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Standard FS Number 33446 Name CARC Tan 686A Swatch #ad8c63 (estimate, from AK Interactive CARC Tan 686A (FS33446)) 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 33446 AK Interactive names these paints for FS 33446.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 33446: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive CARC Tan 686A (FS33446). These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Baneblade Brown Colour: Layer · ΔE 2, very close Vallejo Light Brown (71.027) 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 10, fair Two Thin Coats Ares Flesh Triads: highlights · ΔE 6, very close Reaper Golden Shadow (09091) Master Series Paints · ΔE 5, very close Formula P3 Beast Hide (93056) Formula P3 · ΔE 7, close Kimera Kolors Bone Khaki (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 7, close Golden Terre Verte Hue Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 23, loose Nocturna Models Yellow Sand (NA47) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 8, close Bear Cavalry Pure Filth Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 2, very close Scale75 Resurrection Flesh (SFG14) Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close Tamiya Tan (USAF) (AS-15) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 3, very close Mr. Hobby Light Brown (C-321) Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close AMMO by Mig Medium Soil (A.MIG-3522) Oilbrusher · ΔE 5, very close Green Stuff World Sandstorm (1884) 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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