Flat Black
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The closest match to AK Interactive Flat Black in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Flat Black is a dark grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Monument Black Brown at ΔE 0.3. 10 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
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Flat Black?
Monument Black Brown is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Flat Black in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Dryad Bark (ΔE 1.5) and The Army Painter Magnolia Brown (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Flat Black?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Camouflage Black Green, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Flat Black equivalent in Monument
- A Black Brown Pro Acrylic Paints 040 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- D Dark Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 030 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Flat Black equivalent in Citadel
- A Dryad Bark Air ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 4.9 · close
Flat Black equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Magnolia Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Unforgiven Green Warpaints Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
Flat Black equivalent in Golden
- A Bone Black OPEN Acrylics 7010 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Mars Black Heavy Body 1200 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Flat Black equivalent in Vallejo
- B Camouflage Black Green Model Color 70.741 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B German Grey Model Color 70.995 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Flat Black equivalent in FolkArt
- B Licorice Acrylic Colors 938 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Skyline Acrylic Colors 2499 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Flat Black equivalent in Mission Models
- B US Dark Green FS 34079 MMP-058 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Anthrazitgrau RAL 7016 (Anthracite Grey) MMP-140 ΔE 3.8 · close
Flat Black equivalent in Warcolours
- B Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 5.2 · similar
Flat Black equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Pewter Grey Colors 20580 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Flat Black equivalent in Tom Color
- B Rlm 73 TC-0254 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Nato Black TC-0200 ΔE 3.9 · close
Flat Black equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Dark Olive Green 328 Mr Paint MRP-218 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Exhaust Metal Mr Paint MRP-148 ΔE 3.5 · close
Flat Black equivalent in Scale75
- C Black Scale Color Range ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Inktense Black Inktensity Range ΔE 3.7 · close
Flat Black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humbrol | #2A2A2A | Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 3.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #38352E | Ranger Green Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.1 |
| Tamiya | #222424 | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.1 |
| Foundry | #323232 | Blackened Barrel Light Paint System | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #323232 | MS Red Gundam Color Spray | ΔE 4.2 |
| Liquitex | #343434 | Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.5 |
| Reaper | #282421 | Stone Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash | ΔE 4.6 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.8 |
| P3 | #2A271A | Blindwater Green Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mig | #323335 | Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 5.4 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Italeri | #2D3122 | Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.9 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.9 |
| Revell | #2E2F34 | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.2 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 18.5 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A RLM 66 Air ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- A RLM 70 Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Raf Dark Green Air ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau AFV ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Smoke Black Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B WWI German Dark Green Air ΔE 3.0 · very close
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