Paint Equivalents

Gun Metal (Warpaints)

The Army Painter · Warpaints · WP1131

#7E7C7B · L*52.2 a*0.6 b*0.8

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

The Army Painter Gun Metal is a mid grey. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Medium Sea Grey at ΔE 1.3. 9 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 Gun Metal (Warpaints)?

Vallejo Medium Sea Grey is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Gun Metal (Warpaints) in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Gun Metal -88- (ΔE 1.3) and Reaper Shadowed Steel (ΔE 1.5).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Medium Sea Grey, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Gun Metal Shop Vallejo Medium Sea Grey Shop Vallejo Model Color set

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Medium Sea Grey Model Color 70.870 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Burnt Iron Metal Color 77.721 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Gun Metal -88- Figures AK3086 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Aluminium Metallic (3rd Gen) AK11208 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Shadowed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9052 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Gozreh Gray Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89545 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in P3

  1. A Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Transparent Cool Grey Transparent paints ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Plate Armour Wave 1 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Slate Grey Light Paint System 32C ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D American Green Paint System 93B ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Parchment Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2895 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors 4623 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Light gun metal Lacquer Paint LP-20 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-14 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Astrogranite Technical ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Codex Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Gun Metal (Warpaints) equivalent in Mig

  1. B RLM 75 Grauviolett Acrylics AMIG0254 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Gun Metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Paint #787C7D Silver Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.3
Tom Color #7B7F7E RAL 7042 Trafic Grey ΔE 3.4
Italeri #74797B Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.1
Scale75 #8B8683 Rainy Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 4.3
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 4.4
Mr. Hobby #7A8083 JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color ΔE 4.5
Monument #837876 Ninjon Red Grey Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.6
Humbrol #827773 Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 4.7
Revell #757A80 Steel Email Color - Metallic ΔE 4.8
Mission Models #83878A Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 ΔE 5.1
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 5.6
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 5.6
Coat d'Arms #6D746D Armour Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 7.7
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 8.4
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.2
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 13.9
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 15.8

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Gun Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.5 · very close
  3. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.4 · very close
  4. C Lich Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.1 · close
  5. C Brush-On Primer Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.1 · close
  6. C Field Grey Warpaints ΔE 4.2 · close

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