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Standard FS Number 36118 Name Gray Swatch #5e626b (estimate, from AK Interactive Medium Gunship Grey FS 36118) 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 36118 AK Interactive and Mr. Hobby name these paints for FS 36118.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 36118: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Medium Gunship Grey FS 36118. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Dawnstone Colour: Layer · ΔE 9, close Vallejo Sea Grey (71.049) Model Air · ΔE 2, very close Army Painter Regiment Grey Warpaints Air · ΔE 1, very close Pro Acryl Slate Grey (AMP-013) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3, very close Two Thin Coats Dungeon Stone Grey Triads: highlights · ΔE 4, very close Reaper Coldstone Grey (09173) Master Series Paints · ΔE 5, very close Formula P3 Greatcoat Grey (93043) Formula P3 · ΔE 8, close Kimera Kolors Cold Armour (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 6, close Golden N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 7, close Nocturna Models Darkness Grey (NA11) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 11, fair Bear Cavalry Hell Bent for Leather Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 10, close Scale75 Anthracite Gray (SC04) Scalecolor · ΔE 3, very close Tamiya Khaki Drab (XF-51) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 6, close AMMO by Mig Dark Grey (ATOM-20146) ATOM · ΔE 2, very close Green Stuff World Dark Concrete (4126) Opaque Colors · ΔE 4, very 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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