Paint Equivalents

Base Sand

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 10B

#E9C384 · L*80.8 a*5.3 b*36.7

The closest match to Foundry Base Sand in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry Base Sand is a light, moderately saturated orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo British Tank Crew Highlights at ΔE 0.7. 11 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 Base Sand?

Vallejo British Tank Crew Highlights is the closest equivalent to Foundry Base Sand in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Eldar Flesh (ΔE 0.9) and Scale75 Sand Yellow (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Base Sand?

The nearest Vallejo paint is British Tank Crew Highlights, ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Foundry Base Sand Shop Vallejo British Tank Crew Highlights Shop Vallejo Panzer Aces set

Base Sand equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A British Tank Crew Highlights Panzer Aces 70.321 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. A Beige Model Air 71.074 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Eldar Flesh Dry ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Flayed One Flesh Layer ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Sand Yellow Warfront Range ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Ss Camo Top Lights Warfront Range ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Yellow Fs33531 Mr Color 313 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Dark Yellow Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC05 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Luminous Flesh Standard (3rd Gen) AK11051 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Elfenbein – Ivory RAL 1001 (interior Color) Real Colors - AFV RC046 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Foundry → AK Interactive conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Oriental Flesh Military Range 215 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Pale Sand World War II Range 522 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Foundry → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Ares Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Cerberus Brown Wave 2 ΔE 6.9 · similar

Full Foundry → Duncan conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Golden

  1. B Naples Yellow Hue Fluid 2438 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Naples Yellow Hue OPEN Acrylics 7459 ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full Foundry → Golden conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Monument

  1. B Warm Flesh Pro Acrylic Paints 073 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Ben Komets Heavy Warm White Pro Signature Series S18 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Foundry → Monument conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Orange 1 Layer paints ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D One-coat Beige One-coat paints ΔE 7.6 · similar

Full Foundry → Warcolours conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Barren Dune Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Otyugh Brown D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Foundry → The Army Painter conversion chart

Base Sand equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Flat flesh Lacquer Paint LP-66 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint LP-77 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

Base Sand in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #E0C68F Light Flesh Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.6
Mr. Paint #F6D087 Bianco Avorio Mr Paint ΔE 3.6
Reaper #F2CE9A Golden Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.7
Acrilex #FED082 Camurça Paints ΔE 4.5
Green Stuff World #E1C095 Parchment Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7
FolkArt #E6C97B Light Yellow Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ ΔE 4.7
Arteza #FACE9A Naples Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.8
Mig #E7CA7A RAL 8020 Gelbbraun Acrylics ΔE 5.0
Mission Models #DDC893 British Sand Yellow Modern AFV ΔE 5.2
Tom Color #DFCB90 Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer ΔE 5.5
Turbo Dork #F4BC64 Gold Rush ΔE 5.6
Creature #D5C18F Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.7
Revell #CFB487 Beige Email Color - Silk ΔE 6.1
Humbrol #ECD68A Cream Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.1
P3 #C7B378 Icy Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.4
Apple Barrel #EAB148 King’s Gold Colors ΔE 8.2
Liquitex #E3DBAC Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.5
Kimera Kolors #EAA339 Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 ΔE 11.3

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B Buff Leather Light Paint System ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Gold Paint System ΔE 3.9 · close
  3. C Canvas Paint System ΔE 4.1 · close
  4. D Palomino Light Paint System ΔE 5.2 · similar
  5. D Bone yard Paint System ΔE 5.4 · similar
  6. D Buff Leather Paint System ΔE 6.1 · similar

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