Armor Wash
P3 · Privateer Press Formula P3 Wash
#879284 · L*59.3 a*-6.7 b*6.1
The closest match to P3 Armor Wash in every other range, nearest first.
P3 Armor Wash is a mid-toned, muted green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mr. Paint IJAAF 1 Hairyokushoku (Greenish Gray Version), ΔE 1.7. 16 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
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to P3 Armor Wash?
Mr. Paint IJAAF 1 Hairyokushoku (Greenish Gray Version) is the closest equivalent to P3 Armor Wash in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Dutch Aqua (ΔE 3.4) and Vallejo Light Green Blue (ΔE 3.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to P3 Armor Wash?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Green Blue, ΔE 3.5 — a close substitute. The full P3 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop P3 Armor Wash Shop Mr. Paint IJAAF 1 Hairyokushoku (Greenish Gray Version) Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Armor Wash equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A IJAAF 1 Hairyokushoku (Greenish Gray Version) Mr Paint MRP-415 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Light Green Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-285 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Armor Wash equivalent in FolkArt
- B Dutch Aqua Acrylic Colors 4664 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Italian Sage Acrylic Colors 467 ΔE 4.5 · close
Armor Wash equivalent in Vallejo
- C Light Green Blue Model Color 70.972 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Cement Grey Model Air 71.045 ΔE 4.7 · close
Armor Wash equivalent in Tamiya
- C RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-22 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray AS-11 ΔE 4.6 · close
Armor Wash equivalent in Mig
- C Fs 36314 (bs 626) Acrylics AMIG0207 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Fs 36440 Light Gull Gray Acrylics AMIG0241 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Armor Wash equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Wwi German Fokker Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11801 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Ijn J3 Hai-iro (grey) Air (3rd Gen) AK11891 ΔE 4.5 · close
Armor Wash equivalent in Tom Color
- C Cockpit Green Raf TC-0127 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Grigio Mimetico TC-0139 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Armor Wash equivalent in Mission Models
- C Neutral Haze Grey US Navy (WWII/Post) MMP-114 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D J3 SP Lt Grey Japanese Zero (Amber) MMP-110 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Armor Wash equivalent in Foundry
- C British Blanco Green Paint System 91B ΔE 4.2 · close
- C German Early Field Grey Paint System 77B ΔE 4.3 · close
Armor Wash equivalent in Duncan
- C Kobold Grey Wave 2 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Armor Wash equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Granite Gray Colors 21392 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Wedgewood Green Colors 20530 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Armor Wash equivalent in Scale75
- C Peridot Alchemy Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Pastel Green Artist Range ΔE 5.3 · similar
Armor Wash in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #939F8C | Scaly Hide Warpaints | ΔE 4.5 |
| Citadel | #8F9690 | Administratum Grey Air | ΔE 4.6 |
| Italeri | #898C85 | Aluminium Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Reaper | #7D978C | Pale Lichen Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.5 |
| Mr. Hobby | #829693 | Barley Gray Bs4800/18b21 Mr Color | ΔE 5.9 |
| Revell | #909088 | Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.1 |
| Coat d'Arms | #838270 | Faded Khaki World War II Range | ΔE 7.4 |
| Arteza | #88A38E | Pearl Pastel Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.5 |
| Monument | #9E9B8A | White Gold Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.5 |
| Warcolours | #908D88 | Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints | ΔE 8.6 |
| Golden | #95A17B | Terre Verte Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 9.1 |
| Green Stuff World | #8C8C8C | Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 9.4 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #6F7C63 | Fallen Grass Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 9.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 11.6 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 12.6 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 12.9 |
| Creature | #AC9C83 | White Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 13.7 |
Nearest colours inside P3
- D Cryx Bane Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Riven Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.9 · similar
- D Traitor Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.6 · similar
- D Bastion Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.8 · similar
- E Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 10.5 · far
- E Caspian Flesh Wash Privateer Press Formula P3 Wash ΔE 11.4 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot