Paint Equivalents

Ocean Gray

Mr. Hobby · Mr Color · 362

#5B676B · L*42.7 a*-3.6 b*-3.8

The closest match to Mr. Hobby Ocean Gray in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Hobby Ocean Gray is a dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Ocean Grey at ΔE 1.1. 14 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 Ocean Gray?

AK Interactive Raf Ocean Grey is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Ocean Gray in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) (ΔE 1.9) and Revell Greyish Blue (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Ocean Gray?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Intermediate Blue, ΔE 4.4 — a close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Hobby Ocean Gray Shop AK Interactive Raf Ocean Grey (Air (3rd Gen)) Shop AK Interactive Air (3rd Gen) set

Ocean Gray equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Ocean Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11842 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A French Artillery Grey AFV AK4052 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Hobby → AK Interactive conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) Mr Paint MRP-439 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Smoke Clear Mr Paint MRP-271 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Revell

  1. B Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Revell conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Rebel Grey Paint System 118B ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System 78A ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Foundry conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-56 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat XF-77 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Tamiya conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Mig

  1. B Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics AMIG0245 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics AMIG0235 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Mig conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Slate Grey World War II Range 533 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Field Blue World War II Range 518 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B RAL 7012 Basaltgrau TC-0088 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C RAL 7011 Iron Grey TC-0085 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Tom Color conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Shadow Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Duncan conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Dark Gull Gray Acrylic Paint 4755AP ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Italeri conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Uniform Grey Warpaints Primer WP1118P ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Dungeon Stone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → The Army Painter conversion chart

Ocean Gray equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. C Black Ice ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Six Shooter ΔE 9.4 · similar

Ocean Gray in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mission Models #505E67 Extra Dark Sea Grey BS381 RAF ΔE 4.2
Vallejo #646D76 Intermediate Blue Model Color ΔE 4.4
FolkArt #525B62 Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.9
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.0
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.7
Scale75 #646464 Primer Surface Gray Primers ΔE 5.8
P3 #4E5861 Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.2
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.3
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 6.5
Apple Barrel #4E6B7D Sky Blue Colors ΔE 7.0
Reaper #707070 Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 7.2
Citadel #697068 Dawnstone Air ΔE 7.6
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.9
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 8.6
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.4
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 9.6
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 9.6
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 11.0

Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby

  1. B German Gray Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Gray Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.5 · close
  3. C Neutral Gray Acrysion ΔE 4.5 · close
  4. C JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color ΔE 4.8 · close
  5. D Gray Fs36270 Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 6.1 · similar
  6. D Dark Seagray Bs381c 638 Mr Color ΔE 6.1 · similar

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