Paint Equivalents

Night Scales (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#232023 · L*12.7 a*2.1 b*-1.5

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

The Army Painter Night Scales is a near-black neutral. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Petrol Spills at ΔE 0.7. 5 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 Night Scales (Warpaints Air)?

Vallejo Petrol Spills is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Night Scales (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Black Primer (ΔE 0.9) and Liquitex Iridescent Black (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Night Scales (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Petrol Spills, ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Petrol Spills Weathering FX 73.817 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Continental Blue Model Color 70.754 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Black Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11242 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Nato Black AFV (3rd Gen) AK11360 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Iridescent Black Heavy Body Acrylix 338 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix 276 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Tar Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Black Satin Aerosol Sprays S85 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Black Matt Aerosol Sprays S33 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Black Uniform Shadow TC-0234 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pure Black Pure™ Artist Pigment 7112 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Burnt Umber Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2909 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Black Mr Paint MRP-255 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Dark Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-289 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Creature

  1. B Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-040 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-044 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Monument

  1. B Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints 053 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Coal Black Pro Acrylic Paints 002 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Black Legion Contrast ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Night Scales (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Steel Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9312 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Night Scales in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 3.2
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.3
Green Stuff World #202020 Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 3.3
Mr. Hobby #1F1E1D RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 3.6
Mig #1C1C1C Satin Black Acrylics ΔE 3.6
Scale75 #1C1C1C Decay Black Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.6
Mission Models #2E2C2F Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII ΔE 3.8
Foundry #191919 Blackened Barrel Paint System ΔE 4.1
Warcolours #191919 Cool Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 4.1
Apple Barrel #272624 Pavement Colors ΔE 4.5
Tamiya #222424 NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 4.6
Arteza #131318 Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.7
Golden #222220 Carbon Black Heavy Body ΔE 4.7
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 5.4
Coat d'Arms #000000 Black Military Range ΔE 8.4
Italeri #000000 Black Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.4
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 8.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 21.5

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Dark Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.5 · very close
  3. C Night Scales Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.1 · close
  4. C Obsidian Pigment Toner Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 4.4 · close
  5. C Death Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.6 · close
  6. C Abyssal Black D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.0 · close

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