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Standard FS Number 34031 Name US Army Helo Drab Swatch #474843 (estimate, from AK Interactive US Army Helo Drab FS 34031) 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 34031 AK Interactive names these paints for FS 34031.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 34031: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive US Army Helo Drab FS 34031. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
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© 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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