Steel Legion Drab
Citadel · Air / Base
#584E2D · L*33.4 a*-1.1 b*21.0
The closest match to Citadel Steel Legion Drab in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Steel Legion Drab is a dark, moderately saturated yellow. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Necro Gold at ΔE 1.3. 15 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 Steel Legion Drab?
Scale75 Necro Gold is the closest equivalent to Citadel Steel Legion Drab in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Canvas Tone (ΔE 1.9) and Mission Models Dunkelbraun RAL 7017 (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Steel Legion Drab?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Japanese Tank Crew, ΔE 3.4 — a very close substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Citadel Steel Legion Drab Shop Scale75 Necro Gold Shop Scale75 Metal N Alchemy Range set
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Scale75
- A Necro Gold Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Olive Green Artist Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Canvas Tone Figures (3rd Gen) AK11436 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Ija 7 Ohryuko Nana Go Shoku (olive Brown) 10ml Real Colors - Air RC330 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Mission Models
- A Dunkelbraun RAL 7017 MMP-139 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Gelbolive RAL 6014 MMP-177 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in FolkArt
- B Pure Gold Metallics 660 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Chunky Gold Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics 6319 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Foundry
- B British Equipment Canvas Shade Paint System 90A ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C British Uniform Brown Shade Paint System 100A ΔE 4.1 · close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Mig
- B Spanish Green-khaki Acrylics AMIG0031 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Real Idf Sinai Grey 82 Acrylics AMIG0131 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Reaper
- B Aged Pewter Master Series Paints Core Colors 9196 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Rotting Wood Master Series Paints Core Colors 9313 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B A Ii 3 Green Mr Paint MRP-023 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B IJAAF 7 Ohryoku Nana Go Shoku (Yellow Green 7) Mr Paint MRP-418 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Tainted Gold Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Tainted Gold Warpaints Air ΔE 6.1 · similar
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Italeri
- B Military Green Acrylic Paint 4852AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Grau RLM 02 Acrylic Paint 4770AP ΔE 5.4 · similar
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Dark Earth Bs381c/450 Mr Color 369 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Earth Green Mr Color 132 ΔE 4.8 · close
Steel Legion Drab equivalent in Tom Color
- B Usaaf WW2 Pilot Uniform Base TC-0242 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Olive Drab 41 TC-0167 ΔE 4.2 · close
Steel Legion Drab in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | #5C5632 | Japanese Tank Crew Panzer Aces | ΔE 3.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #5E533D | Dark Leather World War II Range | ΔE 4.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #665B3B | Gengis Khaki Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.7 |
| Humbrol | #665C40 | Light Olive Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.3 |
| P3 | #564F3D | Bane Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #665B28 | Kiwi Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 6.3 |
| Golden | #565640 | Sap Green Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 6.7 |
| Tamiya | #564A3A | Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint | ΔE 7.1 |
| Liquitex | #413915 | Green Gold Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.3 |
| Monument | #4E3E28 | AdeptiCon Spray-Team Drab Brown Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 7.7 |
| Acrilex | #52483B | Sépia Paints | ΔE 8.1 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.1 |
| Revell | #565246 | NATO Olive Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #3A3C24 | Mossy Green Gloss™ | ΔE 9.4 |
| Duncan | #535548 | Eidolon Grey Wave 2 | ΔE 9.5 |
| Arteza | #455032 | Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 10.0 |
| Warcolours | #3F4900 | Olive 5 Layer paints | ΔE 11.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 15.9 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- D Graveyard Earth Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D Sylvaneth Bark Dry ΔE 7.7 · similar
- D Aggaros Dunes Contrast ΔE 8.2 · similar
- D Snakebite Leather Contrast ΔE 8.6 · similar
- E Typhus Corrosion Technical ΔE 10.2 · far
- E Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 10.6 · far
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