Paint Equivalents

Steel

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint - Aqua Colors · MRP-A013

#5A5B56 · L*38.4 a*-1.4 b*2.7

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

Mr. Paint Steel is a mid grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Humbrol Sea Grey at ΔE 0.7. 9 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Steel equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Sea Grey 27 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Primer 1 ΔE 2.6 · very close

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Steel equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A RLM 74 RC278 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Rlm 74 AK11825 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

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Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Broadsword Silver ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Gun Metal ΔE 3.6 · close

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Steel equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Classic French Gray 6472 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Pewter 99232 ΔE 2.8 · very close

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Steel equivalent in P3

  1. B Boiler Black ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Pyg Grey ΔE 3.8 · close

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Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Charcoal Black Light 34C ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C American Green Shade 93A ΔE 3.9 · close

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Steel equivalent in Revell

  1. B Olive Grey ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Greenish Grey ΔE 2.6 · very close

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Steel equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B US Forest Green 71.294 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B German Field Grey 28.006 ΔE 3.0 · very close

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Steel equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Dark Earth 234 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Black 154 ΔE 6.4 · similar

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Steel equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Flat Rubber 4861AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 4853AP ΔE 3.7 · close

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Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Rlm71 Dark Green 17 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Rlm81 Brown Violet 121 ΔE 3.2 · very close

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Steel equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Grey RLM 66 German WWII Late War Cockpits, etc MMP-089 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Schwarzgrun RLM 70 German WWII MMP-088 ΔE 4.0 · close

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Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #64615C Shadowed Stone ΔE 3.5
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey ΔE 3.6
Duncan #5C5E5F Dungeon Stone Grey ΔE 3.8
Scale75 #57585A Dunkelgrau Gray ΔE 4.5
Mig #505050 Neutral Wash ΔE 4.9
Tamiya #505557 Gun metal ΔE 4.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 5.3
Apple Barrel #555F54 Hunter Green ΔE 5.9
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 ΔE 6.0
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray ΔE 6.1
Citadel #6D655F Stormvermin Fur ΔE 6.8
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 ΔE 7.1
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey ΔE 7.4
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey ΔE 8.2
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown ΔE 9.6

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Steel ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. C Bsc No.34 ΔE 3.5 · close
  3. C Dark Slate Grey ΔE 3.5 · close
  4. C Dark Gunship Grey FS36081 ΔE 3.6 · close
  5. C RLM 75 ΔE 4.7 · close
  6. C RLM 75 Grauviolett ΔE 4.7 · close