Paint Equivalents

Mithril

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#9E9FA3 · L*65.5 a*0.4 b*-2.2

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

The Army Painter Mithril is a light grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Heavy Metal at ΔE 0.6. 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 Mithril?

Scale75 Heavy Metal is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Mithril in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Stone Wall Grey (ΔE 1.4) and Mission Models White Aluminum (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Mithril?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Stone Wall Grey, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Mithril Shop Scale75 Heavy Metal Shop Scale75 Metal N Alchemy Range set

Mithril equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. D Spectral Wolf Instant Colors Range ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Stone Wall Grey Game Air 72.749 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A Plate Mail Metal Surface Primer 70.628 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A White Aluminum MMM-008 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C High Low Visibility Grey FS (595) FS 36373 MMP-117 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Deep Ocean Blue Acrylic Colors 2555 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Baby Blue Acrylic Colors 442 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Gun Metal Paint System 104B ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Grey Aerosol Sprays S64 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin S165 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Silver Grey TC-0241 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B 626 Camouflage Grey Raf TC-0129 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Grey Shine Acrylics AMIG0911 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Grey FS36373 Mr Paint MRP-372 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Dove Grey Mr Paint MRP-223 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Revell

  1. B Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Silver Email Color - Metallic ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Mithril equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Chrome Silver Mr Metal Color 211 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Mithril in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #9D9D9D Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 2.3
AK Interactive #9FA4A8 Silbergrau -silver Grey RAL 7001 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 2.4
Apple Barrel #99979A Pure Silver Colors ΔE 2.8
Warcolours #A5A5A5 Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.8
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.1
Duncan #A5A5A4 Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 3.3
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.6
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.1
Green Stuff World #A2A19D Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.5
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.6
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 4.9
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.9
Tamiya #B3AAAE Smoke Spray ΔE 6.3
Coat d'Arms #AEB2BD Enchanted Silver Fantasy Range ΔE 6.4
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.2
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 7.5
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 11.2
Acrilex #978FAC Violeta Gris Paints ΔE 12.3

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.4 · very close
  3. C Plate Mail Metal Warpaints ΔE 4.1 · close
  4. C Grey Primer D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Ash Grey Warpaints ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. C Shining Silver Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close

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