A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air)
AK Interactive · Air · AK2254
#87A6A0 · L*65.7 a*-11.9 b*-0.4
The closest match to AK Interactive A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive A-18f Light Grey-blue is a light, muted blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mr. Hobby Light Gray, ΔE 1.5. 21 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air)?
Mr. Hobby Light Gray is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint RLM 65 (ΔE 2.0) and Scale75 Emerald Alchemy (ΔE 3.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Blue RLM76, ΔE 3.8 — a close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Light Gray Mr Color 324 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Gray Fs36375 Mr Color 308 ΔE 4.1 · close
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B RLM 65 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A057 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B RLM 65 Hellblau Mr Paint MRP-058 ΔE 2.2 · very close
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Scale75
- C Emerald Alchemy Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Hellbound Flesh Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.0 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in FolkArt
- C Jamaican Sea Acrylic Colors 320 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Adrift Acrylic Colors 6460 ΔE 3.9 · close
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Vallejo
- C Light Blue RLM76 Model Air 71.257 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Medium Grey Blue Model Color 70.772 ΔE 4.5 · close
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Citadel
- C Celestra Grey Base ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Astronomicon Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.1 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Mission Models
- C Hellblau RLM 65 MMP-057 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D US Blue Grey FS35189 MMP-061 ΔE 5.5 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Tamiya
- C Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-23 ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray AS-26 ΔE 4.9 · close
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Mig
- C RLM 78 Hellblau Acrylics AMIG0247 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Fs 36314 (bs 626) Acrylics AMIG0207 ΔE 5.8 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Foundry
- D German Early Field Grey Light Paint System 77C ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Forest Green Light Paint System 26C ΔE 8.0 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Reaper
- D Pale Lichen Master Series Paints Core Colors 9084 ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Boggard Green Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89515 ΔE 7.6 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue (Air) equivalent in Tom Color
- D FS 35189 TC-0023 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Cockpit Green Raf TC-0127 ΔE 6.4 · similar
A-18f Light Grey-blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italeri | #8BB8B2 | Hellblau RLM 65 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.7 |
| Apple Barrel | #71A4A7 | Parrot Blue Colors | ΔE 5.7 |
| Arteza | #88A38E | Pearl Pastel Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 6.3 |
| Revell | #86B9B4 | Light Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.5 |
| The Army Painter | #959F9C | Shark White Warpaints Air | ΔE 7.6 |
| P3 | #7AA0AB | Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.9 |
| Duncan | #78969D | Frost Blue Wave 3 | ΔE 7.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #69ACB5 | Psychotic Illusions Chameleon Colorshift Metallic | ΔE 8.6 |
| Liquitex | #8AC5C1 | Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.6 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 9.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #97C9C0 | Sea Grey World War II Range | ΔE 9.9 |
| Warcolours | #599BA7 | Transparent Turquoise Transparent paints | ΔE 10.3 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 10.9 |
| Humbrol | #9BA2AA | Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | ΔE 12.5 |
| Creature | #B9BCB5 | Bright Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.9 |
| Golden | #95A17B | Terre Verte Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 13.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 13.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 14.2 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A A-18f Light Grey-blue 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B A-18f Light Grey-blue Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Metallic Blue Metallic (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.5 · close
- C RLM 78 (1942) Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Light Blue Fs 35414 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Rlm 65 (1938) Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.7 · close
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