Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays)
Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays · S56
#BFC9D2 · L*80.5 a*-1.7 b*-5.7
The closest match to Humbrol Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Aluminium is a light, muted blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Ghost Grey at ΔE 0.7. 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 Humbrol Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays)?
Vallejo Ghost Grey is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Light Gray (ΔE 0.8) and Turbo Dork Tin Star (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Ghost Grey, ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Aluminium Shop Vallejo Ghost Grey Shop Vallejo Game Color set
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Ghost Grey Game Color 72.046 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- C Wolf Grey Hobby Paint 28.020 ΔE 4.0 · close
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Light Gray Mr Paint MRP-402 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Blue - Gray Mr Paint MRP-405 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Turbo Dork
- B Tin Star ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Silver Fox ΔE 5.1 · similar
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Scale75
- B Primer Surface White Primers ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Speed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 5.8 · similar
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Citadel
- B Runefang Steel Air ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Mithril Silver Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.0 · very close
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in P3
- B Cold Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Underbelly Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Mission Models
- B Arcadian Blue (F 1965) MMP-136 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C USN Pale Grey Blue 5P MMP-133 ΔE 4.4 · close
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Reaper
- B Sparkling Snow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9689 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Foggy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9316 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Foundry
- B Armour Light Paint System 35C ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Arctic Grey Paint System 33B ΔE 5.7 · similar
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Ghoul Grey D&D Undead Set ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Battleship Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.4 · close
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Tamiya
- B Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray AS-12 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- B Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss X-11 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Aluminium (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Real Navy Gloss™ 20353 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Elephant Gray Colors 4470E ΔE 5.5 · similar
Aluminium in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FolkArt | #BEC2C5 | Medium Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 3.6 |
| Revell | #BABFC2 | Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #B2BFC4 | Gun Chrome Mr Color | ΔE 3.9 |
| Golden | #CAD3E2 | Zinc White Heavy Body | ΔE 4.0 |
| Arteza | #B2C1D3 | Cold Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| AK Interactive | #C0C1C5 | Grey Primer Primer (3rd Gen) | ΔE 4.4 |
| Tom Color | #D2DAE5 | Highlight Skin Tone | ΔE 4.5 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.0 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 5.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #D5D9E4 | Silver Military Range | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mig | #B4CEDB | Light Blue Acrylics | ΔE 5.4 |
| Warcolours | #C9C9C9 | Metallic White Metallic paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #CCCCCC | Primer Grey Matt Surface | ΔE 5.5 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.2 |
| Duncan | #DCDCDD | Matt Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 7.1 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.7 |
| Liquitex | #DFDFDF | Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.6 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- B Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Light Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Silver Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Silver Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.4 · similar
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