Paint Equivalents

Dark Sea Grey

Tom Color · s · TC-0125

#4D5760 · L*36.4 a*-1.7 b*-6.5

The closest match to Tom Color Dark Sea Grey in every other range, nearest first.

Tom Color Dark Sea Grey is a dark, muted blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 – 10ml at ΔE 0.4. 13 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 Tom Color Dark Sea Grey?

AK Interactive Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 – 10ml is the closest equivalent to Tom Color Dark Sea Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: P3 Greatcoat Grey (ΔE 0.4) and Mr. Paint Ocean Grey (ΔE 1.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color Dark Sea Grey?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Tom Color Dark Sea Grey Shop AK Interactive Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 – 10ml Shop AK Interactive Real Colors - WWII set

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC295 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. A Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 Air (3rd Gen) AK11850 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Tom Color → AK Interactive conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in P3

  1. A Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. C Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Tom Color → P3 conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Ocean Grey Mr Paint MRP-115 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Gunship Grey FS363118 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A087 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 118A ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Confederate Grey Shade Paint System 117A ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Tom Color → Foundry conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors 925 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. D Skyline Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2979 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Tom Color → FolkArt conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Gunship Grey FS 36118 MMP-084 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Panzer Grey RAL 7021 MMP-014 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mission Models conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Faust Blue Wave 3 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Tom Color → Duncan conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Ocean gray Aircraft Spray AS-10 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-13 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Tom Color → Tamiya conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Tom Color → Scale75 conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Sombre Grey Game Color 72.048 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Russian Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 70.325 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Tom Color → Vallejo conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Uniform Grey Warpaints Primer WP1118P ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Tom Color → The Army Painter conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Dark Seagray Bs381c 638 Mr Color 331 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Dark Gray "Dunkel Grau" Mr Color 513 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Tom Color → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dark Sea Grey in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Apple Barrel #465363 Denim Blue Colors ΔE 3.7
Revell #565E61 Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.1
Mig #525662 Night Blue Grey Acrylics ΔE 4.1
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 4.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.4
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 5.3
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 5.4
Citadel #484B4E Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 5.4
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.5
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 5.6
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.9
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 6.2
Monument #464C4C Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.3
Reaper #47484D Tempest Grey Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 6.4
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 8.2
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 8.6
Liquitex #165068 Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.9

Nearest colours inside Tom Color

  1. C Cinza Azulado Médio ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Ana 603 Sea Grey ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C RAL 7011 Iron Grey ΔE 3.7 · close
  4. C RAL 7012 Basaltgrau ΔE 4.1 · close
  5. C Black Uniform Light ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. C Raf Dark Green 1975-now ΔE 4.6 · close

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