Honed Steel
Reaper · Master Series Paints Core Colors · 9053
#B0B0B0 · L*71.8 a*0.0 b*0.0
The closest match to Reaper Honed Steel in every other range, nearest first.
Reaper Honed Steel is a light grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Aluminium at ΔE 0.3. 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 Reaper Honed Steel?
AK Interactive Aluminium is the closest equivalent to Reaper Honed Steel in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Chrome (ΔE 0.3) and Mig Stone Grey (ΔE 0.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Reaper Honed Steel?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Chrome, ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Reaper to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Reaper Honed Steel Shop AK Interactive Aluminium (Metallic (3rd Gen)) Shop AK Interactive Metallic (3rd Gen) set
Honed Steel equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Aluminium Metallic (3rd Gen) AK11207 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Matte Medium Auxiliary (3rd Gen) AK11234 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
Honed Steel equivalent in Vallejo
- A Chrome Metal Color 77.707 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Aluminium Metal Color 77.701 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
Honed Steel equivalent in Mig
- A Stone Grey Acrylics AMIG0075 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Honed Steel equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Silver Dragon D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Shining Silver Warpaints WP1129 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Honed Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Rough Silver Mr Metallic Color GX GX208 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Honed Steel equivalent in Mission Models
- A Chrome MMC-001 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Aircraft Grey Gloss FS 16473 MMP-102 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Honed Steel equivalent in Citadel
- B Nuln Oil Gloss Shade ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Grey Seer Base ΔE 3.7 · close
Honed Steel equivalent in FolkArt
- B Cut Grass Acrylic Colors 2579 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Burgundy Acrylic Colors 957 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Honed Steel equivalent in Golden
- B N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1447 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Zinc White OPEN Acrylics 7415 ΔE 8.5 · similar
Honed Steel equivalent in Scale75
- B Miskatonic Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D City Dust Soil Works ΔE 5.5 · similar
Honed Steel equivalent in Tom Color
- B Ship Grey TC-0233 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Raf Light Aircraft Grey TC-0117 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Honed Steel equivalent in Warcolours
- B Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Warm Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 5.1 · similar
Honed Steel in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 3.2 |
| Duncan | #A5A5A4 | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 3.2 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.4 |
| Revell | #A6A9AE | Silver Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 3.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #ACB1B7 | Gunmetal Grey Metallic Colors | ΔE 3.5 |
| Arteza | #ACABB1 | Silver Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 3.6 |
| Foundry | #BEBEBE | Leather & Metal Washes Light Paint System | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mr. Paint | #A3A9A9 | Light Gray SU-27 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.8 |
| Monument | #ABAEA7 | Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #BEC2C5 | Real Navy Gloss™ | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #B3AAAE | Smoke Spray | ΔE 5.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #AEB2BD | Enchanted Silver Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.5 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.6 |
| Humbrol | #9BA2AA | Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | ΔE 6.3 |
| P3 | #B5BCB2 | Galvanized Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.1 |
| Italeri | #97A7B2 | Light Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.2 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 10.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 12.1 |
Nearest colours inside Reaper
- A Aircraft Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A True Silver Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Filigree Silver Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Shining Mithril Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Misty Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 7.3 · similar
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