Oily Steel
AK Interactive · Metallic (3rd Gen) · AK11211
#A7A491 · L*67.1 a*-2.3 b*10.3
The closest match to AK Interactive Oily Steel in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Oily Steel is a light, muted yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Reaper Vampiric Shadow, ΔE 2.0. 12 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 is a metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Oily Steel?
Reaper Vampiric Shadow is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Oily Steel in any other range, at ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Japanese Tank Crew Highlights (ΔE 2.2) and The Army Painter Gargoyle Grey (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Oily Steel?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Japanese Tank Crew Highlights, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Oily Steel Shop Reaper Vampiric Shadow Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Oily Steel equivalent in Reaper
- A Vampiric Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9274 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Desert Sand Master Series Paints Bones 9432 ΔE 8.3 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in Vallejo
- B Japanese Tank Crew Highlights Panzer Aces 70.332 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Sky Type S Model Air 71.302 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Oily Steel equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Gargoyle Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Great Hall Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.0 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B RLM02 Gray Acrysion N70 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Cement Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H455 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Oily Steel equivalent in Foundry
- B Soviet Summer Drab Shade Paint System 80A ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Soviet Summer Drab Paint System 80B ΔE 3.9 · close
Oily Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Cdl Variant 1 Mr Paint MRP-257 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B U.S. Navy Light Gull Grey FS36440 Mr Paint MRP-098 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Oily Steel equivalent in Monument
- B White Gold Pro Acrylic Paints 029 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Ninjon Dark Ivory Pro Signature Series S07 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in Tom Color
- B Sky Type S TC-0120 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Ana 620 Light Gull Grey TC-0173 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in Mission Models
- B J3 SP Lt Grey Japanese Zero (Amber) MMP-110 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Grau RLM 02 MMP-056 ΔE 4.7 · close
Oily Steel equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Dolphin Grey Gloss™ 20624 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Beachcomber Beige Gloss™ 20663 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in Scale75
- C Nacar Scale Color Range ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Thar Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 6.8 · similar
Oily Steel equivalent in FolkArt
- C Thunder Gray Acrylic Colors 2658 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Ivory White Acrylic Colors 427 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Oily Steel in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #AAA295 | Warm Grey 2 Layer paints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 4.3 |
| Citadel | #9C998D | Rakarth Flesh Base | ΔE 4.3 |
| P3 | #B3A998 | Devout White Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mig | #B4B299 | Sky Type S (bs 210) Acrylics | ΔE 4.5 |
| Tamiya | #ACA184 | Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.6 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Duncan | #ABAB87 | Green Beret Wave 2 | ΔE 6.2 |
| Humbrol | #B7A889 | Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 6.3 |
| Creature | #AC9C83 | White Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #A2A19D | Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 6.6 |
| Golden | #C1C0AB | Transparent Shading Gray High Flow | ΔE 7.7 |
| Italeri | #B19F7B | Flat Desert Tan Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.8 |
| Revell | #909088 | Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #ABA073 | Bright Gold Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.3 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.4 |
| Arteza | #88A38E | Pearl Pastel Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 11.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #CFC9C2 | Sparkle Motion | ΔE 12.1 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A FS 36375 Light Ghost Grey Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A FS 36622 Camouflage Grey Air ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Ija 1 Hairyokushoku (grey-green) Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Light Grey General ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B HairAKyokushoku (grey-green) Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C FS 16440 Light Gull Gray Air ΔE 3.7 · close
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