Medium grey
Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Flat · XF-20
#A3AA96 · L*68.6 a*-6.2 b*9.5
The closest match to Tamiya Medium grey in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Medium grey is a light, muted yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo IJA Light Grey Green, ΔE 1.1. 15 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 Medium grey?
Vallejo IJA Light Grey Green is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Medium grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Sky (ΔE 2.7) and AK Interactive Ija 1 Hairyokushoku (grey-green) (ΔE 2.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Medium grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is IJA Light Grey Green, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Medium grey Shop Vallejo IJA Light Grey Green Shop Vallejo Model Air set
Medium grey equivalent in Vallejo
- A IJA Light Grey Green Model Air 71.321 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Green Mecha Color 69.026 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Medium grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Sky Mr Paint MRP-118 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Pale Green FS34424 Mr Paint MRP-371 ΔE 4.6 · close
Medium grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Ija 1 Hairyokushoku (grey-green) Air (3rd Gen) AK11899 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B HairAKyokushoku (grey-green) Air AK2261 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Medium grey equivalent in Tom Color
- B Sky Type S TC-0120 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Seafoam Green TC-0142 ΔE 4.4 · close
Medium grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Gray Fs26440 Mr Color 325 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Lightircraft Gray Bs381c 627 Mr Color 332 ΔE 4.5 · close
Medium grey equivalent in Scale75
- C Nacar Scale Color Range ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Pastel Green Artist Range ΔE 7.1 · similar
Medium grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Scaly Hide Warpaints WP1450 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Zombie Flesh Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close
Medium grey equivalent in Reaper
- C Vampiric Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9274 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Jungle Mist Master Series Paints Core Colors 9322 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Medium grey equivalent in Citadel
- C Deepkin Flesh Layer ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Ionrach Skin Base ΔE 5.0 · similar
Medium grey equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Leaf Green Colors 20528 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Dolphin Grey Gloss™ 20624 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Medium grey equivalent in FolkArt
- C Green Sea Acrylic Colors 2621 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Classic Green Acrylic Colors 2554 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Medium grey equivalent in P3
- C Riven Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Galvanized Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Medium grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #AAB08E | RAF underside Sky 610 | ΔE 4.9 |
| Foundry | #A19F88 | Soviet Summer Drab Shade Paint System | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mig | #B4B299 | Sky Type S (bs 210) Acrylics | ΔE 5.0 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Duncan | #ABAB87 | Green Beret Wave 2 | ΔE 5.9 |
| Monument | #9AA37F | Faded Green Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Golden | #95A17B | Terre Verte Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 7.0 |
| Italeri | #A8BB9A | Flat Italian Interior Green Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.1 |
| Arteza | #88A38E | Pearl Pastel Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #A5B183 | Putrid Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.1 |
| Creature | #B9BCB5 | Bright Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.2 |
| Warcolours | #AAA295 | Warm Grey 2 Layer paints | ΔE 8.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #A2A19D | Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 8.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 8.8 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.6 |
| Revell | #909088 | Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 9.8 |
| Humbrol | #B7A889 | Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 10.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 12.3 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- A Light gray Aircraft Spray ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- D Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 7.2 · similar
- D Gray green (IJN) Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.6 · similar
- D Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint ΔE 8.6 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot