Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)
The Army Painter · Quickshade Washes Set
#49251E · L*19.4 a*16.2 b*12.2
The closest match to The Army Painter Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Soft Tone is a very dark, moderately saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Dark Shadow Flesh, ΔE 0.8. 14 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 is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?
AK Interactive Dark Shadow Flesh is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mig Old Rust (ΔE 2.0) and Scale75 Burnt Sienna Umber (ΔE 2.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Chocolate, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Dark Shadow Flesh Figures AK3015 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Bsc Nº49 Light Purple Brown Real Colors - WWII RC045 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mig
- B Old Rust Acrylics AMIG0042 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B One Shot Primer - Brown Oxide Primers AMIG2026 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Scale75
- B Burnt Sienna Umber Artist Range ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Brown Leather Scale Color Range ΔE 4.5 · close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Liquitex
- B Transparent Burnt Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix 129 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix 504 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Vallejo
- B Dark Chocolate Arte Deco 85.118 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Copper Brown Xpress Color 72.421 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Reaper
- B Dark Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9041 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Nut Brown Master Series Paints Bones 9427 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Golden
- B Violet Oxide Heavy Body 1405 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Violet Oxide OPEN Acrylics 7405 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in P3
- B Sul Red Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Hoksune Red Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Cinnamon Acrylic Colors 2558 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Maple Syrup Acrylic Colors 945 ΔE 4.3 · close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Dark Wood Mr Paint MRP-262 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Red Brown RAL 8017 Mr Paint MRP-036 ΔE 3.8 · close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Citadel
- B Wyldwood Contrast ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Cygor Brown Contrast ΔE 3.7 · close
Soft Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Warcolours
- C Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Red 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.5 · similar
Soft Tone in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Barrel | #432122 | Light Pink Colors | ΔE 4.3 |
| Tom Color | #3A1F16 | Pelo de Lobisomem | ΔE 4.3 |
| Monument | #3E1714 | Matt Cexwish Dark Crimson Pro Signature Series | ΔE 4.3 |
| Duncan | #4D1A15 | Berserker Red Wave 1 | ΔE 4.6 |
| Foundry | #513230 | Musket Stock Brown Paint System | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #501D11 | Red Brown Ii Mr Color | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mission Models | #592321 | Rotbraun RAL 8012 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Italeri | #3D2624 | Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #4B3229 | Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Tamiya | #3E0E02 | Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 6.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #632D2B | Goth Skin Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 6.7 |
| Arteza | #663D34 | Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 8.1 |
| Revell | #6C312B | Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.3 |
| Creature | #2F1C10 | Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.6 |
| Humbrol | #623319 | German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 9.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #543E31 | Chesnut Brown Military Range | ΔE 9.8 |
| Acrilex | #47321B | Rústico Paints | ΔE 11.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 19.2 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Strong Skin Shade Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Husk Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Red Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Flesh Wash Warpaints Tone ΔE 4.8 · close
- C Flesh Wash D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Tree Ancient Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.3 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot