Paint Equivalents

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color)

Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H76

#888084 · L*54.4 a*3.8 b*-1.1

The closest match to Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron is a mid grey. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Reaper Dark Elf Highlight at ΔE 2.0 — very close. 22 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 Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color)?

Reaper Dark Elf Highlight is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) in any other range, at ΔE 2.0 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Pearl Grey (ΔE 3.6) and The Army Painter Gun Metal (ΔE 3.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Gull Gray, ΔE 4.2 — a close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Hobby Burnt Iron Shop Reaper Dark Elf Highlight Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Dark Elf Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9165 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C Cold Iron Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89549 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Reaper conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Pearl Grey Artist Range ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Rainy Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Scale75 conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Gun Metal Warpaints Primer CP3025 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Gun Metal Warpaints WP1131 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → The Army Painter conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. C Dark Gull Gray Model Air 71.277 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C Medium Grey Mecha Color 69.038 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Vallejo conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. C Slaanesh Grey Dry ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Citadel conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Monument

  1. C Ninjon Red Grey Pro Signature Series S12 ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series S23 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Monument conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in P3

  1. C Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. D Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → P3 conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Golden

  1. C N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. D N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 7.3 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Golden conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. D Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 Air (3rd Gen) AK11885 ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml Real Colors - Air RC248 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → AK Interactive conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. D Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Warcolours conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Arteza

  1. D Gray Acrylic Premium Paints A003 ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. E Silver Acrylic Premium Paints A734 ΔE 13.9 · far

Full Mr. Hobby → Arteza conversion chart

Burnt Iron (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. D Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss 156 ΔE 5.6 · similar
  2. D Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss 123 ΔE 8.9 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Humbrol conversion chart

Burnt Iron in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mission Models #8B8B8D Dark Aluminum ΔE 5.6
FolkArt #888888 Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 5.6
Mig #7D8087 Grey High Light Acrylics ΔE 5.7
Tamiya #7D8087 IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.7
Mr. Paint #898989 Exhaust Soot Mr Paint ΔE 5.7
Foundry #7A7B7D Slate Grey Light Paint System ΔE 5.8
Green Stuff World #7B7E83 Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 6.0
Apple Barrel #807583 Lilac Dust Colors ΔE 6.3
Duncan #7D7F7F Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 6.4
Tom Color #7E8386 FS 36231 ΔE 7.3
Revell #757A80 Steel Email Color - Metallic ΔE 7.6
Coat d'Arms #917F75 Gun Metal Fantasy Range ΔE 7.8
Italeri #74797B Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.5
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 9.6
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 10.2
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 11.5
Acrilex #978FAC Violeta Gris Paints ΔE 11.8
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 16.6

Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby

  1. D IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color ΔE 7.2 · similar
  2. D JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color ΔE 8.0 · similar
  3. D Dark Gray (2) Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 9.1 · similar
  4. D Gray Fs36270 Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 9.4 · similar
  5. E Ice Silver Mr Metallic Color GX ΔE 10.4 · far
  6. E IJN Hull Color/Sasebo Mr Color ΔE 10.7 · far

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