Paint Equivalents

Military Shade

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic Wash

#23270E · L*14.6 a*-6.6 b*15.3

The closest match to The Army Painter Military Shade in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Military Shade is a very dark, muted yellow. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Green Stuff World Military Green at ΔE 0.7. 20 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 wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Military Shade?

Green Stuff World Military Green is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Military Shade in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Extra Dark Green (ΔE 1.7) and Humbrol Dark Green (ΔE 2.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Military Shade?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Extra Dark Green, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Military Shade equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Military Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. C Olivegrove Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Extra Dark Green Model Color 70.896 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Angel Green Game Air 76.123 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss 163 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays S53 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Nato Green Mr Paint MRP-078 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Olive Drab FS34087 Mr Paint MRP-234 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Golden

  1. B Sap Green Hue Fluid 2440 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Raw Umber SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6740 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B 3b Au/zb Au AFV (3rd Gen) AK11387 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. B Russian Green Standard (3rd Gen) AK11159 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Sap Green Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix 315 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Green Gold Heavy Body Acrylix 325 ΔE 9.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C A-24m TC-0219 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D USAF WW2 Pilot Uniform Shadow TC-0238 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Ss Camo Dark Green Warfront Range ΔE 4.6 · close
  2. D Ss Camo Top Shadows Warfront Range ΔE 7.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Mig

  1. C Olive Drab Shadow Acrylics AMIG0924 ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. C Russian Shadow Acrylics AMIG0930 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Italeri

  1. D Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint 4311AP ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. D Olive Drab Ana 613 Acrylic Paint 4842AP ΔE 9.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Military Shade equivalent in Tamiya

  1. D Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat XF-51 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. D Dark green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray AS-24 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Military Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #373A22 Typhus Corrosion Technical ΔE 6.1
Reaper #2A2400 Swamp Green Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.2
FolkArt #333A18 Peridot Metallics ΔE 6.5
P3 #313A25 Cryx Bane Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.5
Mission Models #383C25 Braunviolet RLM 81 ΔE 6.8
Apple Barrel #3A3C24 Mossy Green Gloss™ ΔE 6.9
Mr. Hobby #1E231B Olive Drab Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set ΔE 7.5
Creature #233124 Dark Camo Green Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.5
Foundry #1E2A20 Russian Green Shade Paint System ΔE 7.6
Monument #313C2C Dark Camo Green Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 8.2
Coat d'Arms #42412F Dark Earth Brushscape Range ΔE 9.7
Revell #424335 Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 10.7
Warcolours #262624 Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 11.6
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 11.8
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 13.1
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 13.8
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 17.0
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 24.7

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. D Absolution Green Speedpaint Set ΔE 6.5 · similar
  2. D Militia Green Warpaints Air ΔE 6.6 · similar
  3. D Angel Green Warpaints Air ΔE 7.0 · similar
  4. D Green Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 8.2 · similar
  5. D Magnolia Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 8.3 · similar
  6. D Unforgiven Green Warpaints Air ΔE 8.7 · similar

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