Adeptus Battlegrey
Citadel · Foundation (discontinued)
#4A4C58 · L*32.5 a*2.0 b*-7.3
The closest match to Citadel Adeptus Battlegrey in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Adeptus Battlegrey is a dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mig Dunkelgrau Dark Base, ΔE 1.1. 14 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
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Adeptus Battlegrey?
Mig Dunkelgrau Dark Base is the closest equivalent to Citadel Adeptus Battlegrey in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Dark Grey Blue (ΔE 2.1) and AK Interactive Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml (ΔE 3.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Adeptus Battlegrey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Grey Blue, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Mig
- A Dunkelgrau Dark Base Acrylics AMIG0907 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Fs 36118 Medium Gunship Gray Acrylics AMIG0204 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Vallejo
- B Dark Grey Blue Model Air 71.054 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Grey Blue Model Air 71.005 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml Real Colors - Air RC242 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Sea Blue 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC257 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B German Gray Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC07 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Burnt Iron Acrysion N76 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Revell
- B Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Olive Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.6 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Foundry
- B Stone Shade Paint System 57A ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Soviet Winter Green Shade Paint System 96A ΔE 5.0 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Scale75
- C Anthartic Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 3.6 · close
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Deep Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.6 · close
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Reaper
- C Tempest Grey Master Series Paints Bones 9438 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Stormy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9088 ΔE 7.1 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Humbrol
- C Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt 32 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Primer Acrylics - Matt 1 ΔE 9.3 · similar
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Tom Color
- C FS 36118 Gunship Grey TC-0014 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Grigio Azzurro Scuro 3 TC-0136 ΔE 4.6 · close
Adeptus Battlegrey equivalent in Mission Models
- C Grauviolet RLM 75 MMP-050 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Gunship Grey FS 36118 MMP-084 ΔE 5.0 · close
Adeptus Battlegrey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #535760 | IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mr. Paint | #434A52 | Nobels Dark Tarmac No.4 Mr Paint | ΔE 4.3 |
| FolkArt | #555358 | Chunky Silver Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics | ΔE 4.7 |
| Duncan | #50555C | Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 | ΔE 4.7 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #465363 | Denim Blue Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.5 |
| P3 | #4E5861 | Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #36455A | Mirage Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.5 |
| Warcolours | #4C4C4C | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #384861 | Super Wash Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.0 |
| Monument | #464C4C | Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.1 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Golden | #4A4A48 | N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 8.2 |
| Italeri | #585B5B | Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 9.1 |
| Liquitex | #343434 | Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 12.1 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- D Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Warpfiend Grey Layer ΔE 9.3 · similar
- D Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 9.9 · similar
- D Fenrys Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 10.0 · similar
- E The Fang Air ΔE 10.2 · far
- E Mechanicus Standard Grey Air ΔE 10.4 · far
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