Dark iron (Lacquer Paint)
Tamiya · Lacquer Paint · LP-54
#534334 · L*29.7 a*4.4 b*11.7
The closest match to Tamiya Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Dark iron is a dark, muted orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mig RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun at ΔE 0.6. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Dark iron (Lacquer Paint)?
Mig RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Cypress Brown (ΔE 0.9) and Foundry German Splinter Brown (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Dark iron (Lacquer Paint)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Leather Brown, ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Dark iron Shop Mig RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun Shop Mig Acrylics set
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mig
- A RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun Acrylics AMIG0007 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B US Modern Vehicles Wash Washes AMIG1007 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Cypress Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- C Soft Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.5 · close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Foundry
- A German Splinter Brown Paint System 83B ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Dark African Flesh Paint System 121B ΔE 4.5 · close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dunkelbraun – Dark Brown RAL 7017 Real Colors - WWII RC056 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Ral 7017 Dunkelbraun AFV (3rd Gen) AK11315 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Tom Color
- B Shadow Skin Tone TC-0308 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D Leather Brown TC-0152 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Scale75
- B Burnt Umber Artist Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Earth Green Artist Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- B Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Dark ΔE 8.0 · similar
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Italeri
- B Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint 4858AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Military Green Acrylic Paint 4852AP ΔE 8.9 · similar
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Duncan
- B Cuirass Leather Wave 1 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 5.0 · close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Vallejo
- B Leather Brown Model Color 70.871 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Medium Brown Model Color 70.826 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Acrilex
- C Sépia Paints 551 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Rústico Paints 896 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Dark iron (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Brown 3606 Mr Color 517 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Black Brown Aqueous Hobby Color H462 ΔE 4.3 · close
Dark iron in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #5A422F | Scorched Brown Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 3.7 |
| Monument | #4E3E28 | AdeptiCon Spray-Team Drab Brown Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 3.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #543E31 | Chesnut Brown Military Range | ΔE 3.8 |
| Reaper | #58442B | Basic Dirt Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mr. Paint | #4E4639 | RLM 83 Dunkelgrun Mr Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #4E3E25 | Skeleton Brown Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.8 |
| FolkArt | #5E5140 | Raw Umber Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 5.1 |
| Humbrol | #433323 | Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mission Models | #5E4D33 | Rail Tie Brown | ΔE 5.7 |
| Liquitex | #403323 | Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.7 |
| Golden | #4A433E | Raw Umber Fluid | ΔE 6.0 |
| Apple Barrel | #4A423F | Burnt Umber Colors | ΔE 6.7 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.9 |
| P3 | #564F3D | Bane Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.0 |
| Warcolours | #5D4239 | Brown 4 Layer paints | ΔE 7.0 |
| Arteza | #664632 | Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.1 |
| Revell | #565246 | NATO Olive Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 12.8 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D NATO brown Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.6 · similar
- D Dark earth Aircraft Spray ΔE 7.7 · similar
- D Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 8.7 · similar
- D Metallic black Lacquer Paint ΔE 9.1 · similar
- D Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint ΔE 9.8 · similar
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