Paint Equivalents

FS 36270

Tom Color · s · TC-0031

#848A8A · L*57.0 a*-2.2 b*-0.8

The closest match to Tom Color FS 36270 in every other range, nearest first.

Tom Color FS 36270 is a mid grey. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Light Grey FS36293 at ΔE 1.0. 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 36270?

Mr. Paint Light Grey FS36293 is the closest equivalent to Tom Color FS 36270 in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Blue Grey Pale (ΔE 1.4) and Foundry German Late Field Grey Light (ΔE 1.7).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color FS 36270?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Grey Pale, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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FS 36270 equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Light Grey FS36293 Mr Paint MRP-279 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Modern Italian Sky Gray FS36280 Mr Paint MRP-095 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mr. Paint conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Blue Grey Pale Model Color 70.905 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Russian AF Grey N.3 Model Air 71.339 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Tom Color → Vallejo conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Foundry

  1. A German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 78C ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Tom Color → Foundry conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Medium Grey Fs 36270 Air (3rd Gen) AK11886 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Medium Grey Fs 36270 10ml Real Colors - Air RC249 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full Tom Color → AK Interactive conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Neutral gray Aircraft Spray AS-7 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat XF-75 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Tom Color → Tamiya conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Ironbreaker Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Tom Color → Citadel conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Mig

  1. B Medium Sea Grey (bs 637) Acrylics AMIG0246 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mig conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Tom Color → Mission Models conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Revell

  1. B Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Tom Color → Revell conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Silver Sterling Metallics 662 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Tom Color → FolkArt conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Tom Color → Duncan conversion chart

FS 36270 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer CP3008 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Fairy Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Tom Color → The Army Painter conversion chart

FS 36270 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Green Stuff World #8C8C8C Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.3
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.5
Scale75 #8B8C87 Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 3.5
Mr. Hobby #8B8E92 IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color ΔE 3.6
Apple Barrel #868F8A Granite Gray Colors ΔE 3.6
Reaper #8B8A88 Tarnished Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.6
Warcolours #828282 Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 4.0
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 4.1
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray High Flow ΔE 4.2
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 5.1
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.8
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.2
Arteza #928E95 Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.7
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.8
Coat d'Arms #6A8893 Uniform Grey World War II Range ΔE 8.9
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 14.0
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 14.5

Nearest colours inside Tom Color

  1. A Radome Grey Modern Jets ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Haze Grey Usn WW2 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  3. B FS 36314 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  4. B FS 36231 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  5. C RAL 7000 Squirrel Grey ΔE 4.0 · close
  6. C RAL 7042 Trafic Grey ΔE 4.1 · close

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