Paint Equivalents

Pale Gray

FolkArt · Acrylic Colors · 6463

#9AA09E · L*65.3 a*-2.5 b*0.3

The closest match to FolkArt Pale Gray in every other range, nearest first.

FolkArt Pale Gray is a light grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Dove Grey at ΔE 1.1. 11 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 FolkArt Pale Gray?

Mr. Paint Dove Grey is the closest equivalent to FolkArt Pale Gray in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Monument Silver (ΔE 1.3) and AK Interactive Raf Sky Grey (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to FolkArt Pale Gray?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Splinter Camouflage Base, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full FolkArt to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Pale Gray equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dove Grey Mr Paint MRP-223 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Grey Mr Paint MRP-354 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect

Full FolkArt → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Monument

  1. A Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 025 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. D Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 045 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full FolkArt → Monument conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Sky Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11848 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Raf Sky Grey / Fs 26373 – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC285 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full FolkArt → AK Interactive conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer WP1472 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full FolkArt → The Army Painter conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 236 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix 238 ΔE 15.5 · far

Full FolkArt → Liquitex conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B FS 36440 TC-0024 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B 626 Camouflage Grey Raf TC-0129 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full FolkArt → Tom Color conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 36440 Light Gull Gray Acrylics AMIG0241 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Fs 26373 Silver Grey Acrylics AMIG0212 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full FolkArt → Mig conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full FolkArt → Duncan conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Splinter Camouflage Base Panzer Aces 70.345 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Silver Metal Color 77.724 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full FolkArt → Vallejo conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Dolphin Grey Gloss™ 20624 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full FolkArt → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Dark Gray (1) Aqueous Hobby Color H82 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Dark Gray (1) Mr Color 31 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full FolkArt → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Pale Gray equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Administratum Grey Layer ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Grey Seer Base ΔE 3.5 · close

Full FolkArt → Citadel conversion chart

Pale Gray in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Foundry #9D9E9F Gun Metal Paint System ΔE 3.4
Reaper #9F9F9F Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #A2A19D Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 3.5
Scale75 #929D97 Pastel Green Artist Range ΔE 3.6
Revell #9DA2A6 Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.6
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.9
Warcolours #A5A5A5 Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.0
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 5.2
Humbrol #9BA2AA Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin ΔE 5.4
Mission Models #9B9EA5 White Aluminum ΔE 5.6
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 6.5
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.4
Coat d'Arms #B0BBB7 Horse Tone – Grey Military Range ΔE 7.8
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.9
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 8.1
Acrilex #B3BEAE Areia Lunar Paints ΔE 10.5
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 10.8

Nearest colours inside FolkArt

  1. B Winter White Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Pearl White Metallics ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C Burgundy Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. C Sawgrass Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Dove Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 4.8 · close
  6. D Clover Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.3 · similar

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