Paint Equivalents

Exhaust Soot

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-180

#898989 · L*57.1 a*0.0 b*0.0

The closest match to Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot is a mid grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml at ΔE 0.4. 9 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 Exhaust Soot?

AK Interactive Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Platinum (ΔE 0.4) and Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey (ΔE 1.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Magnesium, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot Shop AK Interactive Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Shop AK Interactive Real Colors - Air set

Exhaust Soot equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. B Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml Real Colors - Air RC248 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. B Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors 4623 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → FolkArt conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. D Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer CP3008 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Citadel conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9206 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. C Weathered Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9087 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Reaper conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Magnesium Metal Color 77.711 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Steel Mecha Color 69.063 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Duncan conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Warcolours conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Golden

  1. B N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Golden conversion chart

Exhaust Soot equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Exhaust Soot in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #8A8E91 Haze Grey Usn WW2 ΔE 2.8
Mr. Hobby #8B8E92 IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color ΔE 2.9
Scale75 #8B8683 Rainy Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.9
Mig #7F8487 Fs 36293 Acrylics ΔE 3.5
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 4.1
P3 #8D8581 Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.3
Revell #889093 Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.4
Italeri #898C85 Aluminium Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.5
Monument #8D857E Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series ΔE 5.0
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #99979A Pure Silver Colors ΔE 5.4
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 6.0
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 6.5
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.9
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #838270 Faded Khaki World War II Range ΔE 9.2
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 12.6
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 13.4

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Duraluminium Mr Paint ΔE 3.2 · very close
  3. C Modern Italian Sky Gray FS36280 Mr Paint ΔE 4.3 · close
  4. C Dark Grey 033 Mr Paint ΔE 4.4 · close
  5. C U.S. Medium Mod. Gray FS36251 Mr Paint ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. C Gray FS36270 Mr Paint ΔE 4.7 · close

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