Carbon Black
AK Interactive · Ink (3rd Gen) · AK11223
#110801 · L*2.7 a*1.8 b*3.6
The closest match to AK Interactive Carbon Black in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Carbon Black is a near-black neutral. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Ebony Flesh at ΔE 0.9. 6 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 is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Carbon Black?
Reaper Ebony Flesh is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Carbon Black in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Burnt Umber (ΔE 1.8) and Creature Brown (ΔE 2.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Carbon Black?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black, ΔE 4.1 — a close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Carbon Black Shop Reaper Ebony Flesh Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Bones set
Carbon Black equivalent in Reaper
- A Ebony Flesh Master Series Paints Bones 9440 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Dragon Black Master Series Paints Bones 9437 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Carbon Black equivalent in FolkArt
- A Burnt Umber Acrylic Colors 462 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Pink Melon Acrylic Colors 2547 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Carbon Black equivalent in Creature
- B Brown Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-052 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Coal Black Monument Pro Acryl MPA-002 ΔE 4.1 · close
Carbon Black equivalent in Humbrol
- B Black Acrylics - Satin 85 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Black Acrylics - Gloss 21 ΔE 4.4 · close
Carbon Black equivalent in Mig
- B Dark Wash Washes AMIG1008 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Starship Wash Washes AMIG1009 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Carbon Black equivalent in Monument
- B Black Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 200 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C AdeptiCon Spray-Team Satin Black Pro Acrylic Primer S39 ΔE 4.0 · close
Carbon Black equivalent in Tamiya
- B Black Lacquer Paint LP-1 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- B Flat black Lacquer Paint LP-3 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Carbon Black equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Black Gloss™ 20662 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- B Jet Black Colors 21885 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Carbon Black equivalent in Golden
- B Carbon Black Fluid 2040 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Carbon Black Heavy Body 1040 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Carbon Black equivalent in Citadel
- C Corvus Black Air ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Mordant Earth Technical ΔE 4.0 · close
Carbon Black equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Grim Black Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Dark Tone Warpaints Tone WP1136 ΔE 4.1 · close
Carbon Black equivalent in Vallejo
- C Black Mecha Color 70.642 ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Black Wash Game Color Wash 73.301 ΔE 4.1 · close
Carbon Black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #0C0C0C | Rlm 21 Weiss | ΔE 4.1 |
| Scale75 | #101010 | Art Black Artist Range | ΔE 4.2 |
| Foundry | #010101 | Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System | ΔE 4.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 4.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #000000 | Black Stallion Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Italeri | #000000 | Black Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mission Models | #000000 | Black | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mr. Hobby | #000000 | Black Acrysion | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mr. Paint | #000000 | Black Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| P3 | #000000 | Thamar Black Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Warcolours | #000000 | Black Inks for Shading and Glazing | ΔE 4.4 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Revell | #141519 | Black Email Color - Silk | ΔE 6.7 |
| Liquitex | #232325 | Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 10.4 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 14.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 27.8 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- B Black 6rp Real Colors - AFV ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Black Uniform Base Figures (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Amt-7 (a-26m) Black Air ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Flat Black, RAL 9005 Real Colors - Modern ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Pure Black -84- Figures ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Burnt Umber Ink (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.6 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot