Codex Grey
Citadel · Foundation (discontinued)
#808285 · L*54.3 a*-0.1 b*-1.9
The closest match to Citadel Codex Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Codex Grey is a mid grey. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 at ΔE 0.7. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Codex Grey?
AK Interactive Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 is the closest equivalent to Citadel Codex Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Cold Grey (ΔE 0.8) and The Army Painter Mithral Silver (ΔE 1.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Codex Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Cold Grey, ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Codex Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 Air (3rd Gen) AK11885 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- A Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml Real Colors - Air RC248 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
Codex Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A Cold Grey Game Air 72.750 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Aggressor Gray Model Air 71.274 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Codex Grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Shining Silver Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.3 · very close
Codex Grey equivalent in Golden
- A N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- D N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Codex Grey equivalent in Tom Color
- A FS 36231 TC-0019 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B RAL 7042 Trafic Grey TC-0087 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Codex Grey equivalent in Mig
- A Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Grey High Light Acrylics AMIG0910 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Codex Grey equivalent in Warcolours
- A Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- A Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Codex Grey equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1 · close
Codex Grey equivalent in Mission Models
- A Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 3.6 · close
Codex Grey equivalent in Duncan
- B Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Plate Armour Wave 1 ΔE 3.9 · close
Codex Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- B IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-14 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Neutral gray Aircraft Spray AS-7 ΔE 3.9 · close
Codex Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Interior U.S.modern FS36231 Mr Paint MRP-100 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B U.S. Medium Mod. Gray FS36251 Mr Paint MRP-094 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Codex Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #7A8083 | JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color | ΔE 2.3 |
| Foundry | #7A7B7D | Slate Grey Light Paint System | ΔE 2.7 |
| FolkArt | #888888 | Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics | ΔE 2.9 |
| Reaper | #7A7A7A | Shadowed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.5 |
| Revell | #757A80 | Steel Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 3.8 |
| P3 | #797979 | Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 3.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 4.1 |
| Italeri | #74797B | Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.2 |
| Scale75 | #8B8683 | Rainy Gray Scale Color Range | ΔE 4.8 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Monument | #8D857E | Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series | ΔE 6.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #868F8A | Granite Gray Colors | ΔE 7.4 |
| Humbrol | #827773 | Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #6D746D | Armour Fantasy Range - Ink Wash | ΔE 9.2 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.7 |
| Acrilex | #978FAC | Violeta Gris Paints | ΔE 13.9 |
| Creature | #AC9C83 | White Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 16.4 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- B Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Chainmail Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Astrogranite Technical ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Ironbreaker Air ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Slaanesh Grey Dry ΔE 6.1 · similar
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