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Standard FS Number 30279 Name Desert Sand Swatch #9c7e61 (estimate, from AK Interactive Nº13 Desert Sand (FS30279)) 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 30279 AK Interactive names these paints for FS 30279.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 30279: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Nº13 Desert Sand (FS30279). These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Baneblade Brown Colour: Layer · ΔE 9, close Vallejo Camoufl age Brown (71.117) Model Air · ΔE 3, very close Army Painter Charred Bone Warpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close Pro Acryl Caramel Brown (S28) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 6, very close Two Thin Coats Dragon Fang Triads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close Reaper Golden Shadow (09091) Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close Formula P3 Beast Hide (93056) Formula P3 · ΔE 14, fair Kimera Kolors Bone Khaki (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 9, close Golden N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 23, loose Nocturna Models Earth Brown (NA45) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 7, close Bear Cavalry Hunter's Quiver Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 5, very close Scale75 Cork Brown (Artist) Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, close Tamiya Tan (USAF) (AS-15) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 9, close Mr. Hobby Light Brown (C-321) Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close AMMO by Mig Earth (A.MIG-0619) Dio Drybrush · ΔE 4, very close Green Stuff World Dark Beige (1854) 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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