Metallic black (Spray)
Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-40
#393D3E · L*25.4 a*-1.4 b*-1.2
The closest match to Tamiya Metallic black (Spray) in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Metallic black is a dark grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Black Wash at ΔE 1.4. 8 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 Metallic black (Spray)?
Reaper Black Wash is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Metallic black (Spray) in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo UK Bronze Green (ΔE 1.6) and AK Interactive Dunkelgrau Dark Base (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Metallic black (Spray)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is UK Bronze Green, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Reaper
- A Black Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9255 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Carbon Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9318 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Vallejo
- A UK Bronze Green Surface Primer 70.607 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Dark Blue Grey Model Color 70.867 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Dunkelgrau Dark Base AFV AK162 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B RLM 66 (1938) Real Colors - WWII RC339 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B RLM 66 Schwarzgrau Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A058 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B RLM 66 Schwarzgrau Mr Paint MRP-059 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Scale75
- B Titanium Grey Artist Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Winter Shadow Warfront Range ΔE 2.7 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Italeri
- B Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint 4604AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Duncan
- B War Master Green Wave 3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Death Reaper Wave 1 ΔE 4.2 · close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Monument
- B PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer 011P ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B PRIME Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Primer 005P ΔE 2.9 · very close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Angel Green Fantasy Range 155 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range 161 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Warcolours
- B Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.8 · similar
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Golden
- B Carbon Black OPEN Acrylics 7040 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Bone Black Heavy Body 1010 ΔE 3.9 · close
Metallic black (Spray) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B JMSDF Cleated Deck Color Mr Color 609 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C MS Red Gundam Color Spray SG5 ΔE 4.1 · close
Metallic black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #373735 | Gun Metal | ΔE 3.3 |
| Revell | #354044 | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 3.5 |
| Liquitex | #343434 | Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.6 |
| Mig | #323335 | Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 3.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #343436 | Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.8 |
| Tom Color | #444643 | Dark Black Green Ijn | ΔE 4.0 |
| FolkArt | #313439 | Payne Gray Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 4.0 |
| Foundry | #323232 | Blackened Barrel Light Paint System | ΔE 4.1 |
| Humbrol | #323232 | White Matt Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 4.1 |
| The Army Painter | #2B3030 | Raven Black Warpaints Air | ΔE 4.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #353630 | Pewter Grey Colors | ΔE 5.0 |
| Citadel | #484B4E | Eshin Grey Layer | ΔE 5.0 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #48453D | Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 7.6 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 9.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 12.5 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Rubber black Spray ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Black Spray ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Matt black Spray ΔE 3.8 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot