Paint Equivalents

Dark Gray

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-404

#494E52 · L*32.9 a*-1.1 b*-3.1

The closest match to Mr. Paint Dark Gray in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint Dark Gray is a dark grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Creature Dark Warm Grey at ΔE 0.3. 5 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 Gray?

Creature Dark Warm Grey is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Dark Gray in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Foundry Slate Grey Shade (ΔE 0.3) and Arteza Pearl Space Grey (ΔE 1.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Dark Gray?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Grey, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Paint Dark Gray Shop Creature Dark Warm Grey Shop Creature Monument Pro Acryl set

Dark Gray equivalent in Creature

  1. A Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-016 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. E Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-044 ΔE 10.9 · far

Dark Gray equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Slate Grey Shade Paint System 32A ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. C Soviet Winter Green Shade Paint System 96A ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Arteza

  1. A Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints A204 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. D Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints A004 ΔE 7.5 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Arteza conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Rlyeh Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Scale75 conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Blue Grey Model Air 71.115 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Field Blue Model Color 70.964 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Adeptus Battlegrey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Citadel conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Grauviolet RLM 75 MMP-050 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Panzer Grey RAL 7021 MMP-014 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Burnt Iron Acrysion N76 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C German Gray Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC07 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Raf Ocean Grey Air AK2014 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B 507a Admirality Dark Grey Naval AK5033 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Gunship grey Spray TS-48 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss X-10 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Tamiya conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Gun Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

Dark Gray equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Sir Coates Silver Wave 1 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Duncan conversion chart

Dark Gray in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Revell #484B52 Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.6
Monument #464C4C Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 2.9
Tom Color #434E52 Raf Dark Green 1975-now ΔE 3.0
Reaper #47484D Tempest Grey Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.1
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.2
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 3.3
Mig #505050 Neutral Wash Washes ΔE 3.3
Green Stuff World #515151 Atramentum Black Wash Ink ΔE 3.5
P3 #4A5456 Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6
FolkArt #4A504E Ash Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.0
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 4.1
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 4.3
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 4.7
Italeri #585B5B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #464742 Dark Gray Gloss™ ΔE 6.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 6.8
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 8.2
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.0

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Amt-12 Dark Grey Mr Paint ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Nobels Dark Tarmac No.4 Mr Paint ΔE 2.6 · very close
  3. B Grigio Azzurro Mr Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. B Dark Grey FS36076 Mr Paint ΔE 3.4 · very close
  5. C Gunship Grey FS363118 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. C Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray Mr Paint - Car ΔE 4.7 · close

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