Paint Equivalents

BBS Silver

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint - Car · MRP-C017

#767A7B · L*50.9 a*-1.3 b*-1.1

The closest match to Mr. Paint BBS Silver in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint BBS Silver is a mid grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Grey Blue at ΔE 0.8. 10 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. Paint BBS Silver?

AK Interactive Grey Blue is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint BBS Silver in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Italeri Flat Ocean Grey (ΔE 0.8) and Tamiya Light gun metal (ΔE 1.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint BBS Silver?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Jet Exhaust, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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BBS Silver equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Grey Blue Figures (3rd Gen) AK11426 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Staubgrau-dusty Grey RAL 7037 10ml Real Colors - Air RC215 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint 4854AP ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Medium Gray Acrylic Paint 4746AP ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Italeri conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Light gun metal Spray TS-42 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Light gun metal Lacquer Paint LP-20 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Tamiya conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Plate Armour Wave 1 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Duncan conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Slate Grey Light Paint System 32C ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. D German Early Field Grey Shade Paint System 77A ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in P3

  1. B Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.1 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → P3 conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Jet Exhaust Metal Color 77.713 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Burnt Iron Metal Color 77.721 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Transparent Cool Grey Transparent paints ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Metallic Pewter Metallic paints ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Warcolours conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Shadowed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9052 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Gozreh Gray Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89545 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Reaper conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Green Stuff World conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B RAL 7042 Trafic Grey TC-0087 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C FS 36231 TC-0019 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Tom Color conversion chart

BBS Silver equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Brush-On Primer Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

BBS Silver in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #767675 Astrogranite Technical ΔE 2.6
Mr. Hobby #7A8083 JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color ΔE 2.6
Revell #757A80 Steel Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.8
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 2.8
Mig #7C7E7B RLM 75 Grauviolett Acrylics ΔE 2.9
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 4.1
FolkArt #838280 Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4
Mission Models #6F7075 Duraluminum ΔE 4.9
Scale75 #6E6E70 Winter Grey Warfront Range ΔE 5.0
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 5.3
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 5.5
Coat d'Arms #6D746D Armour Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 5.8
Humbrol #6E6D75 Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 7.1
Monument #837876 Ninjon Red Grey Pro Signature Series ΔE 8.1
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.8
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 10.2
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 12.5
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 16.8

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Chrome Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Silver Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  3. A Panzer Grey Mr Paint ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  4. A Super Silver Metallic Mr Paint ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  5. A White Aluminium Mr Paint ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  6. B Silver Metallic Mr Paint ΔE 2.2 · very close

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