Now I know the new CARC colors don’t necesarily subscribe to Federal Standard references, but I used them to try to determine a best match.
I’m working out at Ft Riley with the 1st Infantry Division and an surrounded my a sea of Tan vehicles to use as comparison.
Some have said that model master FS 33446 is their go to best match.... that’s the old MERCD sand. This might have been confused because I notice monument and display vehicles are painted with this. It’s also the background color used from a rattle can to cover old bumper codes.
It also depends when the vehicles were factory painted. I was searching for the color is current use over the past several years.
I found the best match was the more yellow FS 33722 ... only found in Midel Master rattle can, called modern sand.
Being in a rattle can of course, you have to slay some into a cup and then use it in the air brush. Actually a tiny bit of the MERCD sand to lighten it helps with the scale effect.
All these pics were taken with the same camera so it’s not differences in camera or websites. You can see in one pic I spayed a box (yes a Krispy Creme doughnut box)... and held it against a fresh, but dirty paint job. Where the sunlight reflects off the box, you can clearly see it’s the same shade.
Why there aren’t better options for this modern color I don’t know. Factories have been pumping out most vehicles in this color.
Here’s a monument/display vehicle painted in MERCD sand.
