Paint Equivalents

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#20130E · L*7.3 a*5.8 b*5.1

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

The Army Painter Rough Iron is a very dark, muted red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Brown Liner at ΔE 1.7. 20 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 Rough Iron (Warpaints Air)?

Reaper Brown Liner is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mig Dark Brown Wash For Green Vehicles (ΔE 1.8) and AK Interactive Brown Black (ΔE 2.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Rough Iron (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black, ΔE 5.2 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Brown Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors 9064 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Mahogany Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9070 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Dark Brown Wash For Green Vehicles Washes AMIG1005 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Tracks Wash Washes AMIG1002 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Brown Black Figures (3rd Gen) AK11418 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Black Rubber Figures AK3007 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Monument

  1. B Mahogany Pro Acrylic Paints 009 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Brown Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 201 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Scorched Wood Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Primer Black Matt Surface ΔE 8.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Dark Brown Acrylic Colors 416 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Coffee Bean Acrylic Colors 940 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Melted Chocolate Colors 20258 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Coffee Bean Gloss™ 20666 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Arteza

  1. C Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints A308 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Mars Brown Acrylic Premium Paints A306 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Arteza conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Ss Camo Dark Brown Warfront Range ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. C Dark Brown Ochre Artist Range ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Leather Suit Base TC-0227 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. C Leather Suit Shadow TC-0309 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Foundry

  1. D Peaty Brown Shade Paint System 61A ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Bay Brown Shade Paint System 42A ΔE 6.9 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Rough Iron (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Creature

  1. D Mahogany Monument Pro Acryl MPA-009 ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Brown Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-052 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Rough Iron in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Vallejo #231D1D Black Model Color ΔE 5.2
Mission Models #33211F Pearl Root Beer Brown ΔE 5.5
Liquitex #302219 Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.7
Humbrol #171310 Black Acrylics - Satin ΔE 5.9
P3 #35211C Rhok Hide Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.9
Citadel #171314 Corvus Black Air ΔE 6.1
Mr. Paint #2C1E11 6k Russian Brown Mr Paint ΔE 6.3
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 6.9
Golden #382924 Burnt Umber Light Heavy Body ΔE 7.0
Tamiya #040000 Black Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.9
Mr. Hobby #1F1E1D RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 8.0
Warcolours #1E1D1B Warm Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 8.0
Italeri #3D2624 Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.3
Coat d'Arms #000000 Black Military Range ΔE 9.3
Revell #141519 Black Email Color - Silk ΔE 9.3
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 9.6
Duncan #482124 Amphora Red Wave 3 ΔE 12.8
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 26.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Rough Iron Warpaints ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Strong Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.0 · close
  3. D Traitor Red Warpaints Air ΔE 5.9 · similar
  4. D Dark Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 6.6 · similar
  5. D Strong Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 7.6 · similar
  6. D Strong Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 7.7 · similar

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