Paint Equivalents

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#8C8C8C · L*58.3 a*0.0 b*0.0

The closest match to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Fairy Dust is a mid grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey at ΔE 0.0. 8 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 Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air)?

Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Exhaust Soot (ΔE 1.1) and Mission Models Dark Aluminum (ΔE 1.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Steel, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Fairy Dust Shop Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey Shop Green Stuff World Acrylic Colors set

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. D Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint MRP-279 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9206 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Steel Mecha Color 69.063 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Light Grey Model Color 70.990 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Medium Grey Fs 36270 Air (3rd Gen) AK11886 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Silver Sterling Metallics 662 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Haze Grey Usn WW2 TC-0176 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B FS 36270 TC-0031 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color 601 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Dark Gray (1) Mr Color 31 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Fairy Dust in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Warcolours #908D88 Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 2.9
Scale75 #8B8C87 Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 3.0
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 3.3
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 3.5
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.0
Revell #889093 Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.0
Mig #7F8487 Fs 36293 Acrylics ΔE 4.2
Apple Barrel #99979A Pure Silver Colors ΔE 4.5
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.9
Monument #8D857E Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series ΔE 5.3
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.9
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 6.4
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 6.6
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #917F75 Gun Metal Fantasy Range ΔE 9.5
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 12.1
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 12.9

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Shining Silver Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
  3. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints ΔE 2.7 · very close
  4. B Grey Primer D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer ΔE 3.0 · very close
  5. B Polished Silver Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  6. C Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.1 · close

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