Paint Equivalents

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#A9A9A7 · L*69.2 a*-0.4 b*1.0

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

The Army Painter Shining Silver is a light grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Dunkelgrau Shine at ΔE 0.8. 9 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 Shining Silver (Warpaints Air)?

AK Interactive Dunkelgrau Shine is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Pale Burnt Metal (ΔE 1.1) and Mig Crystal Glass (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Shining Silver (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Pale Burnt Metal, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Dunkelgrau Shine AFV AK166 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Aluminium Real Colors - Modern RC020 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Pale Burnt Metal Metal Color 77.704 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Light Gull Gray Model Air 71.121 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Stone Grey Acrylics AMIG0075 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. D Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Burgundy Acrylic Colors 957 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Sawgrass Acrylic Colors 2490 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Chrome Silver Mr Metal Color 211 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Honed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9053 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B True Silver Master Series Paints Core Colors 9207 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Gunmetal Grey Metallic Colors ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Grey Seer Base ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Nuln Oil Gloss Shade ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Gray SU-27 Mr Paint MRP-046 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Light Aircraft Grey Bs627 Mr Paint MRP-374 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Shining Silver (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Ana 620 Light Gull Grey TC-0173 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Raf Light Aircraft Grey TC-0117 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Shining Silver in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mission Models #B5B4B2 Chrome ΔE 3.2
Monument #ABAEA7 Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.5
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.6
Foundry #9D9E9F Gun Metal Paint System ΔE 3.7
Revell #A6A9AE Silver Email Color - Metallic ΔE 3.8
Apple Barrel #A5A59B Dolphin Grey Gloss™ ΔE 4.3
Scale75 #BBB7B4 Miskatonic Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 4.6
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.7
Golden #BBB7B6 N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 4.8
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 5.3
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.4
Coat d'Arms #B2A7A5 Mid Grey Military Range ΔE 5.6
Humbrol #9BA2AA Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin ΔE 6.1
Tamiya #B3AAAE Smoke Spray ΔE 6.3
P3 #B5BCB2 Galvanized Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.3
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.5
Acrilex #B3BEAE Areia Lunar Paints ΔE 9.9
Kimera Kolors #A99E85 Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 10.5

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Shining Silver Warpaints ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer ΔE 2.5 · very close
  3. B Orc Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. B Silver Dragon D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.1 · very close
  5. B Wash Medium Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.3 · very close
  6. C Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close

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