Paint Equivalents

Light gun metal

Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-42

#737A7C · L*50.7 a*-2.2 b*-2.0

The closest match to Tamiya Light gun metal in every other range, nearest first.

Tamiya Light gun metal is a mid grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Italeri Medium Gray at ΔE 1.0. 9 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Light gun metal equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Medium Gray 4746AP ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Flat Ocean Grey 4854AP ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Italeri chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Super Silver Metallic MRP-003 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Panzer Grey MRP-222 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Mr. Paint chart

Light gun metal equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Grey Blue AK11426 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 AK11855 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Tamiya → AK Interactive chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. A Six Shooter ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Black Ice ΔE 9.6 · similar

Light gun metal equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 607 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Japanese Navalrsenal Color Kure SJ01 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Tamiya → Mr. Hobby chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 35164 Intermediate Blue (ana 608) AMIG0228 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C RLM 75 Grauviolett AMIG0254 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Tamiya → Mig chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Revell

  1. B Steel ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Mouse Grey ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Tamiya → Revell chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Plate Armour ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Mythril Blade ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Tamiya → Duncan chart

Light gun metal equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Brush-On Primer ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Mithral Silver ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Tamiya → The Army Painter chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Slate Grey Light 32C ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Stone 57B ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Tamiya → Foundry chart

Light gun metal equivalent in P3

  1. C Pig Iron ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Drake Grey ΔE 9.4 · similar

Full Tamiya → P3 chart

Light gun metal equivalent in Vallejo

  1. C Jet Exhaust 77.713 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C A-14 Steel Grey 71.336 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Tamiya → Vallejo chart

Light gun metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Warcolours #797979 Transparent Cool Grey ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #787878 Grey Mist Dip ΔE 3.5
Reaper #7A7A7A Shadowed Steel ΔE 3.6
Citadel #767675 Astrogranite ΔE 3.8
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey ΔE 3.8
FolkArt #6A737A Sequin Silver ΔE 3.9
Mission Models #6B7775 Ocean Grey RAF WWII Mid/Late FS 36173 ΔE 4.0
Scale75 #6E6E70 Winter Grey ΔE 5.6
Coat d'Arms #6D746D Armour ΔE 5.8
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray ΔE 6.0
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White ΔE 6.3
Humbrol #6E6D75 Extra Dark Sea Grey ΔE 7.6
Monument #8D857E Matt Cexwish Bone ΔE 9.7
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 ΔE 10.7
Arteza #928E95 Gray ΔE 11.0
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey ΔE 16.5

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. B Neutral grey ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Medium gray ΔE 2.6 · very close
  3. C Light gun metal ΔE 3.7 · close
  4. C IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) ΔE 4.1 · close
  5. C Light grey ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. C IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) ΔE 4.9 · close