Paint Equivalents

Steel (Mr Paint)

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-030

#595A54 · L*38.0 a*-1.6 b*3.3

The closest match to Mr. Paint Steel (Mr Paint) 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 0.6. 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 Steel (Mr Paint)?

Humbrol Sea Grey is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Steel (Mr Paint) in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive RLM 74 (ΔE 1.4) and Tom Color Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Steel (Mr Paint)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is US Forest Green, ΔE 2.2 — 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) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt 27 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B Primer Acrylics - Matt 1 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Humbrol conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A RLM 74 Real Colors - WWII RC278 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Rlm 74 Air (3rd Gen) AK11825 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full Mr. Paint → AK Interactive conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light TC-0195 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C RAL 7009 TC-0086 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Tom Color conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Broadsword Silver Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Gun Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B US Forest Green Model Air 71.294 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B NATO Green Model Air 71.093 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Dark Earth Military Range 234 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. D Chocolate Brown World War II Range 519 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Olive Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Revell conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Rlm71 Dark Green Mr Color 17 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Rlm81 Brown Violet Mr Color 121 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in P3

  1. B Boiler Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full Mr. Paint → P3 conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Classic French Gray Acrylic Colors 6472 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Pewter Metallics 99232 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → FolkArt conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Grey RLM 66 German WWII Late War Cockpits, etc MMP-089 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Schwarzgrun RLM 70 German WWII MMP-088 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Steel (Mr Paint) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Charcoal Black Light Paint System 34C ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Granite Paint System 31B ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Monument #54544A Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.0
Reaper #535A53 Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.4
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 3.5
Italeri #585B5B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.0
Duncan #535548 Eidolon Grey Wave 2 ΔE 4.2
Mig #525044 Gun Metal Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Scale75 #57585A Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 5.0
Tamiya #4D4E4D Gun metal Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.0
Apple Barrel #555F54 Hunter Green Colors ΔE 5.6
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 5.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 6.0
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.0
Citadel #6D655F Stormvermin Fur Layer ΔE 7.1
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.6
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 8.4
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 9.4

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Steel Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Bsc No.34 Mr Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Dark Slate Grey Mr Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. C Dark Gunship Grey FS36081 Mr Paint ΔE 4.0 · close
  5. D RLM 75 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 5.3 · similar
  6. D RLM 75 Grauviolett Mr Paint ΔE 5.3 · similar

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