Light Grey
Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Matt · 64
#CFD0D2 · L*83.5 a*0.0 b*-1.1
The closest match to Humbrol Light Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Light Grey is a light grey. 11 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Brigade Grey at ΔE 0.5. 4 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 Light Grey?
The Army Painter Brigade Grey is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Light Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Foggy Grey (ΔE 0.7) and Mr. Hobby Shine Silver (ΔE 1.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Light Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Gunmetal, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Light Grey Shop The Army Painter Brigade Grey Shop The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic set
Light Grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Brigade Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
- A Spaceship Exterior Warpaints WP1454 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in Reaper
- A Foggy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9316 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- A Misty Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9090 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Shine Silver Mr Color 90 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- A Super Chrome Silver 2 Mr Color Super Metallic 2 SM206 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Aluminium Chipping AFV AK139 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- A Silver & Metal Midtones Figures AK3035 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in Scale75
- A Speed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Primer Surface White Primers ΔE 2.7 · very close
Light Grey equivalent in Mig
- A Cold Gray Acrylics AMIG0119 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Light Brown-gray Acrylics AMIG0120 ΔE 3.5 · close
Light Grey equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Primer Grey Matt Surface ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C Quicksilver Metallic Colors ΔE 4.6 · close
Light Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- A Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat XF-16 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Mica silver Spray TS-76 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- A Cottage White Acrylic Colors 6446 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Licorice Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2934 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Light Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A Gunmetal Premium Airbrush Color 62.052 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Silver Arte Deco 81.121 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Light Grey equivalent in Foundry
- A Armour Paint System 35B ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Armour Light Paint System 35C ΔE 2.3 · very close
Light Grey equivalent in Warcolours
- B Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Cool Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
Light Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #D3D0CF | Wrack White Dry | ΔE 2.3 |
| Mission Models | #D9D9D9 | Grey Primer Primer | ΔE 2.4 |
| Duncan | #DCDCDD | Matt Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 2.9 |
| P3 | #D7D9E0 | Quick Silver Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.3 |
| Revell | #C4CACA | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #DEDCDF | Mountain Blue Colors | ΔE 3.4 |
| Liquitex | #DFDFDF | Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.7 |
| Tom Color | #C5C7C4 | RAL 7035 | ΔE 3.7 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 3.9 |
| Golden | #E3DFDE | N8 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 4.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #D5D9E4 | Silver Military Range | ΔE 4.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 4.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #BFCACF | Tin Star | ΔE 4.8 |
| Creature | #DADBD5 | Metallic Medium Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.9 |
| Monument | #E6E6E6 | Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.1 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.2 |
| Mr. Paint | #BCC6CF | Light Gray Mr Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Arteza | #E7E9E8 | Silver Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- A Silver Aerosol Sprays ΔE 0.2 · indistinguishable
- B Silver Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Aluminium Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays ΔE 6.6 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot