Paint Equivalents

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint)

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-146

#6C716B · L*47.1 a*-3.1 b*2.7

The closest match to Mr. Paint Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint Dark Aluminium is a mid grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Neutral Grey at ΔE 1.2. 13 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 Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint)?

AK Interactive Neutral Grey is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Coat d'Arms Armour (ΔE 1.5) and Citadel Dawnstone (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Grey RLM63, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Paint Dark Aluminium Shop AK Interactive Neutral Grey Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Neutral Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11018 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B RAL 7037 Dunkelgrau 51 AFV AK734 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. A Armour Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 153 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Black Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 154 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Dawnstone Air ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Iron Warriors Base ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Citadel conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B German Early Field Grey Shade Paint System 77A ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. D German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System 78A ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B IJN Hull Color/Sasebo Mr Color 602 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Dark Gray (2) Aqueous Hobby Color H83 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Light Grey RLM63 Model Air 71.260 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Industrial Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.803 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Mouse Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Light Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Revell conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B NeutRAL Grey 43 Versão 1 TC-0171 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Medium Sea Grey TC-0122 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Tom Color conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 9.4 · similar

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Brush-On Primer Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Field Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Winter Grey Warfront Range ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Scale75 conversion chart

Dark Aluminium (Mr Paint) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C Ocean Grey RAF WWII Mid/Late FS 36173 MMP-093 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Have Glass Grey FS36170 MMP-083 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Dark Aluminium in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Duncan #707263 Rodent Grey Wave 2 ΔE 4.3
Italeri #6C6A65 Grauviolett RLM 75 Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.5
FolkArt #6E6B64 Steel Gray Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.6
Reaper #707070 Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #767269 Warm Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 4.9
Mig #6B6B6B One Shot Primer - Grey Primers ΔE 5.1
Tamiya #777776 Light gun metal Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.2
Green Stuff World #787878 Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.9
P3 #797979 Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.1
Golden #6F6B6A N5 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 6.7
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.1
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 7.2
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 7.6
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 8.2
Humbrol #525D57 Primer Aerosol Sprays ΔE 8.5
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 9.5
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 14.2
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 14.7

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. B Titanium Mr Paint ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B White Aluminium Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.3 · very close
  3. C Smoke Clear Mr Paint ΔE 4.8 · close
  4. C RLM 63 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.8 · close
  5. C RLM 63 Hellgrau Mr Paint ΔE 4.8 · close
  6. C Super Silver Metallic Mr Paint ΔE 5.0 · close

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