Paint Equivalents

Tin Star

Turbo Dork · Turbo Dork

#BFCACF · L*80.6 a*-2.8 b*-3.8

The closest match to Turbo Dork Tin Star in every other range, nearest first.

Turbo Dork Tin Star is a light grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being P3 Cold Steel at ΔE 0.5. 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 Tin Star?

P3 Cold Steel is the closest equivalent to Turbo Dork Tin Star in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Sparkling Snow (ΔE 1.6) and Citadel Runefang Steel (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Turbo Dork Tin Star?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Ghost Grey, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Turbo Dork to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Turbo Dork Tin Star Shop P3 Cold Steel Shop P3 Privateer Press Formula P3 set

Tin Star equivalent in P3

  1. A Cold Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. C Underbelly Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.0 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Sparkling Snow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9689 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Brush-On Grey Primer Master Series Paints Core Colors Primer 9299 ΔE 3.7 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Runefang Steel Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Mithril Silver Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.6 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Aluminium Aerosol Sprays S56 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics 56 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Tin Star equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray AS-12 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss X-11 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Tin Star equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Light Gray Mr Paint MRP-402 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Blue - Gray Mr Paint MRP-405 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Tin Star equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Ghost Grey Game Color 72.046 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Wolf Grey Game Color 72.047 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Tin Star equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Battleship Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Ghoul Grey D&D Undead Set ΔE 4.0 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Arcadian Blue (F 1965) MMP-136 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C USN Pale Grey Blue 5P MMP-133 ΔE 3.7 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Revell

  1. B Light Grey Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Aluminium Email Color - Metallic ΔE 3.5 · close

Tin Star equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Primer Surface White Primers ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Speed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 5.7 · similar

Tin Star equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Armour Light Paint System 35C ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Arctic Grey Paint System 33B ΔE 4.9 · close

Tin Star in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Hobby #B2BFC4 Gun Chrome Mr Color ΔE 3.0
Apple Barrel #BEC2C5 Real Navy Gloss™ ΔE 3.4
FolkArt #BEC2C5 Medium Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 3.4
AK Interactive #B4BEBF Spectrum Blue Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.7
Italeri #C5CECB Silver Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.2
Acrilex #D2DADC Cinza Paints ΔE 4.3
Mig #C7DBE2 RLM 65 Hellblau Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #C9C9C9 Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 5.0
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.0
Tom Color #C5C7C4 RAL 7035 ΔE 5.1
Coat d'Arms #CED7D4 Elven Grey Fantasy Range ΔE 5.1
Green Stuff World #CCCCCC Primer Grey Matt Surface ΔE 5.1
Golden #CAD3E2 Zinc White Heavy Body ΔE 5.7
Monument #AFBDBA Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series ΔE 5.9
Arteza #B2C1D3 Cold Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.1
Duncan #DCDCDD Matt Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 6.8
Liquitex #DFDFDF Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.4
Kimera Kolors #E4E4E4 The White Pure Pigments ΔE 8.2

Nearest colours inside Turbo Dork

  1. C Silver Fox ΔE 5.0 · close
  2. D Sparkle Motion ΔE 8.8 · similar
  3. E Pearly Gates ΔE 13.1 · far
  4. E Maguro ΔE 14.6 · far
  5. E Dork ΔE 18.3 · far
  6. E Curacao ΔE 19.3 · far

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