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Standard FS Number 15050 Name Blue Swatch #313a5b (estimate, from Mr. Hobby Blue FS15050) FS (Federal Standard 595) numbers are the US colour standard used on American aircraft and vehicles. Paint makers each mix their own version of a standard colour, and faded or weathered vehicles vary a lot, so expect some difference between brands.
Paints labelled FS 15050 Mr. Hobby names these paints for FS 15050.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 15050: the nearest swatch to Mr. Hobby Blue FS15050. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Night Lords Blue Colour: Base · ΔE 10, fair Vallejo Oxford Blue (70.807) Model Color · ΔE 2, very close Army Painter Dark Sky Warpaints Air · ΔE 3, very close Pro Acryl Dark Grey Blue (014) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 4, very close AK Interactive Ultramarine Blue (AK17027) AK Quick Gen · ΔE 7, close Two Thin Coats Abyss Blue Triads: shadows · ΔE 8, close Reaper Twilight Blue (09020) Master Series Paints · ΔE 11, fair Formula P3 Exile Blue (93040) Formula P3 · ΔE 13, fair Kimera Kolors Turquoise Deep (Pure Pigments) Pure Pigments · ΔE 2, very close Golden Cerulean Blue Deep (PB36) Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 12, fair Nocturna Models Dead Purple (NA17) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 12, fair Bear Cavalry Bismark's Grave Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 15, loose Scale75 Deep Blue (SC55) Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close Tamiya Sea Blue (XF-17) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 5, very close AMMO by Mig Bluish Grey (ATOM-20104) ATOM · ΔE 7, close Green Stuff World Mirage Blue (1840) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, close All RAL, RLM and FS colours
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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