Steel Grey
Green Stuff World · Acrylic Colors
#2A333C · L*20.8 a*-1.3 b*-6.9
The closest match to Green Stuff World Steel Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Green Stuff World Steel Grey is a very dark, muted blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry American Olive Green Shade at ΔE 1.4. 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 Green Stuff World Steel Grey?
Foundry American Olive Green Shade is the closest equivalent to Green Stuff World Steel Grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint SCC No.14 (ΔE 1.4) and AK Interactive Sea Blue (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Green Stuff World Steel Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Glossy Sea Blue, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Green Stuff World to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Green Stuff World Steel Grey Shop Foundry American Olive Green Shade Shop Foundry Paint System set
Steel Grey equivalent in Foundry
- A American Olive Green Shade Paint System 94A ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Union Blue Shade Paint System 111A ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Steel Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A SCC No.14 Mr Paint MRP-348 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Steel Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Sea Blue Air AK2233 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 Real Colors - Air RC208 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Steel Grey equivalent in Monument
- B Vince Venturella Payne's Grey Pro Signature Series S02 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 044 ΔE 3.7 · close
Steel Grey equivalent in Liquitex
- B Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 320 ΔE 4.6 · close
Steel Grey equivalent in Warcolours
- B Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 6.4 · similar
Steel Grey equivalent in Tom Color
- B RAL 5008 Graublau TC-0084 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Ana 607 Sea Blue TC-0159 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Steel Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- B Glossy Sea Blue Model Air 71.300 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Dark Sea Blue Model Color 70.898 ΔE 3.7 · close
Steel Grey equivalent in Golden
- B Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics 7240 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Payne's Gray Heavy Body 1240 ΔE 4.0 · close
Steel Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- B Payne Gray Pure™ Artist Pigment 7109 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Peppercorn Acrylic Colors 6473 ΔE 3.7 · close
Steel Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- B Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Steel Grey equivalent in Italeri
- C Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint 4604AP ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 4.5 · close
Steel Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #1E2931 | Thunder Storm Warpaints Air | ΔE 3.5 |
| Mig | #272B34 | RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau Acrylics | ΔE 3.6 |
| Scale75 | #2C3033 | Green Grey Artist Range | ΔE 3.7 |
| Revell | #2E2F34 | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.2 |
| Reaper | #202835 | Coal Black Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mission Models | #35363A | Pearl Deep Charcoal | ΔE 4.5 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #1E3042 | Blue Fs15050 A Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 4.7 |
| Humbrol | #24383F | Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #343D4E | Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.6 |
| Citadel | #273E51 | Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) | ΔE 6.0 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.1 |
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 6.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 7.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.1 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.7 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 11.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 16.2 |
Nearest colours inside Green Stuff World
- D Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Deep Black Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 7.7 · similar
- D Mirage Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.9 · similar
- D Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 8.4 · similar
- D Bluegrey Dusk Acrylic Colors ΔE 9.0 · similar
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