Paint Equivalents

Black Ice

Turbo Dork · Turbo Dork

#5D6164 · L*40.9 a*-0.9 b*-2.2

The closest match to Turbo Dork Black Ice in every other range, nearest first.

Turbo Dork Black Ice is a mid grey. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry Slate Grey 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 Turbo Dork Black Ice?

Foundry Slate Grey is the closest equivalent to Turbo Dork Black Ice in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tamiya Metallic grey (ΔE 1.4) and Italeri Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Turbo Dork Black Ice?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Grey Violet RLM75, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Turbo Dork to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Turbo Dork Black Ice Shop Foundry Slate Grey Shop Foundry Paint System set

Black Ice equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Slate Grey Paint System 32B ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Gun Metal Shade Paint System 104A ΔE 2.7 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-56 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-54 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint 4853AP ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint 4861AP ΔE 2.8 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color 608 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B German Gray Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC08 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A RLM 75 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A064 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A RLM 75 Grauviolett Mr Paint MRP-065 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Black Ice equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Incubus Purple Wave 3 ΔE 4.5 · close

Black Ice equivalent in Mig

  1. A Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics AMIG0235 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Fs 36122 NeutRAL Gray Acrylics AMIG0239 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A FS 36152 TC-0034 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Black Uniform Light TC-0235 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Black Ice equivalent in Revell

  1. A Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.5 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Grey Violet RLM75 Model Air 71.259 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Neutral Grey Model Color 70.992 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Uniform Grey Warpaints Primer WP1118P ΔE 3.0 · very close

Black Ice equivalent in Monument

  1. B Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 075 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Dark Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 016 ΔE 8.0 · similar

Black Ice in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
AK Interactive #565E60 Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 2.7
Scale75 #646464 Primer Surface Gray Primers ΔE 2.8
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 3.4
Humbrol #575B5A Primer Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.4
FolkArt #66696E Classic French Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 3.4
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.5
Mission Models #696866 Have Glass Grey FS36170 ΔE 4.6
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 4.7
P3 #4E5861 Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
Citadel #66656E Warpfiend Grey Layer ΔE 5.4
Reaper #64615C Shadowed Stone Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.5
Coat d'Arms #556363 Slate Grey World War II Range ΔE 5.6
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 5.8
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 6.8
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.1
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 7.6
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.9
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 10.5

Nearest colours inside Turbo Dork

  1. E Six Shooter ΔE 11.2 · far
  2. E Cool Ranch ΔE 18.0 · far
  3. E People Eater ΔE 18.2 · far
  4. E Death By ΔE 18.7 · far
  5. E Blue Steel ΔE 21.5 · far
  6. E Da Ba Dee ΔE 25.3 · far

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