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Standard FS Number 33531 Name Sand Swatch #c6b49e (estimate, from AK Interactive Sand FS 33531) 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 33531 AK Interactive and Mr. Hobby name these paints for FS 33531.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 33531: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Sand FS 33531. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Deepkin Flesh Colour: Layer · ΔE 6, close Vallejo Cream White (70.766) Model Color · ΔE 8, close Army Painter Stone Grey (WP4138P) Warpaints Historical · ΔE 3, very close Pro Acryl Bone (S23) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 5, very close Two Thin Coats Vampire Fang Triads: highlights · ΔE 3, very close Reaper Aged Bone (09058) Master Series Paints · ΔE 2, very close Formula P3 Trollblood Highlight (93070) Formula P3 · ΔE 6, very close Kimera Kolors Cloudy Sky (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair Golden N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 14, fair Nocturna Models Sand Grey (NA15) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 6, very close Bear Cavalry Bison-Beast Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 11, fair Scale75 Harvester Flesh (SFG15) Fantasy & Games · ΔE 7, close Tamiya Deck Tan (XF-55) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 1, very close AMMO by Mig Light Skin Tone (AMMO.F-548) Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close Green Stuff World Deck Grey (1885) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, 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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