Paint Equivalents

Black

Creature · Monument Pro Acryl Transparent · MPA-053

#09070B · L*2.1 a*1.1 b*-1.3

The closest match to Creature Black in every other range, nearest first.

Creature Black is a near-black neutral. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color Primer Acrílico Preto at ΔE 1.3. 5 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 Creature Black?

Tom Color Primer Acrílico Preto is the closest equivalent to Creature Black in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Rose (ΔE 1.5) and Vallejo Black Wash (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Creature Black?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Wash, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Creature to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Black equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Primer Acrílico Preto Primer TCP-002 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Preto Locomotiva TC-0214 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Black equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Rose Metallics 652 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Look At Me Blue Acrylic Colors 2587 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Black equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Black Wash Game Color Wash 73.301 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A Black Mecha Color 70.642 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Black equivalent in Monument

  1. A Black Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 200 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B AdeptiCon Spray-Team Satin Black Pro Acrylic Primer S39 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Black equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Shadow Wash D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Tone Warpaints Tone WP1136 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Black equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Black Lacquer Paint LP-1 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Flat black Lacquer Paint LP-3 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Black equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Russianircraft Blueii Mr Color 393 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Black Acrysion N2 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Black equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Amt-7 (a-26m) Black Air AK2243 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Flat Black, RAL 9005 Real Colors - Modern RC001 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Black equivalent in Mig

  1. B Starship Wash Washes AMIG1009 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Black Wash Washes AMIG1011 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Black equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Dragon Black Master Series Paints Bones 9437 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Brush-On Black Primer Master Series Paints Core Colors Primer 9214 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Black equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Black Colors 20504 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Black Gloss™ 20662 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Black equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 105A ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Charcoal Black Shade Paint System 34A ΔE 2.4 · very close

Black in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #000000 Abaddon Black Air ΔE 2.4
Coat d'Arms #000000 Black Military Range ΔE 2.4
Green Stuff World #000000 Black Stallion Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.4
Humbrol #000000 Black Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 2.4
Italeri #000000 Black Acrylic Paint ΔE 2.4
Mission Models #000000 Black ΔE 2.4
Mr. Paint #000000 Black Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 2.4
P3 #000000 Thamar Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.4
Scale75 #000000 Dark Stains Soil Works ΔE 2.4
Warcolours #000000 Black Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 2.4
Arteza #131318 Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 2.9
Revell #141519 Black Email Color - Silk ΔE 3.3
Golden #171512 Carbon Black Fluid ΔE 4.6
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 6.5
Liquitex #201B22 Indigo Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.7
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 9.7
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 14.7
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 27.4

Nearest colours inside Creature

  1. B Coal Black Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Brown Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. C Dark Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. D Dark Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.8 · similar
  5. D Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.2 · similar
  6. D Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 10.0 · similar

Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot