Paint Equivalents

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)

The Army Painter · Quickshade Washes Set

#3B2826 · L*18.3 a*8.6 b*4.9

The closest match to The Army Painter Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Strong Tone is a very dark, muted red. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Monument Transparent Brown at ΔE 1.5. 11 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

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 Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?

Monument Transparent Brown is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Italeri Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 (ΔE 1.9) and AK Interactive Reddish Black (ΔE 1.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Rust, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Monument

  1. A Transparent Brown Pro Acrylic Paints 052 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Ben Komets Dark Burgundy Pro Signature Series S15 ΔE 4.2 · close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint 4797AP ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint 4858AP ΔE 9.8 · similar

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Reddish Black Figures AK3016 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Reddish Black Figures (3rd Gen) AK11406 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Dark Rust Model Color 70.771 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Charred Brown Game Color 72.045 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Chocolate Bar Colors 20578 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Tapestry Wine Colors 20592 ΔE 3.7 · close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Nato Brown Acrylics AMIG0085 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Scc 1a (british Brown 1941-42) Acrylics AMIG0110 ΔE 4.7 · close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Pearl Root Beer Brown MMP-154 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Rotbraun RAL 8017 MMP-012 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Chestnut Brown Mr Paint MRP-166 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Red Brown RAL 8017 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A031 ΔE 4.8 · close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix 392 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Muted Violet Heavy Body Acrylix 502 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Golden

  1. B Burnt Umber Heavy Body 1030 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Burnt Umber Light Heavy Body 1035 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Black Leather Scale Color Range ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Arbuckles Brown Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.0 · very close

Strong Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in P3

  1. B Rhok Hide Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Battlefield Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Strong Tone in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Arteza #3E2E29 Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.0
Citadel #442B25 Catachan Fleshtone Base ΔE 3.4
Foundry #2F1D1D Peaty Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 3.6
FolkArt #362327 Pure Magenta Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.7
Green Stuff World #3B302E Dark Umber Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.6
Mr. Hobby #3C3032 Mahogany Acrysion ΔE 4.6
Reaper #41241E Dark Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.7
Kimera Kolors #4B3229 Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 ΔE 5.4
Tamiya #4F3733 Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.5
Tom Color #3A1F16 Pelo de Lobisomem ΔE 5.7
Creature #2F1C10 Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.8
Duncan #482124 Amphora Red Wave 3 ΔE 7.8
Humbrol #292526 Black Satin Aerosol Sprays ΔE 8.2
Revell #583E41 Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.6
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 8.7
Warcolours #26121D Purple 5 Layer paints ΔE 9.6
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 10.9
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 20.7

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Mocca Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Dark Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 3.2 · very close
  3. B Oak Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.5 · very close
  4. C Traitor Red Warpaints Air ΔE 3.6 · close
  5. C Strong Skin Shade Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.9 · close
  6. C Strong Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 4.9 · close