Dark Wash
Mig · Washes · AMIG1008
#171310 · L*6.2 a*1.2 b*2.3
The closest match to Mig Dark Wash in every other range, nearest first.
Mig Dark Wash is a near-black neutral. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Humbrol Black at ΔE 0.0. 5 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
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to Mig Dark Wash?
Humbrol Black is the closest equivalent to Mig Dark Wash in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Black 6rp (ΔE 1.3) and Golden Carbon Black (ΔE 1.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mig Dark Wash?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Wash, ΔE 3.0 — a very close substitute. The full Mig to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mig Dark Wash Shop Humbrol Black (Acrylics - Satin)
Dark Wash equivalent in Humbrol
- A Black Acrylics - Satin 85 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- C Black Acrylics - Gloss 21 ΔE 4.5 · close
Dark Wash equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Black 6rp Real Colors - AFV RC071 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Carbon Black Ink (3rd Gen) AK11223 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Golden
- A Carbon Black Fluid 2040 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- D Carbon Black Heavy Body 1040 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Dark Wash equivalent in Reaper
- B Ebony Flesh Master Series Paints Bones 9440 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Noir Black Master Series Paints Core Colors 9289 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in FolkArt
- B Burnt Umber Acrylic Colors 462 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Sequin Black Metallics 661 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Monument
- B AdeptiCon Spray-Team Satin Black Pro Acrylic Primer S39 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Black Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 200 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Grim Black Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Grim Black Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.5 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Creature
- B Brown Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-052 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Coal Black Monument Pro Acryl MPA-002 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Citadel
- B Corvus Black Air ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Mordant Earth Technical ΔE 2.5 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Scale75
- B Black Ink Artist Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Art Black Artist Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
Dark Wash equivalent in Acrilex
- B Preto Paints 520 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- E Rústico Paints 896 ΔE 15.9 · far
Dark Wash equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Dark Aluminium Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A014 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Gun Metal Mr Paint MRP-149 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Dark Wash in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #0E0E0E | Rlm 83 | ΔE 3.0 |
| Vallejo | #0E0D0E | Black Wash Game Color Wash | ΔE 3.0 |
| Apple Barrel | #0A0907 | Black Gloss™ | ΔE 3.1 |
| Foundry | #191919 | Blackened Barrel Paint System | ΔE 3.1 |
| Warcolours | #191919 | Cool Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 3.1 |
| Green Stuff World | #1A1A1A | Primer Black Matt Surface | ΔE 3.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #1F1E1D | RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 3.7 |
| Tamiya | #040000 | Black Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 4.5 |
| Italeri | #000000 | Black Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mission Models | #000000 | Black | ΔE 4.5 |
| P3 | #000000 | Thamar Black Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.5 |
| Revell | #141519 | Black Email Color - Silk | ΔE 5.0 |
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Liquitex | #232325 | Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.1 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 11.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 25.5 |
Nearest colours inside Mig
- B Starship Wash Washes ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Tracks Wash Washes ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Matt Black Acrylics ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B One Shot Primer - Black Primers ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Black Wash Washes ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Satin Black Acrylics ΔE 3.7 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot