Dark Blue 438m | ΔE 4.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #203641 | IJAAF 3 Hai Ran Shoku (Cockpit Blue-gey) Mr Paint | ΔE 4.6 |
| Arteza | #214445 | Phthalo Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.9 |
| Citadel | #39484A | Mechanicus Standard Grey Air | ΔE 5.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #2C4655 | Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 5.1 |
| Revell | #354044 | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 5.4 |
| Tamiya | #2E3B43 | Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 5.4 |
| Vallejo | #253338 | Charcoal Grey Arte Deco | ΔE 5.4 |
| Liquitex | #283339 | Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #404B4F | Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range | ΔE 6.9 |
| Creature | #0C3333 | Green Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 7.4 |
| Warcolours | #003A52 | Marine 5 Layer paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Mig | #3D595A | Dull Green Acrylics | ΔE 8.9 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.5 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 13.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 15.3 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- B British Royal Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Union Blue Paint System ΔE 4.5 · close
- C American Olive Green Paint System ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Teal Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Union Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D French Chasseur A Cheval Green Shade Paint System ΔE 7.3 · similar
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