Paint Equivalents

Cold Steel

P3 · Privateer Press Formula P3

#BFCACE · L*80.6 a*-3.0 b*-3.3

The closest match to P3 Cold Steel in every other range, nearest first.

P3 Cold Steel is a light grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Turbo Dork Tin Star at ΔE 0.5. 8 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 P3 Cold Steel?

Turbo Dork Tin Star is the closest equivalent to P3 Cold Steel in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Sparkling Snow (ΔE 1.7) and Tamiya Bare-metal silver (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to P3 Cold Steel?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Ghost Grey, ΔE 3.0 — a very close substitute. The full P3 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Cold Steel equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. A Tin Star ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. D Silver Fox ΔE 5.0 · similar

Cold Steel equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Sparkling Snow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9689 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Brush-On Grey Primer Master Series Paints Core Colors Primer 9299 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full P3 → Reaper conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray AS-12 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss X-11 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full P3 → Tamiya conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Runefang Steel Air ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Mithril Silver Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.9 · close

Full P3 → Citadel conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Battleship Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Ghoul Grey D&D Undead Set ΔE 4.2 · close

Full P3 → The Army Painter conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Revell

  1. B Light Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Aluminium Email Color - Metallic ΔE 3.6 · close

Full P3 → Revell conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Aluminium Aerosol Sprays S56 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics 56 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full P3 → Humbrol conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Gray Mr Paint MRP-402 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Blue - Gray Mr Paint MRP-405 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full P3 → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Ghost Grey Game Color 72.046 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Wolf Grey Game Color 72.047 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full P3 → Vallejo conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Gun Chrome Mr Color 104 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color 338 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full P3 → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Armour Light Paint System 35C ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Arctic Grey Paint System 33B ΔE 4.7 · close

Full P3 → Foundry conversion chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Arcadian Blue (F 1965) MMP-136 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C USN Pale Grey Blue 5P MMP-133 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full P3 → Mission Models conversion chart

Cold Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #C9CFD5 Primer Surface White Primers ΔE 3.1
AK Interactive #B4BEBF Spectrum Blue Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.4
Apple Barrel #BEC2C5 Real Navy Gloss™ ΔE 3.4
FolkArt #BEC2C5 Medium Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 3.4
Italeri #C5CECB Silver Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.7
Acrilex #D2DADC Cinza Paints ΔE 4.2
Coat d'Arms #CED7D4 Elven Grey Fantasy Range ΔE 4.7
Tom Color #C5C7C4 RAL 7035 ΔE 4.8
Mig #C7DBE2 RLM 65 Hellblau Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #C9C9C9 Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 4.9
Green Stuff World #CCCCCC Primer Grey Matt Surface ΔE 5.0
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.1
Monument #AFBDBA Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series ΔE 5.5
Golden #CAD3E2 Zinc White Heavy Body ΔE 6.2
Arteza #B2C1D3 Cold Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.5
Duncan #DCDCDD Matt Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 6.8
Liquitex #DFDFDF Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.3
Kimera Kolors #E4E4E4 The White Pure Pigments ΔE 8.2

Nearest colours inside P3

  1. C Underbelly Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Quick Silver Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4 · similar
  3. D Galvanized Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.9 · similar
  4. D Frostbite Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.7 · similar
  5. E Radiant Platinum Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 10.9 · far
  6. E Trollblod Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 12.8 · far

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