Paint Equivalents

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics)

Golden · OPEN Acrylics · 7040

#373736 · L*23.0 a*-0.2 b*0.6

The closest match to Golden Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) in every other range, nearest first.

Golden Carbon Black is a dark grey. 12 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mission Models Gun Metal at ΔE 0.7. 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 Golden Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics)?

Mission Models Gun Metal is the closest equivalent to Golden Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Warcolours Metallic Black (ΔE 0.7) and Reaper Grey Liner (ΔE 0.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Golden Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Glaze, ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Golden to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Gun Metal MMM-010 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Anthrazitgrau RAL 7016 (Anthracite Grey) MMP-140 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Golden → Mission Models conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. D Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Golden → Warcolours conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Grey Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors 9065 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Carbon Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9318 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Golden → Reaper conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Eclipse Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Winter Shadow Warfront Range ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Golden → Scale75 conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Rubber / Tires General AK720 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Dunkelgrau Shadow AFV AK161 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Golden → AK Interactive conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Black Glaze Model Color 70.855 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.808 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Golden → Vallejo conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Graphite Metallic Mr Paint MRP-272 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Gray Carbon Brake Mr Paint - Car MRP-C012 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable

Full Golden → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix 505 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. D Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Full Golden → Liquitex conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Black Spray TS-14 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat XF-1 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full Golden → Tamiya conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 105C ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B British Denison Green Shade Paint System 98A ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Golden → Foundry conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A White Matt Aerosol Sprays S34 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics 53 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Golden → Humbrol conversion chart

Carbon Black (OPEN Acrylics) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A MS Red Gundam Color Spray SG5 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Rlm66 Black Gray Mr Color 116 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Golden → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Carbon Black in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 2.2
Green Stuff World #343436 Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.3
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics ΔE 2.4
FolkArt #393532 Boulder Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.6
The Army Painter #363231 Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 2.9
Apple Barrel #353630 Pewter Grey Colors ΔE 3.4
Monument #404240 PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer ΔE 3.8
Creature #292D2F Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.4
Italeri #32393D Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.5
Coat d'Arms #3B413F Angel Green Fantasy Range ΔE 4.7
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.7
Citadel #45413B Skavenblight Dinge Layer ΔE 4.9
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.0
Tom Color #3D383C Tire Black ΔE 5.1
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 5.4
P3 #48453D Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.2
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 9.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 14.4

Nearest colours inside Golden

  1. B N3 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Bone Black Heavy Body ΔE 2.3 · very close
  3. C Bone Black Fluid ΔE 3.5 · close
  4. C Raw Umber Heavy Body ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Raw Umber OPEN Acrylics ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. C Graphite Gray Heavy Body ΔE 4.7 · close

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