Gold
Revell · Email Color - Metallic
#CDB285 · L*73.9 a*3.2 b*26.6
The closest match to Revell Gold in every other range, nearest first.
Revell Gold is a light, moderately saturated orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Mid Ground / Earth at ΔE 1.5. 12 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 metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to Revell Gold?
Scale75 Mid Ground / Earth is the closest equivalent to Revell Gold in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tamiya Wooden deck tan (ΔE 1.5) and AK Interactive Russian Greyish Yellow (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Revell Gold?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Bag of Bones, ΔE 2.0 — a very close substitute. The full Revell to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Revell Gold Shop Scale75 Mid Ground / Earth
Gold equivalent in Scale75
- A Mid Ground / Earth Soil Works ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Dark Sand Soil Works ΔE 2.6 · very close
Gold equivalent in Tamiya
- A Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat XF-78 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Light sand Lacquer Paint LP-30 ΔE 3.7 · close
Gold equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Russian Greyish Yellow Real Colors - AFV RC099 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Wooden Deck Naval AK5032 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Gold equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Bsc No.64 Mr Paint MRP-338 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Beige RAL 1001 Mr Paint MRP-210 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Gold equivalent in Mission Models
- A Gelbbraun RAL 8020 MMP-010 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C British Light Stone RAL 61 MMP-044 ΔE 3.8 · close
Gold equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color 528 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Super Gold 2 Mr Color Super Metallic 2 SM202 ΔE 5.0 · close
Gold equivalent in Vallejo
- B Bag of Bones Xpress Color 72.450 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Ivory Model Air 71.075 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Gold equivalent in Tom Color
- B Medium Skin Tone TC-0307 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Deck Tan TC-0310 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Gold equivalent in Duncan
- B Pale Skin Wave 3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Flesh Wash Wave 1 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Gold equivalent in Mig
- B Yellow Grey Acrylics AMIG0057 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B New Iraqui Army Sand Acrylics AMIG0029 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Gold equivalent in FolkArt
- B Camel Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2945 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C 14K Gold Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 2965 ΔE 3.8 · close
Gold equivalent in Foundry
- B American Tan Paint System 92B ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Drab Light Paint System 12C ΔE 5.3 · similar
Gold in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #D2AD81 | Golden Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.6 |
| Citadel | #C0A973 | Morghast Bone Base | ΔE 4.2 |
| The Army Painter | #DEB57D | Otyugh Brown D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments | ΔE 4.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #E1C095 | Parchment Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.6 |
| P3 | #C7B378 | Icy Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.7 |
| Creature | #D5C18F | Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.7 |
| Italeri | #E0C68F | Light Flesh Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #B8AB7E | Ivory Colors | ΔE 5.8 |
| Humbrol | #B7A889 | Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 6.0 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 6.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #CAB876 | Dark Sand Military Range | ΔE 6.4 |
| Acrilex | #DEB28F | Camurça Queimado Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Monument | #BC9866 | Bright Gold Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 9.6 |
| Warcolours | #FACF8B | Orange 1 Layer paints | ΔE 9.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #D6B34F | All That Glitters | ΔE 10.1 |
| Liquitex | #D8D4B1 | Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 11.6 |
Nearest colours inside Revell
- A Beige Email Color - Silk ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
- D Africa Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 9.3 · similar
- D Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 9.9 · similar
- E Beige Email Color - Matt ΔE 11.1 · far
- E Flesh Email Color - Matt ΔE 12.6 · far
- E Ochre Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 13.6 · far
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