Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set)
The Army Painter · Metallic Colours Paint Set
#312C2F · L*18.6 a*2.9 b*-1.1
The closest match to The Army Painter Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Night Scales is a dark grey. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Kimera Kolors Carbon Black at ΔE 1.4. 8 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 metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set)?
Kimera Kolors Carbon Black is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Nato Black (ΔE 1.6) and Creature Black Brown (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Gunmetal, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- A Carbon Black Pure Pigments PBK7 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- E Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Dark ΔE 11.5 · far
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Nato Black AFV AK799 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Nato Black AFV (3rd Gen) AK11360 ΔE 3.7 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Creature
- A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-040 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- D Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-044 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Gunmetal Model Color 70.863 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Dark Grey Model Color 70.994 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Mission Models
- A Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII MMP-108 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C NATO Black MMP-035 ΔE 3.5 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Chipping Dark Brown Matt Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A027 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Extra Dark Rust Mr Paint MRP-361 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Humbrol
- B Black Satin Aerosol Sprays S85 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics 53 ΔE 4.3 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Reaper
- B Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Besmara Black Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89546 ΔE 4.5 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Foundry
- B Quagmire Shade Paint System 63A ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C British Denison Green Shade Paint System 98A ΔE 4.2 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Raw Umber Acrylic Colors 485 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Regal Red Metallics 657 ΔE 4.4 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in Tom Color
- C Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Tire Black TC-0088 ΔE 3.9 · close
Night Scales (Metallic Colours Paint Set) equivalent in P3
- C Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Immortal Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.8 · similar
Night Scales in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquitex | #252328 | Iridescent Black Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.6 |
| Revell | #2E2F34 | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 3.7 |
| Scale75 | #292A2F | Abyssal Blue Scale Color Range | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mig | #3D383C | Rubber & Tires Acrylics | ΔE 3.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #343436 | Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #3C3032 | Mahogany Acrysion | ΔE 4.1 |
| Tamiya | #333333 | Black Spray | ΔE 4.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3E373E | Dark Flesh Military Range | ΔE 4.6 |
| Golden | #3B3330 | VanDyke Brown Hue Fluid | ΔE 4.6 |
| Citadel | #232324 | Black Legion Contrast | ΔE 4.9 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Warcolours | #373737 | Metallic Black Metallic paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #272624 | Pavement Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 6.0 |
| Monument | #1D1E22 | Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.1 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Italeri | #32393D | Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 18.1 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Night Scales Warpaints Air ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Death Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Brigadine Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Dark Skin Shade Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 6.0 · similar
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