Paint Equivalents

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml

AK Interactive · Real Colors - Air · RC256

#70848B · L*53.8 a*-5.6 b*-6.2

The closest match to AK Interactive M-485 Blue Grey 10ml in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive M-485 Blue Grey 10ml is a mid-toned, muted blue-green. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color M-485 Blue Grey at ΔE 0.5. 17 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 M-485 Blue Grey 10ml?

Tom Color M-485 Blue Grey is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive M-485 Blue Grey 10ml in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Grey Green (ΔE 1.0) and Mission Models Medium Grey FS 35237 (ΔE 1.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive M-485 Blue Grey 10ml?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Grey Green, ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A M-485 Blue Grey TC-0172 ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. A Blue Grey 058m TC-0145 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Tom Color conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Grey Green Mecha Color 69.014 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Steel Grey Surface Primer 70.630 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Medium Grey FS 35237 MMP-072 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B British Light Silver Grey RAL 7001 MMP-042 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mission Models conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Fine Surface Primer-gray Mr Paint MRP-LPG ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A U.S.navy Modern FS35237 Mr Paint MRP-105 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Mig

  1. A Fs 36320 Dark Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics AMIG0208 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Fs35237 Blue Gray Amt-11 Acrylics AMIG0210 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mig conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Neutral Gray Mr Color 13 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Japanese Navalrsenal Color Kure Mr Color Spray SJ01 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Uniform Grey World War II Range 525 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Field Blue World War II Range 518 ΔE 8.9 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 6.3 · similar

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Revell

  1. B Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Steel Email Color - Metallic ΔE 6.8 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Revell conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Bering Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 9.9 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Scale75 conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray AS-25 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Haze grey Spray TS-32 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full AK Interactive → Tamiya conversion chart

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. C Six Shooter ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. D Blue Steel ΔE 8.3 · similar

M-485 Blue Grey 10ml in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #768998 Blue Echo Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7
Italeri #7E8E9A Dark Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.3
Duncan #7F8C8B Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 5.3
Foundry #828A8D German Late Field Grey Light Paint System ΔE 5.4
Reaper #618095 Glacial Mist Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.1
The Army Painter #5A7F93 Eternal Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 6.4
Green Stuff World #7B7E83 Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 7.1
Citadel #899092 Ironbreaker Air ΔE 7.2
Apple Barrel #868F8A Granite Gray Colors ΔE 8.1
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 8.2
Warcolours #828282 Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 8.5
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.5
Monument #517283 Blue Black Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 9.0
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 11.9
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.5
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 12.8
Acrilex #2095AD Azul Piscina Paints ΔE 13.5
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 18.2

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A M-485 Blue-grey Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B M-485 Blue Gray Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
  3. B Amt-7 (a-28m) Light Blue Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
  4. B RAL 7012 Basalt Grey Air ΔE 3.1 · very close
  5. C Medium Grey Fs 35237 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 3.8 · close
  6. C Pale Blue Real Colors - Standard ΔE 4.3 · close

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