Paint Equivalents

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey

Tom Color · s · TC-0253

#25221D · L*13.4 a*0.3 b*3.9

The closest match to Tom Color FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey in every other range, nearest first.

Tom Color FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey is a near-black neutral. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) at ΔE 0.0. 8 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 FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey?

AK Interactive Grey (fs 36081) is the closest equivalent to Tom Color FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Barrel Grey (ΔE 1.3) and The Army Painter Abyssal Black (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Grey, ΔE 3.3 — a very close substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Grey (fs 36081) Air AK2105 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Gun Metal Real Colors - Standard RC015 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Tom Color → AK Interactive conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Barrel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Tom Color → Green Stuff World conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Abyssal Black D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Grim Black Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Tom Color → The Army Painter conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Stone Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9311 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Tom Color → Reaper conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Licorice Shiny™ 2715 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Black Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18128 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Tom Color → FolkArt conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Acrilex

  1. B Preto Paints 520 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. E Rústico Paints 896 ΔE 12.8 · far

Full Tom Color → Acrilex conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Camouflage Colors 21344 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Tom Color → Apple Barrel conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Golden

  1. B Bone Black OPEN Acrylics 7010 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Carbon Black Heavy Body 1040 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Tom Color → Golden conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Warm Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Tom Color → Warcolours conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Dryad Bark Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Tom Color → Citadel conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color H416 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Olive Drab Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set CMC03 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Tom Color → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Black Grey Model Color 70.862 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Black Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.812 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Tom Color → Vallejo conversion chart

FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #1B1A18 Black Ink Artist Range ΔE 3.3
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.7
Mig #1C1C1C Satin Black Acrylics ΔE 4.1
Humbrol #212021 Black Matt Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.2
Monument #2C2D28 Black Brown Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.3
Tamiya #222424 NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 4.3
Foundry #191919 Blackened Barrel Paint System ΔE 4.6
Mission Models #2E2D2D NATO Black ΔE 4.9
Mr. Paint #2D2727 Extra Dark Rust Mr Paint ΔE 4.9
Liquitex #232325 Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.9
Creature #2C282A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.6
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 6.3
Revell #252429 Tar Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 7.0
Arteza #2E201B Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.2
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 7.5
Italeri #2D3122 Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.6
Coat d'Arms #000000 Black Military Range ΔE 8.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 21.4

Nearest colours inside Tom Color

  1. A Black Uniform Base ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Night Grey ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  3. C Rlm 73 ΔE 3.7 · close
  4. C Black Uniform Shadow ΔE 3.8 · close
  5. C Nato Black ΔE 4.9 · close
  6. D Amt-6 ΔE 6.1 · similar

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