Paint Equivalents

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau

Tom Color · s · TC-0088

#565E61 · L*39.3 a*-2.4 b*-2.8

The closest match to Tom Color RAL 7012 Basaltgrau in every other range, nearest first.

Tom Color RAL 7012 Basaltgrau is a mid grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Revell Dark Grey at ΔE 0.0. 9 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 RAL 7012 Basaltgrau?

Revell Dark Grey is the closest equivalent to Tom Color RAL 7012 Basaltgrau in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml (ΔE 0.6) and The Army Painter Uniform Grey (ΔE 1.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color RAL 7012 Basaltgrau?

The nearest Vallejo paint is USAF Green, ΔE 3.2 — a very close substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Revell

  1. A Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Dust Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable

Full Tom Color → Revell conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml Real Colors - Air RC212 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B French Artillery Grey AFV AK4052 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Tom Color → AK Interactive conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Uniform Grey Warpaints Primer WP1118P ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Tom Color → The Army Painter conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Ocean gray Aircraft Spray AS-10 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-56 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full Tom Color → Tamiya conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Basalt Grey RAL 7012 Mr Paint MRP-209 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Admiralty Grey (Bs 632 / FS 36152) Mr Paint MRP-439 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mr. Paint conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color 608 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B German Gray Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC08 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Tom Color → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Wrought Iron Acrylic Colors 925 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. D Classic French Gray Acrylic Colors 6472 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Tom Color → FolkArt conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. B Black Ice ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. E Six Shooter ΔE 12.3 · far

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint 4861AP ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Tom Color → Italeri conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 118A ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System 78A ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Tom Color → Foundry conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Primer Acrylics - Matt 1 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays S27 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Tom Color → Humbrol conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Tom Color → Duncan conversion chart

RAL 7012 Basaltgrau in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Vallejo #515B5A USAF Green Model Air ΔE 3.2
Mig #5D6268 Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics ΔE 3.3
Mission Models #505E67 Extra Dark Sea Grey BS381 RAF ΔE 3.4
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 3.4
P3 #4E5861 Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9
Coat d'Arms #556363 Slate Grey World War II Range ΔE 3.9
Scale75 #57585A Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 4.0
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.2
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.7
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.0
Reaper #535A53 Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 6.1
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.4
Citadel #484B4E Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 6.8
Apple Barrel #465363 Denim Blue Colors ΔE 7.7
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 8.0
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 9.6
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.5

Nearest colours inside Tom Color

  1. A RAL 7011 Iron Grey ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B FS 36152 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  3. B Black Uniform Light ΔE 3.3 · very close
  4. B Ana 603 Sea Grey ΔE 3.3 · very close
  5. C Tire Black Highlight ΔE 3.8 · close
  6. C Schlickgrau 58 ΔE 3.8 · close

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