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Standard FS Number 30277 Name MERDC Sand Swatch #7c694b (estimate, from AK Interactive MERDC Sand (FS30277)) 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 30277 AK Interactive names these paints for FS 30277.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 30277: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive MERDC Sand (FS30277). These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Stormvermin Fur Colour: Layer · ΔE 7, close Vallejo Ger. Yellow Brown (71.272) Model Air · ΔE 3, very close Army Painter Deep Khaki Drill (WP4134P) Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close Pro Acryl Caramel Brown (S28) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 9, close Two Thin Coats Fury Green Triads: shadows · ΔE 8, close Reaper Driftwood Brown (09162) Master Series Paints · ΔE 8, close Formula P3 Thornwood Green (93033) Formula P3 · ΔE 12, fair Kimera Kolors Ground Brown (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 14, fair Golden N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 20, loose Nocturna Models Evil Flesh (NA04) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 10, fair Bear Cavalry March of the Fire Ants Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 10, fair Scale75 Walnut (SC29) Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close Tamiya Brown (JGSDF) (XF-72) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 9, close Mr. Hobby RLM 02 Gray (H-70) Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close AMMO by Mig Light Brown (AMMO.F-531) Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 2, very close Green Stuff World Dark Beige (1854) Acrylic 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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