Mechanicus Standard Grey
Citadel · Air / Base / Spray
#39484A · L*29.4 a*-5.4 b*-3.2
The closest match to Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey is a dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base at ΔE 0.6. 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 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.
This colour is sold under more than one range label — what differs between those pots
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey?
Tom Color Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base is the closest equivalent to Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Deep Forest Skin (ΔE 1.7) and Mr. Paint Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Deep Forest Skin, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey Shop Tom Color Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Tom Color
- A Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base TC-0102 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A Deep Forest Skin Nocturna Models 74.009 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C German Tank Crew Panzer Aces 70.333 ΔE 4.1 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray Mr Paint - Car MRP-C022 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Dark Green Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-288 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Pla Dark Blue AFV AK4251 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B FS 35164 Intermediate Blue Air AK2054 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range 161 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Iron Grey World War II Range 516 ΔE 4.6 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Duncan
- B Hydra Green Wave 2 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 3.7 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- B German grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-63 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 3.6 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Regiment Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- B Phtalo Green Pure Pigments PG7 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- E Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 PB 36 ΔE 10.8 · far
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Revell
- B Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 7.7 · similar
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in Scale75
- B Basilisk Green Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 5.1 · similar
Mechanicus Standard Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- C Hunter Green Acrylic Colors 406 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Grotto Acrylic Colors 4671 ΔE 4.2 · close
Mechanicus Standard Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #304847 | Dark Green Bs381c/641 Mr Color | ΔE 4.2 |
| Foundry | #313E44 | American Olive Green Paint System | ΔE 4.3 |
| Monument | #464C4C | Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| Humbrol | #2B3A3D | Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.6 |
| Italeri | #3F4742 | Olive Drab US Army Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.7 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mig | #434E48 | RLM 74 Graugrün Acrylics | ΔE 5.1 |
| Golden | #2B4752 | Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 5.2 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #2C4C57 | Tuscan Teal Colors | ΔE 5.7 |
| Reaper | #3D504A | Highland Moss Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.7 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.8 |
| Mission Models | #4B5459 | Panzer Grey RAL 7021 | ΔE 5.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #2C4655 | Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 6.7 |
| Liquitex | #283339 | Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.4 |
| Warcolours | #4C4C4C | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 9.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 11.0 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- C Dark Reaper Layer ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Death Korps Drab Air ΔE 8.1 · similar
- D Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 9.3 · similar
- D Orkhide Shade Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 9.5 · similar
- E Skavenblight Dinge Layer ΔE 10.1 · far
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