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Standard FS Number 30117 Name Earth Red Swatch #653926 (estimate, from AK Interactive Nº8 Earth Red (FS30117)) 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 30117 AK Interactive names these paints for FS 30117.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 30117: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Nº8 Earth Red (FS30117). These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Thondia Brown Colour: Base · ΔE 6, close Vallejo Flat Earth (70.983) Model Color · ΔE 8, close Army Painter Husk Brown Warpaints Air · ΔE 2, very close Pro Acryl Dark Flesh (068) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 4, very close Two Thin Coats Red Rage Triads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close Reaper Oiled Leather (09110) Master Series Paints · ΔE 10, close Formula P3 Amethyst Rose (93211) Formula P3 · ΔE 12, fair Kimera Kolors Dark Honey (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 3, very close Golden Burnt Umber Light (PBr7) Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 1, very close Nocturna Models Chestnut Brown (NA42) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 12, fair Bear Cavalry Black Rose Immortal Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 8, close Scale75 Sharpnel Red (SFG36) Fantasy & Games · ΔE 7, close Tamiya Brown (X-9) X Gloss Acrylic · ΔE 11, fair Mr. Hobby Wood Brown (C-43) Mr. Color · ΔE 11, fair AMMO by Mig Red Leather (AMMO.F-552) Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 2, very close Green Stuff World Bestial Brown (1833) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 14, fair 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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