Gun Metal
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 104B
#9D9E9F · L*65.1 a*-0.2 b*-0.6
The closest match to Foundry Gun Metal in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Gun Metal is a light grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Astrogranite Debris at ΔE 0.7. 7 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 Foundry Gun Metal?
Citadel Astrogranite Debris is the closest equivalent to Foundry Gun Metal in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Crusader Silver (ΔE 0.8) and Vallejo Silver (ΔE 0.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Gun Metal?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Silver, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Gun Metal Shop Citadel Astrogranite Debris Shop Citadel Technical set
Gun Metal equivalent in Citadel
- A Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Grey Seer Base ΔE 2.3 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Reaper
- A Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Vallejo
- A Silver Metal Color 77.724 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- A Stone Wall Grey Game Air 72.749 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Gun Metal equivalent in Liquitex
- A Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 236 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix 238 ΔE 15.6 · far
Gun Metal equivalent in Scale75
- A Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- D Spectral Wolf Instant Colors Range ΔE 6.7 · similar
Gun Metal equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer WP1472 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Mig
- A Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- A Chrome Silver Mr Metal Color 211 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Gun Metal equivalent in Tom Color
- B 626 Camouflage Grey Raf TC-0129 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Silver Grey TC-0241 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Monument
- B Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 025 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 045 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Gun Metal equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Light Grey FS36373 Mr Paint MRP-372 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Dove Grey Mr Paint MRP-223 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Gun Metal equivalent in Warcolours
- B Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 2.3 · very close
Gun Metal in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Barrel | #95999A | Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 2.4 |
| Duncan | #A5A5A4 | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 2.4 |
| Revell | #9DA2A6 | Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 2.4 |
| AK Interactive | #A0A4A3 | Raf Sky Grey Air (3rd Gen) | ΔE 2.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #A2A19D | Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 2.9 |
| Mission Models | #9B9EA5 | White Aluminum | ΔE 3.1 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 3.2 |
| FolkArt | #9F9EA4 | Deep Ocean Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.2 |
| Golden | #979392 | N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 4.2 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.5 |
| Italeri | #8E9493 | Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.7 |
| Arteza | #ACABB1 | Silver Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #8F918C | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 5.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B2A7A5 | Mid Grey Military Range | ΔE 6.7 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 7.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 10.8 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 11.8 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- C Arctic Grey Shade Paint System ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Armour Shade Paint System ΔE 4.2 · close
- D German Late Field Grey Light Paint System ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D British Gun Grey Paint System ΔE 8.7 · similar
- D British Gun Grey Light Paint System ΔE 8.8 · similar
- D Leather & Metal Washes Light Paint System ΔE 9.1 · similar
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