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 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

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 9689 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Brush-On Grey Primer 9299 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full P3 → Reaper chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Bare-metal silver AS-12 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Chrome silver X-11 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full P3 → Tamiya chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Runefang Steel ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Runefang Steel ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full P3 → Citadel chart

Cold Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Battleship Grey ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Ghoul Grey ΔE 4.2 · close

Full P3 → The Army Painter chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Revell

  1. B Light Grey ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Aluminium ΔE 3.6 · close

Full P3 → Revell chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Aluminium S56 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Aluminium 56 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full P3 → Humbrol chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint

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

Full P3 → Mr. Paint chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Vallejo

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

Full P3 → Vallejo chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

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

Full P3 → Mr. Hobby chart

Cold Steel equivalent in Foundry

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

Full P3 → Foundry 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 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 ΔE 3.1
AK Interactive #B4BEBF Spectrum Blue ΔE 3.4
Apple Barrel #BEC2C5 Real Navy ΔE 3.4
FolkArt #BEC2C5 Medium Gray ΔE 3.4
Italeri #C5CECB Silver ΔE 3.7
Coat d'Arms #CED7D4 Elven Grey ΔE 4.7
Mig #C7DBE2 RLM 65 Hellblau ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #C9C9C9 Metallic White ΔE 4.9
Green Stuff World #CCCCCC Primer Grey ΔE 5.0
Creature #B3B8BC Silver ΔE 5.1
Monument #AFBDBA Vince Venturella White Blue ΔE 5.5
Golden #CAD3E2 Zinc White ΔE 6.2
Arteza #B2C1D3 Cold Gray ΔE 6.5
Duncan #DCDCDD Matt Varnish ΔE 6.8
Liquitex #DFDFDF Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent ΔE 7.3
Kimera Kolors #E4E4E4 The White ΔE 8.2

Nearest colours inside P3

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