German grey
Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Flat / Tamiya Spray · XF-63
#3E474A · L*29.5 a*-2.9 b*-3.0
The closest match to Tamiya German grey in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya German grey is a dark grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) at ΔE 0.8. 9 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 colour is sold under more than one range label — what differs between those pots
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya German grey?
AK Interactive French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) is the closest equivalent to Tamiya German grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray (ΔE 1.2) and Coat d'Arms Deadly Nightshade (ΔE 1.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya German grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is German Tank Crew, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya German grey Shop AK Interactive French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) Shop AK Interactive AFV set
German grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) AFV AK4083 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B FS 35164 Intermediate Blue Air AK2054 ΔE 2.5 · very close
German grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray Mr Paint - Car MRP-C022 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Grigio Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-304 ΔE 2.6 · very close
German grey equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range 161 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Angel Green Fantasy Range 155 ΔE 3.7 · close
German grey equivalent in Vallejo
- B German Tank Crew Panzer Aces 70.333 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Deep Forest Skin Nocturna Models 74.009 ΔE 2.8 · very close
German grey equivalent in Tom Color
- B Raf Dark Green 1975-now TC-0212 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 2.5 · very close
German grey equivalent in Scale75
- B Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Rlyeh Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
German grey equivalent in Revell
- B Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.0 · similar
German grey equivalent in Monument
- B Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 016 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer 011P ΔE 4.4 · close
German grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Regiment Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.9 · close
German grey equivalent in Citadel
- B Mechanicus Standard Grey Air ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 3.6 · close
German grey equivalent in Arteza
- B Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints A204 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints A004 ΔE 7.5 · similar
German grey equivalent in Duncan
- B War Master Green Wave 3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 3.5 · close
German grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.3 |
| Foundry | #484D51 | Slate Grey Shade Paint System | ΔE 3.3 |
| Reaper | #383C3F | Black Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #424345 | JMSDF Cleated Deck Color Mr Color | ΔE 4.3 |
| FolkArt | #4A504E | Ash Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Italeri | #323B3B | Graugrün RLM 74 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mission Models | #4A4D52 | Grauviolet RLM 75 | ΔE 4.6 |
| Humbrol | #41444B | Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.8 |
| Warcolours | #4C4C4C | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Golden | #4A4A48 | N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 5.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 5.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #464742 | Dark Gray Gloss™ | ΔE 5.8 |
| Mig | #505050 | Neutral Wash Washes | ΔE 6.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #515151 | Atramentum Black Wash Ink | ΔE 6.2 |
| Liquitex | #283339 | Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.8 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 9.8 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Gunship grey Spray ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Rubber black Spray ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Metallic black Spray ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray ΔE 4.9 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot