Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57-
AK Interactive · Figures · AK3144
#2F2A24 · L*17.4 a*1.0 b*4.8
The closest match to AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- is a dark grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Raw Umber at ΔE 1.6. 12 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57-?
Golden Raw Umber is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Black Grey (ΔE 1.9) and The Army Painter Rough Iron (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57-?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Grey, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- Shop Golden Raw Umber (Heavy Body) Shop Golden Heavy Body set
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Golden
- A Raw Umber Heavy Body 1350 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Raw Umber OPEN Acrylics 7350 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Vallejo
- A Black Grey Model Color 70.862 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Camouflage Black Green Model Color 70.741 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Rough Iron Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Magnolia Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 4.0 · close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in P3
- B Immortal Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.7 · close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Reaper
- B Stone Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9311 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 4.6 · close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Citadel
- B Dryad Bark Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 5.4 · similar
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Tom Color
- B Black Uniform Base TC-0255 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey TC-0253 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Barrel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Ranger Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in FolkArt
- B Gilded Oak Acrylic Colors 2495 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Black Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18128 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Melted Chocolate Colors 20258 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Mig
- C Afrika Korps Wash Washes AMIG1001 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C 6k Russian Brown Acrylics AMIG0020 ΔE 3.9 · close
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- equivalent in Foundry
- C German Splinter Brown Shade Paint System 83A ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 105C ΔE 5.1 · similar
Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #262624 | Transparent Black Transparent paints | ΔE 4.0 |
| Monument | #2C2D28 | Black Brown Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mission Models | #2E2D2D | NATO Black | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mr. Paint | #2D2727 | Extra Dark Rust Mr Paint | ΔE 4.4 |
| Humbrol | #2A2A2A | Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 4.5 |
| Scale75 | #2C2C2C | Black Scale Color Range | ΔE 4.5 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #323232 | MS Red Gundam Color Spray | ΔE 5.1 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #333333 | Black Spray | ΔE 5.2 |
| Liquitex | #343434 | Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.4 |
| Creature | #2C282A | Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.0 |
| Arteza | #2E201B | Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| Revell | #2E2F34 | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.6 |
| Italeri | #2D3122 | Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 9.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 19.3 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A Umber / British Uniform Shadow -35- Figures ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Brown Black Figures ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Grey (fs 36081) Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Tenebrous Grey Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Black Uniform Base Figures ΔE 3.3 · very close
- B Dark Brown Figures ΔE 3.4 · very close
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