Tarnished Steel
Reaper · Master Series Paints Core Colors · 9206
#8B8A88 · L*57.5 a*-0.0 b*1.2
The closest match to Reaper Tarnished Steel in every other range, nearest first.
Reaper Tarnished Steel is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot at ΔE 1.2. 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 Tarnished Steel?
Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot is the closest equivalent to Reaper Tarnished Steel in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey (ΔE 1.3) and The Army Painter Fairy Dust (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Reaper Tarnished Steel?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Steel, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Reaper to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Reaper Tarnished Steel Shop Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Duraluminium Mr Paint MRP-008 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- D Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 6.1 · similar
Tarnished Steel equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer CP3008 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Duncan
- A Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 4.2 · close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Steingrau-stone Grey RAL 7030 10ml Real Colors - Air RC213 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in FolkArt
- A Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Silver Sterling Metallics 662 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Citadel
- A Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.6 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Warcolours
- B Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.2 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Vallejo
- B Steel Mecha Color 69.063 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Magnesium Metal Color 77.711 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Scale75
- B Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Rainy Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.4 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Mission Models
- B Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Transparent Smoke MMP-170 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Tarnished Steel equivalent in Foundry
- B Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 3.0 · very close
Tarnished Steel in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #8F918C | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 3.3 |
| Tom Color | #8A8E91 | Haze Grey Usn WW2 | ΔE 3.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #8B8E92 | IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color | ΔE 3.8 |
| Italeri | #898C85 | Aluminium Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.8 |
| Golden | #979392 | N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 3.8 |
| P3 | #8D8581 | Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.8 |
| Revell | #909088 | Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 3.8 |
| Monument | #8D857E | Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mig | #7F8487 | Fs 36293 Acrylics | ΔE 4.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #95999A | Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.5 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 7.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 7.3 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 7.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #838270 | Faded Khaki World War II Range | ΔE 8.4 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 11.5 |
| Creature | #AC9C83 | White Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.3 |
Nearest colours inside Reaper
- B Weathered Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Blade Steel Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Adamantine Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Shadowed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 7.0 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot