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Standard FS Number 36495 Name Light Grey Swatch #c4c8c7 (estimate, from AK Interactive Light Grey FS 36495) 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 36495 AK Interactive and Mr. Hobby name these paints for FS 36495.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint FS 36495: the nearest swatch to AK Interactive Light Grey FS 36495. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Ulthuan Grey Colour: Layer · ΔE 6, close Vallejo Grey (70.601) Model Air · ΔE 5, very close Army Painter Company Grey Warpaints Fanatic · ΔE 2, very close Pro Acryl Bright Neutral Grey (045) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3, very close Two Thin Coats Ivory Tusk Triads: midtones · ΔE 7, close Reaper Misty Grey (09090) Master Series Paints · ΔE 7, close Formula P3 Underbelly Blue (93050) Formula P3 · ΔE 7, close Kimera Kolors The White (Pure Pigments) Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose Golden N8 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 3, very close Nocturna Models Sky Grey (NA16) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 2, very close Bear Cavalry Glass Moon Light Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 13, fair Scale75 Miskatonic Grey (SFG47) Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close Tamiya Sky Gray (XF-19) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 2, very close AMMO by Mig Light Gray (ATOM-20124) ATOM · ΔE 2, very close Green Stuff World Gypsum White (4128) Opaque Colors · ΔE 2, 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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