Paint Equivalents

RLM 72

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint - Aqua Colors · MRP-A061

#3E3F3A · L*26.4 a*-1.5 b*2.9

The closest match to Mr. Paint RLM 72 in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint RLM 72 is a dark grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive RLM 75 at ΔE 0.7. 7 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 72?

AK Interactive RLM 75 is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint RLM 72 in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Winter Shadow (ΔE 1.6) and Golden Bone Black (ΔE 1.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint RLM 72?

The nearest Vallejo paint is UK Bronze Green, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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RLM 72 equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A RLM 75 Air AK2008 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. A Ash Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11024 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

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RLM 72 equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Winter Shadow Warfront Range ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Scale75 conversion chart

RLM 72 equivalent in Golden

  1. A Bone Black Heavy Body 1010 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B N3 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1443 ΔE 2.4 · very close

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RLM 72 equivalent in Monument

  1. B PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer 011P ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B PRIME Dark Camo Green Pro Acrylic Primer 007P ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Monument conversion chart

RLM 72 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B UK Bronze Green Surface Primer 70.607 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Yellow Olive Model Color 70.892 ΔE 3.5 · close

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RLM 72 equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Dark Black Green Ijn TC-0098 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Field Grey Base 2 (cinza) TC-0321 ΔE 4.7 · close

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RLM 72 equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Medium Gray Acrylic Colors 425 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Boulder Acrylic Colors 4624 ΔE 4.8 · close

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RLM 72 equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Dark Gray Gloss™ 20366 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Pewter Grey Colors 20580 ΔE 3.0 · very close

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RLM 72 equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Angel Green Fantasy Range 155 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Panzer Grey World War II Range 504 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

RLM 72 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Gun Metal MMM-010 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Anthrazitgrau RAL 7016 (Anthracite Grey) MMP-140 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

RLM 72 equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Skavenblight Dinge Layer ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Charadon Granite Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.1 · similar

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RLM 72 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Hardened Carapace Warpaints WP1430 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Crow Hue Warpaints Air ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

RLM 72 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Hobby #373C34 Olive Drab Fs34087 Mr Color ΔE 3.4
P3 #48453D Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.5
Reaper #414141 Carbon Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.5
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 3.6
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.7
Foundry #433F3C Charcoal Black Paint System ΔE 3.8
Tamiya #393D3E Metallic black Spray ΔE 4.0
Green Stuff World #38352E Ranger Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.0
Italeri #3F4742 Olive Drab US Army Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.4
Revell #424335 Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.8
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.8
Humbrol #323232 White Matt Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.3
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics ΔE 6.0
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.4
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.6
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 7.8
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 8.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 12.7

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A RLM 72 Grun Mr Paint ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B Dark Green Camo FS34084 Mr Paint ΔE 2.6 · very close
  3. B Graphite Metallic Mr Paint ΔE 2.8 · very close
  4. B Gray Carbon Brake Mr Paint - Car ΔE 2.8 · very close
  5. C RLM 73 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.7 · close
  6. C RLM 70 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.8 · close

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