Paint Equivalents

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#6A6B68 · L*45.1 a*-1.0 b*1.5

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

The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Intermediate Blue at ΔE 1.0. 10 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 Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air)?

AK Interactive Intermediate Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color NeutRAL Grey 43 Versão 1 (ΔE 1.1) and Vallejo Gunmetal (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air)?

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

Shop The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal Shop AK Interactive Intermediate Blue Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Intermediate Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11163 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Neutral Grey 43 Air (3rd Gen) AK11862 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A NeutRAL Grey 43 Versão 1 TC-0171 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B RAL 7009 TC-0086 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Gunmetal Mecha Color 69.058 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Dark Sea Grey Model Color 70.991 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Titanium Mr Paint MRP-082 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A White Aluminium Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A015 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Have Glass Grey FS36170 MMP-083 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Duraluminum MMM-005 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Grauviolett RLM 75 Acrylic Paint 4785AP ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. D Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A IJN Hull Color/Sasebo Mr Color 602 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Gray (2) Aqueous Hobby Color H83 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. B One Shot Primer - Grey Primers AMIG2024 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Fs 36122 NeutRAL Gray Acrylics AMIG0239 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Iron Warriors Base ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Dawnstone Air ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Mouse Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. D Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Gunmetal Gray Metallics 667 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Steel Gray Acrylic Colors 2561 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9089 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9085 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Foundry #656667 Gun Metal Shade Paint System ΔE 3.1
Scale75 #646464 Primer Surface Gray Primers ΔE 3.2
Duncan #6D6B6C Wizard Grey Wave 1 ΔE 3.4
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 3.5
Tamiya #727071 Metallic gray Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.1
Coat d'Arms #646B64 Black Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 4.2
Warcolours #747474 Metallic Pewter Metallic paints ΔE 4.2
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 4.9
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.1
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 5.3
Green Stuff World #787878 Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.7
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 5.7
P3 #5F6156 Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.0
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.4
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 6.9
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.8
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 12.4

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. C Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C Brush-On Primer Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.3 · close
  3. C Dungeon Grey Warpaints ΔE 4.7 · close
  4. D Gun Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 5.5 · similar
  5. D Dungeon Stone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.9 · similar
  6. D Skeleton Bone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.9 · similar

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