Paint Equivalents

Iridescent Bright Silver

Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 236

#9C9E9D · L*64.9 a*-0.9 b*0.3

The closest match to Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver in every other range, nearest first.

Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver is a mid grey. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Monument Silver at ΔE 1.0. 6 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 Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver?

Monument Silver is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Astrogranite Debris (ΔE 1.4) and Foundry Gun Metal (ΔE 1.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Silver, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Monument

  1. A Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 025 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. D Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 045 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full Liquitex → Monument conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Grey Seer Base ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Liquitex → Citadel conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Gun Metal Paint System 104B ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Liquitex → Foundry conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Liquitex → Reaper conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer WP1472 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Liquitex → The Army Painter conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Silver Metal Color 77.724 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Stone Wall Grey Game Air 72.749 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Liquitex → Vallejo conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Dark Gray (1) Aqueous Hobby Color H82 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Liquitex → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dove Grey Mr Paint MRP-223 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Grey Mr Paint MRP-354 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full Liquitex → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Sky Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11848 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Raf Sky Grey / Fs 26373 – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC285 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Liquitex → AK Interactive conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Pure Silver Colors 20762 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Liquitex → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pale Gray Acrylic Colors 6463 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Winter White Acrylic Colors 429 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Liquitex → FolkArt conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. D Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Liquitex → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Iridescent Bright Silver in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #999EA1 626 Camouflage Grey Raf ΔE 2.4
Warcolours #979797 Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 2.5
Duncan #A5A5A4 Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 2.5
Mig #99999B Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics ΔE 2.7
Revell #9DA2A6 Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.0
Scale75 #9C9DA1 Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.0
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.0
Mission Models #9B9EA5 White Aluminum ΔE 4.3
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.4
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 4.5
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 4.8
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.2
Coat d'Arms #B2A7A5 Mid Grey Military Range ΔE 7.5
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.9
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 8.0
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 10.7
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 11.1

Nearest colours inside Liquitex

  1. E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 15.5 · far
  2. E Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 17.2 · far
  3. E Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 18.6 · far
  4. E Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 19.2 · far
  5. E Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 20.4 · far
  6. E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 20.5 · far

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