Paint Equivalents

RLM 61

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint - Aqua Colors · MRP-A054

#3E3936 · L*24.4 a*1.5 b*2.7

The closest match to Mr. Paint RLM 61 in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint RLM 61 is a dark grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Duncan Doom Death Black at ΔE 1.3. 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 RLM 61?

Duncan Doom Death Black is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint RLM 61 in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby Rlm66 Black Gray (ΔE 1.3) and Tamiya Metallic black (ΔE 1.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint RLM 61?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Brown Thick Mud, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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RLM 61 equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Death Reaper Wave 1 ΔE 3.8 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Rlm66 Black Gray Mr Color 116 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C MS Red Gundam Color Spray SG5 ΔE 4.1 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Metallic black Lacquer Paint LP-40 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Black Spray TS-14 ΔE 4.0 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Boulder Acrylic Colors 4624 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Real Brown Acrylic Colors 231 ΔE 3.8 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Charcoal Black Paint System 34B ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Quagmire Shade Paint System 63A ΔE 2.7 · very close

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RLM 61 equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Russian 4bo Shadow AFV AK029 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Burnt Umber AFV AK789 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

RLM 61 equivalent in Golden

  1. B N2 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1442 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B VanDyke Brown Hue Fluid 2442 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Golden conversion chart

RLM 61 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Rough Iron Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.0 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Brown Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.811 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Grey Green Model Color 70.866 ΔE 2.7 · very close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Charadon Granite Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.0 · very close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Gun Metal MMM-010 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C NATO Black MMP-035 ΔE 4.9 · close

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RLM 61 equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.6 · close

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RLM 61 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #363636 Grey Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.5
Scale75 #363636 Eclipse Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #38352E Ranger Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.6
Apple Barrel #4A423F Burnt Umber Colors ΔE 3.6
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.8
Humbrol #323232 White Matt Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.1
Mig #3C3229 Interiors Wash Washes ΔE 4.5
Tom Color #3D383C Tire Black ΔE 4.6
Monument #404240 PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer ΔE 5.1
P3 #48453D Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.2
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.7
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.8
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 6.2
Creature #2C282A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.3
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 6.6
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.6
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 7.4
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 14.4

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A RLM 61 Dunkelbraun Mr Paint ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Dark Green Camo FS34084 Mr Paint ΔE 3.0 · very close
  3. B Graphite Metallic Mr Paint ΔE 3.2 · very close
  4. B Gray Carbon Brake Mr Paint - Car ΔE 3.2 · very close
  5. C RLM 81 Variant 2 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.6 · close
  6. C Exhaust Metal Mr Paint ΔE 3.7 · close

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