Cobalt Metal
The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic
#2E4249 · L*26.6 a*-5.8 b*-6.8
The closest match to The Army Painter Cobalt Metal in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Cobalt Metal is a dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Pla Dark Blue at ΔE 1.6. 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 Cobalt Metal?
AK Interactive Pla Dark Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Cobalt Metal in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Grotto (ΔE 1.8) and Duncan Oxidation Green (ΔE 2.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Cobalt Metal?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Charcoal Grey, ΔE 5.0 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop The Army Painter Cobalt Metal Shop AK Interactive Pla Dark Blue Shop AK Interactive AFV set
Cobalt Metal equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Pla Dark Blue AFV AK4251 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air AK2162 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in FolkArt
- A Grotto Acrylic Colors 4671 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors 2496 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Duncan
- B Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Hydra Green Wave 2 ΔE 4.5 · close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Foundry
- B British Royal Blue Shade Paint System 74A ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Storm Blue Shade Paint System 39A ΔE 2.5 · very close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Gray Fs36081 Mr Color 301 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Midnight Blue Acrysion N55 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Tom Color
- B London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base TC-0102 ΔE 4.1 · close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Golden
- B Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body 1469 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Cobalt Turquoise Heavy Body 1144 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Humbrol
- B Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Revell
- B Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.7 · similar
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Tamiya
- B Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 3.6 · close
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Monument
- B Vince Venturella Dark Jade Pro Signature Series S01 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D PRIME Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Primer 005P ΔE 5.6 · similar
Cobalt Metal equivalent in Citadel
- C Mechanicus Standard Grey Air ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Dark Reaper Layer ΔE 6.3 · similar
Cobalt Metal in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Stuff World | #2C4655 | Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mr. Paint | #3B4547 | Toyota Gr Supra Matte Storm Gray Mr Paint - Car | ΔE 4.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #2C4C57 | Tuscan Teal Colors | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #404B4F | Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.8 |
| Italeri | #1D343A | Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.8 |
| Vallejo | #253338 | Charcoal Grey Arte Deco | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mission Models | #344756 | Graugrun RLM 74 | ΔE 5.1 |
| Scale75 | #30383B | Panzer Grey Warfront Range | ΔE 5.3 |
| Liquitex | #283339 | Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.5 |
| Arteza | #214445 | Phthalo Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Warcolours | #293543 | Blue Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 7.5 |
| Creature | #484D51 | Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.6 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.7 |
| Mig | #3F4551 | Fs 36118 Medium Gunship Gray Acrylics | ΔE 8.1 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 11.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 13.3 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- C Tyrian Navy Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Iron Wolf Warpaints Air ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Dark Sky Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Scarab Green Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.6 · close
- C Cloudburst Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Dark Sky Warpaints ΔE 5.5 · similar
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