Paint Equivalents

Grey Primer

The Army Painter · D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer

#919296 · L*60.6 a*0.4 b*-2.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Grey Primer in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Grey Primer is a mid grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Light Grey at ΔE 1.1. 7 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 Grey Primer?

Vallejo Light Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Grey Primer in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Carcharodon Grey (ΔE 1.5) and Mr. Hobby IJN Hull Color/Kure (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Grey Primer?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Grey, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Grey Primer Shop Vallejo Light Grey (Model Color) Shop Vallejo Model Color set

Grey Primer equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Light Grey Model Color 70.990 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Dark Aluminium Metal Color 77.703 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. D Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color 601 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Dark Gray (1) Mr Color 31 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B 507c Admirality Light Grey Naval AK5035 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Pure Silver Colors 20762 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9206 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Haze Grey Usn WW2 TC-0176 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C RAL 7001 Silbergrau TC-0091 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Medium Sea Grey (bs 637) Acrylics AMIG0246 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Leadbelcher Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Chainmail Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C White Aluminum MMM-008 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Grey Primer equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Grey Primer in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.0
Green Stuff World #8C8C8C Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.0
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 3.4
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.5
Scale75 #9C9DA1 Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.5
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 3.5
Mr. Paint #8B949B Aircraft Exterior Grey FS36300 Mr Paint ΔE 3.8
Revell #889093 Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.9
FolkArt #888888 Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 4.1
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.3
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.8
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.1
Tamiya #828D93 IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.2
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 7.7
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 8.8
Coat d'Arms #B2A7A5 Mid Grey Military Range ΔE 9.4
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.3
Acrilex #978FAC Violeta Gris Paints ΔE 11.7

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 3.0 · very close
  3. B Ash Grey Warpaints ΔE 3.5 · very close
  4. C Shining Silver Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
  5. C Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
  6. C Ash Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close

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