Paint Equivalents

Polished Silver

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0

#888782 · L*56.3 a*-0.6 b*2.8

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

The Army Painter Polished Silver is a mid grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Silver Sterling at ΔE 0.4. 11 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

The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Polished Silver?

FolkArt Silver Sterling is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Polished Silver in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Dwarven Iron (ΔE 0.7) and Mr. Paint Duraluminium (ΔE 0.7).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Polished Silver?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Rubber, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Polished Silver equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Silver Sterling Metallics 662 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. B Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors 4623 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. C Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Duraluminium Mr Paint MRP-008 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Rainy Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9206 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C Weathered Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9087 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Light Rubber Panzer Aces 70.305 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Magnesium Metal Color 77.711 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml Real Colors - Air RC300 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Middle Grey AFV AK785 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Aluminium Acrylic Paint 4677AP ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Steel Acrylic Paint 4679AP ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Transparent Smoke MMP-170 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Polished Silver equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Polished Silver in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Revell #909088 Stone Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.5
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 3.6
Monument #8D857E Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series ΔE 3.7
Mig #7C7E7B RLM 75 Grauviolett Acrylics ΔE 4.0
Tom Color #828888 Radome Grey Modern Jets ΔE 4.1
P3 #8D8581 Drake Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.1
Foundry #919191 Armour Shade Paint System ΔE 4.5
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #868F8A Granite Gray Colors ΔE 5.4
Mr. Hobby #8B8E92 IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color ΔE 5.7
Coat d'Arms #838270 Faded Khaki World War II Range ΔE 6.4
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 6.4
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 7.4
Humbrol #827773 Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 7.7
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.9
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 8.0
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 11.2
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 12.1

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Lich Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 2.3 · very close
  3. B Castle Grey Warpaints ΔE 2.6 · very close
  4. B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 3.3 · very close
  5. C Field Grey Warpaints ΔE 3.6 · close
  6. C Gun Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.7 · close

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