Cadre Grey
The Army Painter · Warpaints Air
#8E9999 · L*62.4 a*-3.9 b*-1.4
The closest match to The Army Painter Cadre Grey in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Cadre Grey is a mid grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Camouflage Grey Bs626 at ΔE 1.8. 12 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
This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Cadre Grey?
Mr. Paint Camouflage Grey Bs626 is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Cadre Grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Aztec Turquoise Wash (ΔE 2.0) and AK Interactive Raf Camouflage (barley) Grey Bs381c/626 (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Cadre Grey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Blue RLM65, ΔE 3.7 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Cadre Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Camouflage Grey Bs626 Mr Paint MRP-373 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Light Gray Mr Paint MRP-091 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Duncan
- A Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 4.7 · close
Cadre Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Raf Camouflage (barley) Grey Bs381c/626 Air (3rd Gen) AK11854 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Pale Grey Real Colors - Modern RC021 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Dark Gray (1) Mr Color 31 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Darkgray (1) Acrysion N82 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Italeri
- B Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint 4313AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Aluminium Acrylic Paint 4677AP ΔE 6.2 · similar
Cadre Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- B Ice Blue Metallics 2588 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Winter White Acrylic Colors 429 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Mig
- B Fs 26373 Silver Grey Acrylics AMIG0212 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Medium Sea Grey (bs 637) Acrylics AMIG0246 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Scale75
- B Pastel Green Artist Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 6.2 · similar
Cadre Grey equivalent in Citadel
- B Administratum Grey Air ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Ironbreaker Air ΔE 3.6 · close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Granite Gray Colors 21392 ΔE 4.3 · close
Cadre Grey equivalent in Revell
- C Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 5.1 · similar
Cadre Grey equivalent in Vallejo
- C Light Blue RLM65 Model Air 71.255 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Light Blue RLM78 Model Air 71.101 ΔE 3.9 · close
Cadre Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | #9A9E9D | Silver Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.7 |
| Tom Color | #959A94 | FS 36440 | ΔE 3.8 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mission Models | #809495 | Sea Grey Medium RAF WWII BS 637 | ΔE 4.0 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.7 |
| Tamiya | #8F918C | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 5.0 |
| Foundry | #89A0A8 | British Gun Grey Paint System | ΔE 5.2 |
| Warcolours | #979797 | Metallic Silver Metallic paints | ΔE 5.3 |
| Reaper | #959595 | Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.4 |
| Humbrol | #9BA2AA | Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | ΔE 6.1 |
| Green Stuff World | #8C8C8C | Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.4 |
| Golden | #979392 | N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 7.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 8.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 9.7 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #6A8893 | Uniform Grey World War II Range | ΔE 9.8 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.4 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 12.8 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Shark White Warpaints Air ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Plate Mail Metal Warpaints ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Grey Primer D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.4 · similar
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