Black Metal
Scale75 · Metal N Alchemy Range
#484848 · L*30.6 a*0.0 b*0.0
The closest match to Scale75 Black Metal in every other range, nearest first.
Scale75 Black Metal is a dark grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Stormy Grey at ΔE 0.7. 5 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 Scale75 Black Metal?
Reaper Stormy Grey is the closest equivalent to Scale75 Black Metal in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive A-14 Interior Steel Grey (ΔE 0.7) and Vallejo Black Green RLM70 (ΔE 1.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Scale75 Black Metal?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Green RLM70, ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Scale75 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Scale75 Black Metal Shop Reaper Stormy Grey Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Black Metal equivalent in Reaper
- A Stormy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9088 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Carbon Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9318 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in AK Interactive
- A A-14 Interior Steel Grey Air AK2241 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Dunkelgrau Light Base AFV AK164 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Vallejo
- A Black Green RLM70 Model Air 71.021 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Green RLM72 Model Air 71.263 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Black Metal equivalent in Warcolours
- A Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.3 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Golden
- A N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1444 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Graphite Gray Heavy Body 1160 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Black Metal equivalent in Tamiya
- A Rubber black Spray TS-82 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Gun metal Lacquer Paint LP-19 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Oil Aqueous Hobby Color H342 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- A RLM74 Dark Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H68 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Black Metal equivalent in Foundry
- A Dark African Flesh Shade Paint System 121A ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Soviet Winter Green Shade Paint System 96A ΔE 3.4 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Duncan
- B Oblivion Black Wash Wave 1 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Sir Coates Silver Wave 1 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Mission Models
- B Cold Rolled Steel MMM-002 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Metallic Burnt Iron 1 MMM-001 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Black Metal equivalent in Citadel
- B Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Skavenblight Dinge Layer ΔE 4.5 · close
Black Metal equivalent in Monument
- B Matt Cexwish Brown Grey Pro Signature Series S22 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer 011P ΔE 3.0 · very close
Black Metal in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #444643 | Dark Black Green Ijn | ΔE 2.7 |
| FolkArt | #464541 | Medium Gray Acrylic Colors | ΔE 2.7 |
| Mig | #505050 | Neutral Wash Washes | ΔE 2.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #515151 | Atramentum Black Wash Ink | ΔE 3.1 |
| The Army Painter | #44474C | Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 | ΔE 3.2 |
| Mr. Paint | #464B4F | Amt-12 Dark Grey Mr Paint | ΔE 3.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #464742 | Dark Gray Gloss™ | ΔE 3.4 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.5 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 4.0 |
| Revell | #484B52 | Tank Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.3 |
| Humbrol | #41444B | Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.5 |
| P3 | #48453D | Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.9 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Italeri | #3F4742 | Olive Drab US Army Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.0 |
| Liquitex | #343434 | Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #54483C | Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 8.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 8.9 |
Nearest colours inside Scale75
- B Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Rlyeh Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Winter Shadow Warfront Range ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Petroleum Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Eclipse Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 5.9 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot