Metallic grey
Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Flat · XF-56
#5C6264 · L*41.1 a*-1.9 b*-1.9
The closest match to Tamiya Metallic grey in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Metallic grey is a mid grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) at ΔE 1.1. 11 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 grey?
Mr. Paint Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Metallic grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Turbo Dork Black Ice (ΔE 1.4) and Mr. Hobby German Gray Highlight 2 (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Metallic grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Grey Violet RLM75, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Metallic grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) Mr Paint MRP-439 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Smoke Clear Mr Paint MRP-271 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Metallic grey equivalent in Turbo Dork
- A Black Ice ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- E Six Shooter ΔE 10.9 · far
Metallic grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A German Gray Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC08 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color 608 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Metallic grey equivalent in Foundry
- A German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System 78A ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Slate Grey Paint System 32B ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Metallic grey equivalent in Revell
- A Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- A Dust Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Metallic grey equivalent in Tom Color
- A RAL 7012 Basaltgrau TC-0088 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B RAL 7011 Iron Grey TC-0085 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Metallic grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml Real Colors - Air RC212 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B French Artillery Grey AFV AK4052 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Metallic grey equivalent in Italeri
- A Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint 4861AP ΔE 2.9 · very close
Metallic grey equivalent in Duncan
- B Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D Incubus Purple Wave 3 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Metallic grey equivalent in Vallejo
- B Grey Violet RLM75 Model Air 71.259 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Neutral Grey Model Color 70.992 ΔE 3.6 · close
Metallic grey equivalent in Mig
- B Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics AMIG0235 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics AMIG0245 ΔE 4.3 · close
Metallic grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Uniform Grey Warpaints Primer WP1118P ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
Metallic grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humbrol | #575B5A | Primer Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 3.1 |
| Monument | #5E5E5E | Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.4 |
| Scale75 | #646464 | Primer Surface Gray Primers | ΔE 3.4 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 3.7 |
| FolkArt | #525B62 | Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #556363 | Slate Grey World War II Range | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mission Models | #505E67 | Extra Dark Sea Grey BS381 RAF | ΔE 4.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #565656 | Slate Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.1 |
| Warcolours | #5F6772 | Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #4E5861 | Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Reaper | #64615C | Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.7 |
| Golden | #6D6968 | N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 6.5 |
| Citadel | #66656E | Warpfiend Grey Layer | ΔE 6.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #716F72 | Misty White Colors | ΔE 7.3 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.5 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Liquitex | #6F685E | Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #757973 | Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 9.9 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Ocean gray Aircraft Spray ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.6 · close
- C IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 4.5 · close
- C IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 4.6 · close
- D IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.6 · similar
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