Steel
Mig · Acrylics · AMIG0191
#B7C2B1 · L*77.2 a*-6.9 b*7.3
The closest match to Mig Steel in every other range, nearest first.
Mig Steel is a light, muted green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Acrilex Areia Lunar, ΔE 1.1. 15 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 Mig Steel?
Acrilex Areia Lunar is the closest equivalent to Mig Steel in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby Light Gray (ΔE 2.2) and Mr. Paint Light Blue FS 35622 (ΔE 2.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mig Steel?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Green, ΔE 3.9 — a close substitute. The full Mig to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Steel equivalent in Acrilex
- A Areia Lunar Paints 879 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- E Verde Agua Paints 821 ΔE 10.9 · far
Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Light Gray Mr Color 97 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Gray Fs16440 Aqueous Hobby Color H315 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Light Blue FS 35622 Mr Paint MRP-225 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Light Grey FS36495 Mr Paint MRP-364 ΔE 3.7 · close
Steel equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Pale Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11161 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Ijn J3 Hai-iro (grey) 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC302 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Steel equivalent in Monument
- B Bright Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 015 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series S04 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Steel equivalent in FolkArt
- B Green Sea Acrylic Colors 2621 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Villa Green Acrylic Colors 2636 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Steel equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Bright Green Gloss™ 20361 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Leaf Green Colors 20528 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Steel equivalent in Italeri
- B Flat Sky Type's Acrylic Paint 4856AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Flat Italian Interior Green Acrylic Paint 4855AP ΔE 6.6 · similar
Steel equivalent in Scale75
- B Undead Dragon Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Mojave White Scale Color Range ΔE 7.6 · similar
Steel equivalent in P3
- C Galvanized Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Radiant Platinum Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7 · close
Steel equivalent in Tamiya
- C Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat XF-76 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Light gray (IJN) Lacquer Paint LP-32 ΔE 4.2 · close
Steel equivalent in Vallejo
- C Light Green Mecha Color 69.025 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Light Blue Model Air 71.328 ΔE 4.5 · close
Steel in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #A9B79F | Deepkin Flesh Layer | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #A7BBB0 | Boggard Green Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 4.5 |
| Creature | #C7C8B2 | Bright Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.8 |
| Golden | #C1C0AB | Transparent Shading Gray High Flow | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tom Color | #ADB699 | Seafoam Green | ΔE 5.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B0BBB7 | Horse Tone – Grey Military Range | ΔE 5.9 |
| Mission Models | #A3BAB2 | Lichtblau RLM 76 | ΔE 6.1 |
| The Army Painter | #C3C5BE | Stone Golem Warpaints | ΔE 6.3 |
| Foundry | #CDD4CC | Austrian White Shade Paint System | ΔE 6.5 |
| Revell | #C3D4B2 | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.1 |
| Arteza | #A5BAB7 | Pearl Sage Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| Warcolours | #C0BDB6 | Warm Grey 1 Layer paints | ΔE 8.3 |
| Liquitex | #D8D4B1 | Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.4 |
| Humbrol | #C0D0A1 | Lime Green Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 9.5 |
| Duncan | #ABAB87 | Green Beret Wave 2 | ΔE 9.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #CFC9C2 | Sparkle Motion | ΔE 10.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #CCCCCC | Primer Grey Matt Surface | ΔE 10.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 13.3 |
Nearest colours inside Mig
- C Matt Aluminum Acrylics ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Silver Acrylics ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Fs 36495 Light Gray Acrylics ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Fs 36622 Gray Acrylics ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Fs 34424 Light Gray Green Acrylics ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Sky Type S (bs 210) Acrylics ΔE 7.0 · similar
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