Bare-metal silver
Tamiya · Aircraft Spray · AS-12
#C2C8CA · L*80.2 a*-1.7 b*-1.7
The closest match to Tamiya Bare-metal silver in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Bare-metal silver is a light grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Runefang Steel at ΔE 1.1. 6 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 Tamiya Bare-metal silver?
Citadel Runefang Steel is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Bare-metal silver in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Revell Light Grey (ΔE 1.2) and Foundry Armour Light (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Bare-metal silver?
The nearest Vallejo paint is USAF Light Gray, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Bare-metal silver Shop Citadel Runefang Steel Shop Citadel Air set
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Citadel
- A Runefang Steel Air ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Ghostly Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.4 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Revell
- A Light Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Aluminium Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.4 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Foundry
- A Armour Light Paint System 35C ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Arctic Grey Paint System 33B ΔE 2.9 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color 338 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Light Gull Gray Acrysion N51 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Bare-metal silver equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Light Grey Fs 36495 Air (3rd Gen) AK11889 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Light Grey Fs 36495 10ml Real Colors - Air RC253 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Real Navy Gloss™ 20353 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Snow White Colors 21884 ΔE 4.6 · close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in FolkArt
- A Medium Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2933 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Cottage White Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7274 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in P3
- B Cold Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Quick Silver Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Turbo Dork
- B Tin Star ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Silver Fox ΔE 3.9 · close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Vallejo
- B USAF Light Gray Model Air 71.276 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Silver Arte Deco 81.121 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B RLM 77 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A068 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Light Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-284 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Bare-metal silver equivalent in Scale75
- B Primer Surface White Primers ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Speed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 4.4 · close
Bare-metal silver in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #C6C6C6 | Cool Grey 1 Layer paints | ΔE 2.9 |
| Tom Color | #C5C7C4 | RAL 7035 | ΔE 2.9 |
| Humbrol | #CAD1D7 | Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 3.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #CCCCCC | Primer Grey Matt Surface | ΔE 3.1 |
| Reaper | #CCCCCC | Misty Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.1 |
| Mission Models | #B4BCBF | USN Pale Grey Blue 5P | ΔE 3.3 |
| The Army Painter | #B9BEC4 | Ghoul Grey D&D Undead Set | ΔE 3.4 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.5 |
| Mig | #D3D3D3 | Cold Gray Acrylics | ΔE 4.1 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.3 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #CED7D4 | Elven Grey Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.7 |
| Duncan | #DCDCDD | Matt Varnish Wave 3 | ΔE 5.8 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.9 |
| Golden | #BBB7B6 | N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 6.4 |
| Liquitex | #DFDFDF | Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.4 |
| Arteza | #B2C1D3 | Cold Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 7.4 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- A Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- A Gloss aluminum Spray ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- B Smoke Lacquer Paint ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Royal light gray Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Mica silver Spray ΔE 3.1 · very close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot