Paint Equivalents

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Primer · WP1118P

#545D62 · L*38.9 a*-2.3 b*-4.1

The closest match to The Army Painter Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Uniform Grey is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya Ocean gray at ΔE 1.1. 10 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

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer)?

Tamiya Ocean gray is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color RAL 7011 Iron Grey (ΔE 1.2) and Revell Dark Grey (ΔE 1.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Russian Tank Crew I, ΔE 3.4 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Uniform Grey Shop Tamiya Ocean gray Shop Tamiya Aircraft Spray set

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Ocean gray Aircraft Spray AS-10 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-56 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A RAL 7011 Iron Grey TC-0085 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A RAL 7012 Basaltgrau TC-0088 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Dust Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors 925 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Classic French Gray Acrylic Colors 6472 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 118A ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Slate Grey Paint System 32B ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml Real Colors - Air RC212 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 Air (3rd Gen) AK11850 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Basalt Grey RAL 7012 Mr Paint MRP-209 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Ocean Grey Mr Paint MRP-115 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Extra Dark Sea Grey BS381 RAF MMP-138 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Panzer Grey RAL 7021 MMP-014 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color 608 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Dark Seagray Bs381c 638 Mr Color 331 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in P3

  1. B Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. B Black Ice ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. E Six Shooter ΔE 12.7 · far

Uniform Grey (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics AMIG0235 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics AMIG0245 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Uniform Grey in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.3
Vallejo #4C5D67 Russian Tank Crew I Panzer Aces ΔE 3.4
Duncan #50555C Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 3.7
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.8
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 4.0
Scale75 #57585A Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 4.2
Coat d'Arms #4D5B5B Tank Blue Grey World War II Range ΔE 4.5
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.9
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.2
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.7
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 5.9
Citadel #484B4E Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 6.6
Apple Barrel #465363 Denim Blue Colors ΔE 6.6
Reaper #535A53 Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 7.1
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 8.2
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 9.3
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 11.5

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Enchanted Steel Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  3. D Gun Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.7 · similar
  4. D Gun Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 6.1 · similar
  5. D Dungeon Grey Warpaints ΔE 6.1 · similar
  6. D Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.4 · similar

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