Paint Equivalents

N6 Neutral Gray

Golden · Heavy Body · 1446

#979392 · L*61.2 a*1.3 b*1.0

The closest match to Golden N6 Neutral Gray in every other range, nearest first.

Golden N6 Neutral Gray is a mid grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Weathered Stone at ΔE 1.7. 10 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 N6 Neutral Gray?

Reaper Weathered Stone is the closest equivalent to Golden N6 Neutral Gray in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Silver (ΔE 2.0) and Duncan Carcharodon Grey (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Golden N6 Neutral Gray?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Silver, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Golden to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Golden N6 Neutral Gray Shop Reaper Weathered Stone Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Weathered Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9087 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Golden → Reaper conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Silver Model Color 70.997 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Aluminium Metal Color 77.703 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Golden → Vallejo conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Golden → Duncan conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints WP1130 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Golden → The Army Painter conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Golden → Foundry conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Leadbelcher Air ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Nuln Oil Shade ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Golden → Citadel conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Golden → Warcolours conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Pure Silver Colors 20762 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Golden → Apple Barrel conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full Golden → Mig conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Golden → Green Stuff World conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C Steingrau-stone Grey RAL 7030 10ml Real Colors - Air RC213 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Golden → AK Interactive conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Transparent Smoke MMP-170 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Golden → Mission Models conversion chart

N6 Neutral Gray in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Paint #898989 Exhaust Soot Mr Paint ΔE 4.2
Scale75 #9C9DA1 Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 4.5
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.5
FolkArt #888888 Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 4.6
Mr. Hobby #8B8E92 IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color ΔE 4.6
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.6
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 4.7
Tom Color #8A8E91 Haze Grey Usn WW2 ΔE 4.9
P3 #8D8581 Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
Revell #909088 Stone Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.2
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.3
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.4
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.6
Coat d'Arms #B2A7A5 Mid Grey Military Range ΔE 7.4
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 10.1
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 10.5
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 10.8
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.1

Nearest colours inside Golden

  1. D N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 6.1 · similar
  2. E N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 10.7 · far
  3. E Zinc White OPEN Acrylics ΔE 12.2 · far
  4. E N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 15.2 · far
  5. E Transparent Shading Gray High Flow ΔE 15.9 · far
  6. E N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 16.1 · far

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