Paint Equivalents

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen))

AK Interactive · Air (3rd Gen) · AK11861

#46523E · L*33.3 a*-9.0 b*10.2

The closest match to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Medium Green 42 is a dark, muted green. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Catachan Green at ΔE 1.3. 13 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 Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen))?

Citadel Catachan Green is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Dark Green FS34096 (ΔE 1.7) and Tom Color Extra Dark Sea Green Raf (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen))?

The nearest Vallejo paint is NATO Green, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Catachan Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Knarloc Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Citadel conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dark Green FS34096 Mr Paint MRP-370 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Field Green FS34097 Mr Paint MRP-236 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Extra Dark Sea Green Raf TC-0116 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Field Grey Green Shadow TC-0153 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full AK Interactive → Tom Color conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Toad Green Instant Colors Range ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Merm Green Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Scale75 conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Old Ivy Acrylic Colors K927 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Malachite Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6310 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full AK Interactive → FolkArt conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Bronze Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Sea Green Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Revell conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Olive drab Lacquer Paint LP-28 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint LP-29 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Tamiya conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B NATO Green Surface Primer 70.612 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Gunship Green Model Color 70.895 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Russian Dark Olive FS 34102 MMP-028 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B US Medium Green FS 34102 MMP-066 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mission Models conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Flat Green 383 Acrylic Paint 4857AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Russian Armor Green Acrylic Paint 4807AP ΔE 4.8 · close

Full AK Interactive → Italeri conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Army Green World War II Range 521 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Black Green World War II Range 515 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full AK Interactive → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air (3rd Gen)) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Olive Drab Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC01 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Bronzegrun Mr Color 519 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Medium Green 42 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mig #424A35 US Olive Drab Vietnam Era (fs 24087) Acrylics ΔE 3.1
Apple Barrel #414932 English Ivy Green Colors ΔE 3.6
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.8
Foundry #4E5447 British Denison Green Paint System ΔE 4.4
Green Stuff World #3E4639 Black Green Stone Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.0
The Army Painter #4B4D3E Tundra Taupe Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.3
Golden #365033 Chromium Oxide Green Dark OPEN Acrylics ΔE 5.9
Duncan #4E5248 Ashen Grey Wave 2 ΔE 6.0
Monument #365337 Camo Green Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.3
P3 #596453 Mage Hunter Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.7
Reaper #3D504A Highland Moss Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.9
Humbrol #566441 US Light Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.7
Liquitex #254737 Muted Green Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.8
Creature #2C4D22 Camo Green Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.7
Kimera Kolors #506C48 Oxide Green Expansion Set 1 ΔE 10.4
Acrilex #406434 Verde Musgo Paints ΔE 10.9
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 11.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 14.7

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Medium Green 42 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Medium Green 42 Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  3. B Olivgrün Shadow AFV ΔE 3.3 · very close
  4. B Aircraft Grey Green Air ΔE 3.4 · very close
  5. B RLM 82 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 3.4 · very close
  6. B Rlm 82 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.4 · very close

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