Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic)
The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic
#86888C · L*56.7 a*0.1 b*-2.4
The closest match to The Army Painter Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Shining Silver is a mid grey. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden N5 Neutral Gray at ΔE 1.2. 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
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 Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic)?
Golden N5 Neutral Gray is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 (ΔE 1.5) and Citadel Boltgun Metal (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Cold Grey, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Golden
- A N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- D N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mission Models
- A Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Citadel
- A Boltgun Metal Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Codex Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.3 · very close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Medium Grey Fs 36270 Air (3rd Gen) AK11886 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- A Medium Grey Fs 36270 10ml Real Colors - Air RC249 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color 601 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color 607 ΔE 4.0 · close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Vallejo
- B Cold Grey Game Air 72.750 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Russian AF Grey N.3 Model Air 71.339 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors 4623 ΔE 4.1 · close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint MRP-279 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Tom Color
- B Haze Grey Usn WW2 TC-0176 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B FS 36231 TC-0019 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mig
- B Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Grey Acrylics AMIG0059 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
Shining Silver (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Warcolours
- B Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 3.1 · very close
Shining Silver in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry | #828A8D | German Late Field Grey Light Paint System | ΔE 3.3 |
| Tamiya | #7D8087 | IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 3.3 |
| Reaper | #8B8A88 | Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.5 |
| Revell | #889093 | Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.0 |
| Duncan | #7D7F7F | Mythril Blade Wave 1 | ΔE 4.2 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Scale75 | #8B8683 | Rainy Gray Scale Color Range | ΔE 4.8 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 4.9 |
| Italeri | #8E9493 | Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 5.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #99979A | Pure Silver Colors | ΔE 5.8 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 6.9 |
| Monument | #8D857E | Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.0 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #6A8893 | Uniform Grey World War II Range | ΔE 10.3 |
| Acrilex | #978FAC | Violeta Gris Paints | ΔE 12.6 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 14.7 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Ash Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Grey Primer D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Gun Metal Warpaints Primer ΔE 4.4 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot