Paint Equivalents

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color)

Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H317

#3E5C54 · L*36.6 a*-13.0 b*1.1

The closest match to Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 is a dark, muted blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Foundry Russian Gun Apple Green Shade, ΔE 1.7. 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 Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color)?

Foundry Russian Gun Apple Green Shade is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color Medium Green 42 (ΔE 2.1) and Mr. Paint Gunship Green FS34092 (ΔE 2.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is German Green Tail Light, ΔE 4.1 — a close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Hobby Gray Fs36231 Shop Foundry Russian Gun Apple Green Shade Shop Foundry Paint System set

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Russian Gun Apple Green Shade Paint System 110A ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A American Olive Green Light Paint System 94C ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Hobby → Foundry conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Medium Green 42 TC-0168 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Foliage Green TC-0138 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Tom Color conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Gunship Green FS34092 Mr Paint MRP-235 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Medium Green 42 Mr Paint MRP-140 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Sla Blue AFV (3rd Gen) AK11356 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Dark Blue-grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11164 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → AK Interactive conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Us Dark Green World War II Range 523 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Military Green World War II Range 503 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Thicket Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2918 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Malachite Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6310 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → FolkArt conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Monument

  1. B Black Green Pro Acrylic Paints 057 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Ben Komets Green Oxide Pro Signature Series S16 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Monument conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Traitor Green Wave 3 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Merald Green Wave 1 ΔE 7.1 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Duncan conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Evergreen Fog Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Exile Green Warpaints Air ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → The Army Painter conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Revell

  1. C Sea Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.4 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Revell conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. C German Green Tail Light Panzer Aces 70.308 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D IJN Deep Dark Green Model Air 71.310 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Vallejo conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Russian Armor Green Acrylic Paint 4807AP ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Euro I Dark Green Acrylic Paint 4729AP ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Italeri conversion chart

Gray Fs36231 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mig #42685B Waffen Ss Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Golden #43695E Cobalt Green OPEN Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Mission Models #4D605C Bronze Green British AFV ΔE 4.8
Reaper #3D504A Highland Moss Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.0
Apple Barrel #2D5241 Mountain Forest Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.1
Arteza #375B5F Deep Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.1
Citadel #354D4C Dark Reaper Layer ΔE 6.3
Scale75 #3D5152 Basilisk Green Instant Colors Range ΔE 6.9
Humbrol #525D57 Primer Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.1
Tamiya #3D593F Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.6
Kimera Kolors #306E64 Samurai Green Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 8.1
Liquitex #254737 Muted Green Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.5
P3 #596453 Mage Hunter Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.5
Green Stuff World #055145 Turquoise Ghost Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 8.8
Creature #10545A Jade Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.8
Warcolours #00535B Turquoise 4 Layer paints ΔE 9.9
Acrilex #004433 Verde Esmeralda Paints ΔE 11.7
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 13.4

Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby

  1. B Medium Seagray Bs381c/637 A Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B RLM75 Gray Violet Acrysion ΔE 3.0 · very close
  3. C Green Fs34102 Mr Color ΔE 3.6 · close
  4. C Dark Green Mr Color ΔE 4.6 · close
  5. D Gray Fs36118 Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 5.0 · similar
  6. D Green Fs34079 Mr Color ΔE 5.1 · similar

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