Paint Equivalents

Medium Grey Fs 36270

AK Interactive · Air (3rd Gen) · AK11886

#84898C · L*56.8 a*-1.2 b*-2.2

The closest match to AK Interactive Medium Grey Fs 36270 in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Medium Grey Fs 36270 is a mid grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mission Models Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 at ΔE 0.8. 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 Medium Grey Fs 36270?

Mission Models Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Medium Grey Fs 36270 in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Foundry German Late Field Grey Light (ΔE 1.5) and Mig Fs 36293 (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Medium Grey Fs 36270?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Russian AF Grey N.3, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mission Models conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Foundry

  1. A German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 78C ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 4.1 · close

Full AK Interactive → Foundry conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Mig

  1. A Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Medium Sea Grey (bs 637) Acrylics AMIG0246 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mig conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Shining Silver Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full AK Interactive → The Army Painter conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Russian AF Grey N.3 Model Air 71.339 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Blue Grey Pale Model Color 70.905 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Haze Grey Usn WW2 TC-0176 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. A FS 36270 TC-0031 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Tom Color conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint MRP-279 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color 601 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color 607 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Neutral gray Aircraft Spray AS-7 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat XF-75 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Tamiya conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Ironbreaker Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Codex Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Citadel conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Golden

  1. B N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Golden conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 equivalent in Revell

  1. B Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.3 · close

Full AK Interactive → Revell conversion chart

Medium Grey Fs 36270 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #888888 Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 2.7
Green Stuff World #8C8C8C Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.0
Warcolours #828282 Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.5
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 3.7
Reaper #8B8A88 Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.8
Duncan #7D7F7F Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 4.1
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.2
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.4
Scale75 #8B8C87 Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 4.7
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 4.7
Apple Barrel #868F8A Granite Gray Colors ΔE 5.5
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.4
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.1
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.3
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.5
Coat d'Arms #6A8893 Uniform Grey World War II Range ΔE 8.9
Acrilex #978FAC Violeta Gris Paints ΔE 14.2
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 14.5

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Medium Grey Fs 36270 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Dark Gull Grey Fs 36231 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.2 · very close
  3. B Dark Gull Grey Fs 36231 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 2.2 · very close
  4. B Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
  5. B Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
  6. B Raf Medium Sea Grey Bs381c/637 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.8 · very close

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