Paint Equivalents

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set)

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set

#29292B · L*16.7 a*0.5 b*-1.3

The closest match to The Army Painter Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Gravelord Grey is a dark grey. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Regal Red at ΔE 0.8. 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

The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set)?

FolkArt Regal Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Hospitallier Black (ΔE 1.0) and Reaper Besmara Black (ΔE 1.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Hospitallier Black, ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Regal Red Metallics 657 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Pure Black Pure™ Artist Pigment 7112 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Hospitallier Black Xpress Color Intense 72.484 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Black Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.812 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Besmara Black Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89546 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Steel Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9312 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Amt-12 Dark Grey Air AK2246 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Black Grey AFV AK4008 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Inktense Black Inktensity Range ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Black Scale Color Range ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics 53 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Black Satin Aerosol Sprays S85 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Black Uniform Shadow TC-0234 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix 276 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Ivory Black Heavy Body Acrylix 244 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A NATO Black MMP-035 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. A Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII MMP-108 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Deep Black Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Black Legion Contrast ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Gravelord Grey (Speedpaint Set) equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Carbon Black Pure Pigments PBK7 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. E Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Dark ΔE 14.0 · far

Gravelord Grey in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #2C2C2B Bone Black Fluid ΔE 2.4
Mr. Paint #292C31 Tank Grey RAL 7021 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 2.4
Monument #25292C Dark Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 2.4
Foundry #303133 British Denison Green Shade Paint System ΔE 2.6
Creature #2C282A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 2.6
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.7
Tamiya #222424 NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.9
Apple Barrel #272624 Pavement Colors ΔE 3.0
Warcolours #262624 Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 3.1
Mr. Hobby #323232 MS Red Gundam Color Spray ΔE 3.2
Mig #323335 Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics ΔE 3.2
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6
Italeri #32393D Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.1
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 6.2
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.2
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 6.3
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 7.5
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 18.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Death Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Obsidian Pigment Toner Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 3.1 · very close
  3. B Night Scales Warpaints Air ΔE 3.5 · very close
  4. C Dark Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.5 · close
  5. C Night Scales Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 3.6 · close
  6. C Raven Black Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2 · close

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