Paint Equivalents

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Primer · WP1472

#A0A3A2 · L*66.7 a*-1.3 b*0.1

The closest match to The Army Painter Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Brush-On Primer is a light grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Sky Grey at ΔE 0.6. 10 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 The Army Painter Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer)?

AK Interactive Raf Sky Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Liquitex Iridescent Bright Silver (ΔE 1.6) and Monument Silver (ΔE 1.7).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Duraluminium, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Brush-On Primer Shop AK Interactive Raf Sky Grey Shop AK Interactive Air (3rd Gen) set

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Sky Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11848 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. A Raf Sky Grey / Fs 26373 – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC285 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 236 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix 238 ΔE 14.2 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Monument

  1. A Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 025 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 045 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dove Grey Mr Paint MRP-223 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Grey Mr Paint MRP-354 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Grey Seer Base ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Duraluminium Metal Color 77.702 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. A Silver Metal Color 77.724 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pale Gray Acrylic Colors 6463 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Burgundy Acrylic Colors 957 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Honed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9053 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Gun Metal Paint System 104B ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Brush-On Primer (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Chrome Silver Mr Metal Color 211 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Brush-On Primer in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mig #A7A7A7 Crystal Glass Acrylics ΔE 2.3
Green Stuff World #A2A19D Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.4
Tom Color #999EA1 626 Camouflage Grey Raf ΔE 2.7
Revell #9DA2A6 Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.7
Apple Barrel #95999A Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.3
Scale75 #9C9DA1 Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.7
Mission Models #9B9EA5 White Aluminum ΔE 4.6
Humbrol #9BA2AA Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin ΔE 4.7
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.2
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.6
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.7
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 6.0
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 6.2
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.5
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 6.6
Coat d'Arms #B2A7A5 Mid Grey Military Range ΔE 7.4
Acrilex #B3BEAE Areia Lunar Paints ΔE 10.6
Kimera Kolors #A99E85 Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 11.1

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Shining Silver Warpaints Air ΔE 2.5 · very close
  3. B Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.4 · very close
  4. C Shark White Warpaints Air ΔE 4.0 · close
  5. C Shining Silver Warpaints ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. C Plate Mail Metal Warpaints ΔE 4.9 · close

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