Cryptek Armourshade Gloss
Citadel · Shade
#856A67 · L*47.3 a*10.2 b*5.8
The closest match to Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss is a mid-toned, muted red. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Scale75 Dead Flesh at ΔE 2.0 — very close. 25 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 wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss?
Scale75 Dead Flesh is the closest equivalent to Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss in any other range, at ΔE 2.0 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Mocca Skin (ΔE 4.4) and Vallejo Lavender Grey (ΔE 4.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Lavender Grey, ΔE 4.5 — a close substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss Shop Scale75 Dead Flesh Shop Scale75 Instant Colors Range set
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Scale75
- B Dead Flesh Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Smoke Gray Warfront Range ΔE 5.7 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Mocca Skin Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Leather Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.9 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Vallejo
- C Lavender Grey Model Color 70.774 ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Rust (Metallic) Model Air 71.069 ΔE 4.8 · close
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Reaper
- C Dusky Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9251 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Cold Iron Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89549 ΔE 8.1 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Foundry
- C British Denison Tan Shade Paint System 99A ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Near Eastern Flesh Shade Paint System 123A ΔE 8.2 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Green Stuff World
- D Starship Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.6 · similar
- E Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 12.4 · far
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Apple Barrel
- D Brown Oxide Colors 20511 ΔE 6.1 · similar
- E Lilac Dust Colors 20559 ΔE 10.2 · far
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Duncan
- D Bard Skin Wave 2 ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Wasteland Brown Wave 1 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Mr. Paint
- D Bruno Chiaro Mr Paint MRP-314 ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Nocciola Mr Paint MRP-305 ΔE 7.3 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in AK Interactive
- D Brown Fs 30140 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC224 ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Dark Tan Fs 30219 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC225 ΔE 7.8 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Monument
- D Ninjon Red Grey Pro Signature Series S12 ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Bronze Pro Acrylic Paints 032 ΔE 8.3 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss equivalent in Humbrol
- D Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss 156 ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt 29 ΔE 9.9 · similar
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #816F61 | Flat Dark Earth | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #6D5C55 | Urban Grey Brushscape Range | ΔE 8.0 |
| Revell | #765C4D | Brown Email Color - Silk | ΔE 8.4 |
| Italeri | #836854 | Bruno Mimetico Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.5 |
| FolkArt | #6D6562 | Nickel Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics | ΔE 8.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 9.1 |
| Mig | #937D6F | Cinnamon Acrylics | ΔE 9.4 |
| Acrilex | #815547 | Marrom Escuro Paints | ΔE 9.5 |
| Mr. Hobby | #726254 | Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 9.6 |
| Golden | #6F6B6A | N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 10.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #7D5B44 | Oxide Brown Light Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.6 |
| Tamiya | #727071 | Metallic gray Lacquer Paint | ΔE 10.9 |
| Mission Models | #784C43 | Mahogany (Flight Decks, Tools) | ΔE 11.3 |
| Arteza | #865F43 | Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.4 |
| Liquitex | #6F685E | Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 11.5 |
| Warcolours | #747474 | Metallic Pewter Metallic paints | ΔE 12.1 |
| P3 | #8D8581 | Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 12.2 |
| Creature | #974634 | Shadow Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 15.9 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- D Knight-Questor Flesh Layer ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Darkoath Flesh Contrast ΔE 8.2 · similar
- D Stormvermin Fur Layer ΔE 9.7 · similar
- E Iron Warriors Base ΔE 11.5 · far
- E Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 11.6 · far
- E Bugman Glow Base ΔE 11.8 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot