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Standard FS Number 26440 Name Gray Swatch #9baa9d (estimate, from Mr. Hobby Gray FS26440) 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 26440 Mr. Hobby names these paints for FS 26440.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 26440: the nearest swatch to Mr. Hobby Gray FS26440. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Longbeard Grey Colour: Dry · ΔE 7, close Vallejo Light Green Grey (70.971) Model Color · ΔE 4, very close Army Painter Shark White Warpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close Pro Acryl Bright Warm Grey (015) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 7, close AK Interactive Grey-Blue 1920s-1930s (AK11907) 3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close Two Thin Coats Carcharodon Grey Triads: midtones · ΔE 11, fair Reaper Misty Grey (09090) Master Series Paints · ΔE 11, fair Formula P3 Trollblood Highlight (93070) Formula P3 · ΔE 11, fair Kimera Kolors Soft Green (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 11, fair Golden N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 9, close Nocturna Models Granite Stone (NA14) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 9, close Bear Cavalry Glass Moon Light Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 6, very close Scale75 Hellbound Flesh (SFG16) Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close Tamiya Medium Sea Gray (AS-11) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 5, very close AMMO by Mig IJA Grey Green (ATOM-20142) ATOM · ΔE 5, very close Green Stuff World Donkey Grey (4130) Opaque Colors · ΔE 8, 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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