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Standard FS Number 36231 Name Gray Swatch #808487 (estimate, from AK Interactive Dark Gull Grey FS 36231) 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 36231 AK Interactive and Mr. Hobby name these paints for FS 36231.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 36231: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Dark Gull Grey FS 36231. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Administratum Grey Colour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close Vallejo Light Grey (70.990) Model Color · ΔE 1, very close Army Painter Ash Grey Warpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, very close Pro Acryl Warm Grey (074) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 8, close Two Thin Coats Carcharodon Grey Triads: midtones · ΔE 7, close Reaper Rainy Grey (09038) Master Series Paints · ΔE 2, very close Formula P3 Ironhull Grey (93044) Formula P3 · ΔE 6, very close Kimera Kolors Silver Grey (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 14, fair Golden N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 7, close Nocturna Models Pilgrim Grey (NA13) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 7, close Bear Cavalry Iron Man Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 3, very close Scale75 Graphite (SC03) Scalecolor · ΔE 5, very close Tamiya Neutral Gray (USAF) (AS-7) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 7, close AMMO by Mig Basalt Grey (A.MIG-0603) Dio Drybrush · ΔE 3, very close Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey (1837) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, 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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