Paint Equivalents

Dark Slate Grey

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-117

#52554C · L*35.6 a*-3.1 b*4.8

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

Mr. Paint Dark Slate Grey is a dark, muted yellow. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Industrial Thick Mud at ΔE 0.4. 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 Slate Grey?

Vallejo Industrial Thick Mud is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Dark Slate Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Coat d'Arms Dark Earth (ΔE 1.1) and Duncan Ashen Grey (ΔE 1.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Dark Slate Grey?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Industrial Thick Mud, ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Paint Dark Slate Grey Shop Vallejo Industrial Thick Mud Shop Vallejo Weathering FX set

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Industrial Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.809 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. A Camouflage Dark Green Model Air 71.019 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. A Dark Earth Military Range 234 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. C Olive Drab World War II Range 508 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Ashen Grey Wave 2 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Eidolon Grey Wave 2 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Duncan conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Monument

  1. A Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 074 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Matt Cexwish Brown Grey Pro Signature Series S22 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Monument conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Green Air (3rd Gen) AK11840 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Idf Sinai Grey 82 AFV AK791 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Rlm71 Dark Green Mr Color 17 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Rlm81 Brown Violet Mr Color 121 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Grey RLM 66 German WWII Late War Cockpits, etc MMP-089 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Schwarzgrun RLM 70 German WWII MMP-088 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones 9465 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9085 ΔE 6.7 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Reaper conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Foundry

  1. B British Denison Green Paint System 98B ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C German Splinter Green Shade Paint System 84A ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Dark Green Raf TC-0119 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light TC-0195 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Tom Color conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Revell

  1. B Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Revell conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt 27 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays S27 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Humbrol conversion chart

Dark Slate Grey in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mig #525044 Gun Metal Acrylics ΔE 3.3
The Army Painter #4B4D3E Tundra Taupe Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.1
FolkArt #4A504E Ash Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.3
P3 #5F6156 Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.4
Apple Barrel #555F54 Hunter Green Colors ΔE 4.7
Tamiya #4D4E4D Gun metal Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.3
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 5.6
Italeri #585B5B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.7
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 5.7
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.9
Scale75 #3F4C45 Field Grey 2 Warfront Range ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.4
Citadel #4E483B Sylvaneth Bark Dry ΔE 6.6
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.2
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 8.4
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 8.8
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 9.5
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.6

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Bsc No.34 Mr Paint ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Steel Mr Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Olive Drab 41 Mr Paint ΔE 3.3 · very close
  4. C Steel Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.5 · close
  5. C Army Forest Green FS34086 Mr Paint ΔE 4.0 · close
  6. C SCC No.15 Mr Paint ΔE 4.9 · close

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