RAF Dark Earth – paint equivalents
Which model paints match RAF Dark Earth? Below are the paints whose makers label them RAF Dark Earth, and the closest matches by color from the rest of a catalog of 12,198 paints from 33 brands.
No paint in the catalog is labeled RAF Dark Earth yet; the matches below are by color only.
Close matches by color
Opaque paints not labeled RAF Dark Earth whose color is within ΔE 4 of it (up to two per brand).
| Paint | vs. reference | |
|---|---|---|
HTK-299 HTKBraun (A299 Red · B299 Blue · C299 Orange) · Hataka | exact · ΔE 0.9 | Convert |
MRP-108 MRPDark Earth · MRP Lacquer | exact · ΔE 1.8 | Convert |
70010 AKNBS450 Тёмная земля (Dark Earth) · AKAN Water-based acrylic | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
60010 AKNBS450 Тёмная земля (Dark Earth) · AKAN Solvent-based acrylic | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
PL228 SMSRAF Dark Earth · SMS Premium (lacquer) | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
ALCE021 ALCRAF Dark Earth (BS381C-450) · Alclad II Mil-Spec (enamel) | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
MRP-346 MRPSCC No.2 · MRP Lacquer | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
2054 TESDark Earth (F) · Model Master II Enamel | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
4846 TESDark Earth · Model Master Acryl | very close · ΔE 2.1 | Convert |
AK11841 AKIRaf Dark Earth · AK 3rd Generation | very close · ΔE 2.2 | Convert |
LP-25 TAMBrown (JGSDF) · Tamiya LP (lacquer) | very close · ΔE 2.3 | Convert |
74.237 VALAncient Tome · Vallejo Squidmar Color | very close · ΔE 2.5 | Convert |
71.418 VALIJN Medium Brown (FS 30122) · Vallejo Model Air | very close · ΔE 2.5 | Convert |
1854 GSWDark Beige · GSW Acrylic Color | very close · ΔE 2.5 | Convert |
6439 GSWDark Beige · GSW Airbrush | very close · ΔE 2.5 | Convert |
RC091 AKITarngrau RAL 7050-f9 · AK Real Colors | very close · ΔE 2.8 | Convert |
4708AP ITAField Drab · Italeri Acrylic | very close · ΔE 3.1 | Convert |
4641AP ITAMarrone Mimetico 2 · Italeri Acrylic | very close · ΔE 3.1 | Convert |
AMIG0073 AMMEarth · Ammo A.MIG (acrylic) | very close · ΔE 3.1 | Convert |
ATOM-20051 AMMEarth · Ammo Atom | very close · ΔE 3.1 | Convert |
HTK-256 HTKEarth Brown (A256 Red · B256 Blue · C256 Orange) · Hataka | very close · ΔE 3.2 | Convert |
BC03 LIFAcrylic Primer Olive Drab · Lifecolor Primer (BC) | very close · ΔE 3.3 | Convert |
WP4130 TAPAmmo Pouch Brown · Army Painter Historical | very close · ΔE 3.4 | Convert |
AC-15 KOMTierra · Komboloi Acrylic | very close · ΔE 3.4 | Convert |
SW-45 S75Russian Uniform · Scale75 Warfront | very close · ΔE 3.7 | Convert |
PL125 SMSGerman Red Brown · SMS Premium (lacquer) | very close · ΔE 3.9 | Convert |
How to read this: ΔE 2000 measures the color difference between the paint and the reference. Up to 2 is practically the same color, up to 5 is very close, and up to 10 is close. The swatch for RAF Dark Earth is the median of the paints that declare it or its published value.
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