Paint Equivalents

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set)

The Army Painter · Metallic Colours Paint Set

#A93C27 · L*40.9 a*43.6 b*36.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Fairy Dust is a dark, saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mig Washable Rust, ΔE 2.0. 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 is a metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set)?

Mig Washable Rust is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) in any other range, at ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Astorath Red (ΔE 2.2) and Liquitex Quinacridone Red (ΔE 2.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Ferrari Red, ΔE 2.7 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Fairy Dust Shop Mig Washable Rust Shop Mig Acrylics set

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Washable Rust Acrylics AMIG0109 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Blood Red Acrylics AMIG0121 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Astorath Red Dry ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Macharius Solar Orange Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix 112 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. D Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix 294 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Metallic Copper Metallic paints ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Ferrari Red Model Air 71.085 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Diesel Stains Weathering FX 73.816 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Vampire Red Fantasy Range 129 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D Russet Red Military Range 237 ΔE 8.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Matt Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11092 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Penetrating Red Ink (3rd Gen) AK11227 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Porsche Lava Orange Mr Paint - Car MRP-C038 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Traffic Red RAL 3020 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A007 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Harvest Orange Colors 20589 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Sweet Potato Colors 21381 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Rust 1 MMW-001 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Standard Rust MMW-005 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Golden

  1. C Mars Yellow OPEN Acrylics 7202 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Transparent Red Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1385 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Fairy Dust (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Aldebaran Red Scale Color Range ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Antares Red Scale Color Range ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Fairy Dust in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tamiya #99472F Flat earth Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.2
Reaper #96381F Tarnished Copper Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.3
Foundry #B31E18 Madder Red Light Paint System ΔE 4.6
Creature #974634 Shadow Flesh Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.6
Duncan #BE392E Hellspawn Red Wave 2 ΔE 4.6
Monument #AD4E32 Burnt Sienna Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.7
FolkArt #AC421B Pure Orange Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7
Green Stuff World #BB2320 Red Opulence Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.7
Mr. Hobby #A82C29 Carmine Red Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.8
Italeri #C13027 Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.9
Humbrol #BA1816 Scarlet Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.2
P3 #B12024 Skorne Red Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.5
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 5.7
Revell #BF111B Luminous Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 6.0
Arteza #99322D Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.1
Acrilex #A75143 Cerâmica Paints ΔE 6.2
Tom Color #C70D22 Vermelho Gorro de Saci ΔE 7.1
Kimera Kolors #D02C2A Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 7.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Light Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Fur Brown Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.5 · very close
  3. C Vampire Garments D&D Undead Set ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. C Abomination Gore Warpaints ΔE 3.9 · close
  5. C Light Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. C Minotaur Hide D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.6 · close

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