Union Blue Shade
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 111A
#26343F · L*20.9 a*-2.5 b*-8.8
The closest match to Foundry Union Blue Shade in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Union Blue Shade is a very dark, muted blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Grey Blue RAL 5008 at ΔE 1.3. 12 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 Union Blue Shade?
Mr. Paint Grey Blue RAL 5008 is the closest equivalent to Foundry Union Blue Shade in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 (ΔE 1.9) and Green Stuff World Steel Grey (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Union Blue Shade?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Charcoal Grey, ΔE 3.8 — a close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Union Blue Shade Shop Mr. Paint Grey Blue RAL 5008 Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Grey Blue RAL 5008 Mr Paint MRP-281 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Union Blue Shade equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 Real Colors - Air RC208 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Sea Blue Air AK2233 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- D Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 6.4 · similar
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Monument
- B Vince Venturella Payne's Grey Pro Signature Series S02 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 044 ΔE 4.5 · close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Warcolours
- B Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D Marine 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.4 · similar
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Liquitex
- B Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 320 ΔE 4.3 · close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Tamiya
- B Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Union Blue Shade equivalent in FolkArt
- B Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors 2496 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Payne Gray Pure™ Artist Pigment 7109 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Tom Color
- B RAL 5008 Graublau TC-0084 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C FS 15045 TC-0011 ΔE 4.1 · close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Thunder Storm Warpaints Air ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Deep Ocean Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.5 · close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Blue Fs15050 A Aqueous Hobby Color H328 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Gray Fs36081 Mr Color 301 ΔE 4.6 · close
Union Blue Shade equivalent in Vallejo
- C Charcoal Grey Arte Deco 85.119 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Glossy Sea Blue Model Air 71.300 ΔE 4.2 · close
Union Blue Shade in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humbrol | #24383F | Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Italeri | #32393D | Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Golden | #262B31 | Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.6 |
| Citadel | #273E51 | Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) | ΔE 4.7 |
| Scale75 | #30383B | Panzer Grey Warfront Range | ΔE 4.8 |
| Mig | #272B34 | RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau Acrylics | ΔE 5.1 |
| Revell | #354044 | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 5.6 |
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #343D4E | Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.9 |
| Mission Models | #344756 | Graugrun RLM 74 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #404B4F | Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 9.3 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 11.7 |
| Acrilex | #34446E | Azul Marinho Paints | ΔE 13.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 16.5 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- B American Olive Green Shade Paint System ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Equipment Black Paint System ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C British Royal Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.3 · close
- C American Olive Green Paint System ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Union Blue Paint System ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Equipment Black Shade Paint System ΔE 5.2 · similar
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