Paint Equivalents

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#5F5D5C · L*39.6 a*0.6 b*0.9

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

The Army Painter Gun Metal is a mid grey. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Monument Neutral Grey at ΔE 1.2. 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

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 Gun Metal (Warpaints Air)?

Monument Neutral Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Gun Metal (ΔE 1.3) and Vallejo US Loam (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Gun Metal (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is US Loam, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Gun Metal Shop Monument Neutral Grey Shop Monument Pro Acrylic Paints set

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Monument

  1. A Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 075 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. D Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 074 ΔE 6.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Gun Metal AFV AK798 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Dunkelgrau High Light AFV AK165 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A US Loam Model Air 71.292 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Violet Grey Model Color 70.773 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Charcoal Black Light Paint System 34C ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Soviet Winter Green Paint System 96B ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Rough Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H345 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B RLM75 Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H69 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B RLM 75 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A064 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B RLM 75 Grauviolett Mr Paint MRP-065 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Death Metal Wave 3 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pewter Metallics 99232 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Classic French Gray Acrylic Colors 6472 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in P3

  1. B Boiler Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Primer Surface Gray Primers ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9085 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones 9465 ΔE 7.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Tire Black Highlight TC-0268 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light TC-0195 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Gun Metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 2.9
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 2.9
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.9
Tamiya #5C5D61 Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.1
Revell #565857 Olive Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.2
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.7
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 3.8
Mission Models #696866 Have Glass Grey FS36170 ΔE 4.1
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Mig #505050 Neutral Wash Washes ΔE 4.9
Citadel #6D655F Stormvermin Fur Layer ΔE 5.0
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.2
Coat d'Arms #55584F Dark Earth Military Range ΔE 6.5
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.6
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 7.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.5
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 8.1
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 9.9

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B True Brass Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Broadsword Silver Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. D Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 5.4 · similar
  4. D Gun Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.4 · similar
  5. D Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 5.5 · similar
  6. D Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.7 · similar

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