Track Colour is a mid-tone muted brown with a warm undertone. Within the Humbrol range it ladders cleanly, Freight Stock Grey for the shadows and Slate Grey for the highlights. Track Colour is a little less common: the closest same-finish match, Two Thin Coats Ancient Forest, reaches 91 percent, and 2 other brands carry a strong same-finish alternative. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Track Colour equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Humbrol Track Colour, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Two Thin Coats equivalent: Two Thin Coats Ancient Forest, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.8).
- From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Reddish Grey, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.5).
- Scale75's closest color: Scale75 Walnut, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.1).
- Nearest in the The Army Painter catalog: The Army Painter Mocca Skin, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.4).
- Best Vallejo option: Vallejo Warm Grey, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.5).
- From Revell: Revell Earth Brown (RAL 7006), a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.6).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.8 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Two Thin Coats
AK Interactive
Scale75
The Army Painter
Vallejo
Revell
Citadel
Monument Pro Acryl
Tamiya
P3 Paints
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Track Colour?
The closest same-finish match is Two Thin Coats Ancient Forest at 91% color similarity.
Is there a The Army Painter equivalent of Track Colour?
Yes. The closest The Army Painter option is Mocca Skin at 78%, a same-finish match.
What color is Track Colour?
Track Colour is a mid-tone muted brown with a warm undertone (hex #6E5B54).
What do I highlight and shade Track Colour with?
Highlight Track Colour toward Slate Grey and shade it down into Freight Stock Grey, both Humbrol paints in the same finish family.