Paint Equivalents

Death Metal

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The closest match to The Army Painter Death Metal in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Death Metal is a dark grey. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Black Grey at ΔE 0.0. 6 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 Death Metal?

AK Interactive Black Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Death Metal in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Humbrol Gunmetal (ΔE 0.3) and Scale75 Black (ΔE 0.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Death Metal?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Thick Mud, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Death Metal equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Black Grey AFV AK4008 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Amt-12 Dark Grey Air AK2246 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics 53 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. B White Matt Aerosol Sprays S34 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Black Scale Color Range ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. A Inktense Black Inktensity Range ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Golden

  1. A Bone Black Fluid 2010 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Mars Black Heavy Body 1200 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A NATO Black MMP-035 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII MMP-108 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Gilded Oak Acrylic Colors 2495 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Licorice Acrylic Colors 938 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Black Uniform Shadow TC-0234 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Nato Black TC-0200 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Black Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.812 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A German Grey Model Color 70.995 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Deep Black Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Besmara Black Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89546 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Steel Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9312 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Pewter Grey Colors 20580 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Death Metal equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Death Metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Foundry #323232 Blackened Barrel Light Paint System ΔE 2.2
Mr. Hobby #323232 MS Red Gundam Color Spray ΔE 2.2
Creature #292D2F Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 2.5
Tamiya #333333 Black Spray ΔE 2.6
Citadel #232324 Black Legion Contrast ΔE 2.6
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 2.9
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics ΔE 2.9
Monument #25292C Dark Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 2.9
Mr. Paint #2C2829 Chipping Dark Brown Matt Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.0
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 3.2
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.5
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 5.2
Italeri #2F3739 Gun Metal Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.6
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 5.8
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.5
Coat d'Arms #3B413F Angel Green Fantasy Range ΔE 7.8
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 18.1

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Raven Black Warpaints Air ΔE 3.4 · very close
  3. C Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 3.5 · close
  4. C Obsidian Pigment Toner Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 3.7 · close
  5. C Dark Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.8 · close
  6. C Abyssal Black D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.1 · close

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