Grey (fs 36081)
AK Interactive · Air · AK2105
#25221D · L*13.4 a*0.3 b*3.9
The closest match to AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) is a near-black neutral. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color Black Uniform Base at ΔE 0.0. 8 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 Grey (fs 36081)?
Tom Color Black Uniform Base is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Barrel Grey (ΔE 1.3) and The Army Painter Abyssal Black (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Grey, ΔE 3.3 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) Shop Tom Color Black Uniform Base
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Tom Color
- A Black Uniform Base TC-0255 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- A FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey TC-0253 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Barrel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 3.7 · close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Abyssal Black D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Grim Black Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.7 · close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Reaper
- A Stone Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9311 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 4.7 · close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Licorice Shiny™ 2715 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Black Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18128 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Acrilex
- B Preto Paints 520 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- E Rústico Paints 896 ΔE 12.8 · far
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Camouflage Colors 21344 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Golden
- B Bone Black OPEN Acrylics 7010 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Carbon Black Heavy Body 1040 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Warcolours
- B Warm Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 2.8 · very close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Citadel
- B Dryad Bark Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 3.6 · close
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color H416 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Olive Drab Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set CMC03 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Grey (fs 36081) equivalent in Vallejo
- B Black Grey Model Color 70.862 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Black Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.812 ΔE 3.8 · close
Grey (fs 36081) in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scale75 | #1B1A18 | Black Ink Artist Range | ΔE 3.3 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.7 |
| Mig | #1C1C1C | Satin Black Acrylics | ΔE 4.1 |
| Humbrol | #212021 | Black Matt Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 4.2 |
| Monument | #2C2D28 | Black Brown Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| Tamiya | #222424 | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.3 |
| Foundry | #191919 | Blackened Barrel Paint System | ΔE 4.6 |
| Mission Models | #2E2D2D | NATO Black | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mr. Paint | #2D2727 | Extra Dark Rust Mr Paint | ΔE 4.9 |
| Liquitex | #232325 | Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.9 |
| Creature | #2C282A | Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.3 |
| Revell | #252429 | Tar Black Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.0 |
| Arteza | #2E201B | Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 7.5 |
| Italeri | #2D3122 | Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 8.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 21.4 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A Gun Metal Real Colors - Standard ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Umber / British Uniform Shadow -35- Figures ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Nato Black RAL 9021-f9 Real Colors - AFV ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Brown Black Figures ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B RLM 72 Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- Figures ΔE 2.9 · very close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot