Paint Equivalents

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 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Runefang Steel ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Runefang Steel ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Citadel chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Revell

  1. A Light Grey ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Aluminium ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Tamiya → Revell chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Armour Light 35C ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Arctic Grey 33B ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Tamiya → Foundry chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Light Gray Fs36495 338 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Light Gull Gray N51 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Mr. Hobby chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Light Grey Fs 36495 AK11889 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Light Grey Fs 36495 10ml RC253 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → AK Interactive chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Real Navy 20353 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Snow White 21884 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Tamiya → Apple Barrel chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Medium Gray 2933 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Cottage White 7274 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Tamiya → FolkArt chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in P3

  1. B Cold Steel ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Quick Silver ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Tamiya → P3 chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. B Tin Star ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Silver Fox ΔE 3.9 · close

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B USAF Light Gray 71.276 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Silver 81.121 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Tamiya → Vallejo chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B RLM 77 MRP-A068 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Light Grey Mig 29 Smt MRP-284 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Tamiya → Mr. Paint chart

Bare-metal silver equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Primer Surface White ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Speed Metal ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Tamiya → Scale75 chart

Bare-metal silver in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Warcolours #C6C6C6 Cool Grey 1 ΔE 2.9
Humbrol #CAD1D7 Aluminium ΔE 3.0
Green Stuff World #CCCCCC Primer Grey ΔE 3.1
Reaper #CCCCCC Misty Grey ΔE 3.1
Mission Models #B4BCBF USN Pale Grey Blue 5P ΔE 3.3
The Army Painter #B9BEC4 Ghoul Grey ΔE 3.4
Italeri #C5CECB Silver ΔE 3.5
Mig #D3D3D3 Cold Gray ΔE 4.1
Creature #B3B8BC Silver ΔE 4.3
Coat d'Arms #CED7D4 Elven Grey ΔE 4.7
Duncan #DCDCDD Matt Varnish ΔE 5.8
Monument #AFBDBA Vince Venturella White Blue ΔE 5.9
Golden #BBB7B6 N7 Neutral Gray ΔE 6.4
Liquitex #DFDFDF Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent ΔE 6.4
Arteza #B2C1D3 Cold Gray ΔE 7.3
Kimera Kolors #E4E4E4 The White ΔE 7.4

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. A Chrome silver ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Gloss aluminum ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  3. B Smoke ΔE 2.2 · very close
  4. B Royal light gray ΔE 2.8 · very close
  5. B Royal light gray ΔE 2.8 · very close
  6. B Flat aluminum ΔE 3.1 · very close