Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors)
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 (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Paint Steel is a mid grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Humbrol Sea Grey at ΔE 0.7. 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 Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors)?
Humbrol Sea Grey is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive RLM 74 (ΔE 1.3) and Tom Color Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is US Forest Green, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Paint Steel Shop Humbrol Sea Grey (Acrylics - Matt) Shop Humbrol Acrylics - Matt set
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Humbrol
- A Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt 27 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Primer Acrylics - Matt 1 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A RLM 74 Real Colors - WWII RC278 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Rlm 74 Air (3rd Gen) AK11825 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Tom Color
- A Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light TC-0195 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C RAL 7009 TC-0086 ΔE 4.0 · close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Broadsword Silver Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Gun Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 3.6 · close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Classic French Gray Acrylic Colors 6472 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Pewter Metallics 99232 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in P3
- B Boiler Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.8 · close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Foundry
- B Charcoal Black Light Paint System 34C ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C American Green Shade Paint System 93A ΔE 3.9 · close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Revell
- B Olive Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.6 · very close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Vallejo
- B US Forest Green Model Air 71.294 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B German Field Grey Hobby Paint 28.006 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Dark Earth Military Range 234 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Black Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 154 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Italeri
- B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint 4861AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 3.7 · close
Steel (Mr Paint - Aqua Colors) equivalent in Acrilex
- B Grafite Paints 530 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Sépia Paints 551 ΔE 9.1 · similar
Steel in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #595A4F | Rlm71 Dark Green Mr Color | ΔE 3.2 |
| Mission Models | #595B50 | Dark Grey RLM 66 German WWII Late War Cockpits, etc | ΔE 3.3 |
| Reaper | #64615C | Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.5 |
| Monument | #5E5E5E | Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #565656 | Slate Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.6 |
| Duncan | #5C5E5F | Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 | ΔE 3.8 |
| Scale75 | #57585A | Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mig | #505050 | Neutral Wash Washes | ΔE 4.9 |
| Tamiya | #505557 | Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 4.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 5.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #555F54 | Hunter Green Colors | ΔE 5.9 |
| Warcolours | #4C4C4C | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | ΔE 6.0 |
| Golden | #4A4A48 | N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 6.1 |
| Citadel | #6D655F | Stormvermin Fur Layer | ΔE 6.8 |
| Liquitex | #6F685E | Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.1 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.4 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #54483C | Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 9.6 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint
- A Steel Mr Paint ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- C Bsc No.34 Mr Paint ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Dark Slate Grey Mr Paint ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Dark Gunship Grey FS36081 Mr Paint ΔE 3.6 · close
- C RLM 75 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.7 · close
- C RLM 75 Grauviolett Mr Paint ΔE 4.7 · close
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