Charcoal Grey
Vallejo · Arte Deco · 85.119
#253338 · L*20.2 a*-4.3 b*-5.1
The closest match to Vallejo Charcoal Grey in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Charcoal Grey is a very dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Liquitex Muted Turquoise at ΔE 1.7. 14 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Charcoal Grey?
Liquitex Muted Turquoise is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Charcoal Grey in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Amt-12 Dark Grey (ΔE 1.9) and Humbrol Tank Grey (ΔE 2.4).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Charcoal Grey?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Amt-12 Dark Grey, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Charcoal Grey Shop Liquitex Muted Turquoise Shop Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix set
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Liquitex
- A Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 561 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Charcoal Grey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Amt-12 Dark Grey Air (3rd Gen) AK11918 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Medium Grey / German Grey Uniform -58- Figures AK3145 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Humbrol
- B Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Monument
- B Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 044 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C PRIME Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Primer 005P ΔE 3.5 · close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Blue Fs15044 A Aqueous Hobby Color H326 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B RLM70 Black Green Aqueous Hobby Color H65 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Foundry
- B British Royal Blue Shade Paint System 74A ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C American Olive Green Paint System 94B ΔE 3.7 · close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Italeri
- B Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint 4752AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Scale75
- B Panzer Grey Warfront Range ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Green Grey Artist Range ΔE 4.6 · close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B IJAAF 3 Hai Ran Shoku (Cockpit Blue-gey) Mr Paint MRP-417 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in Tamiya
- B Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 4.9 · close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in FolkArt
- C Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors 2496 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Peppercorn Acrylic Colors 6473 ΔE 4.6 · close
Charcoal Grey equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Thunder Storm Warpaints Air ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Raven Black Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close
Charcoal Grey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Stuff World | #2A333C | Steel Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.2 |
| Revell | #354044 | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.5 |
| Tom Color | #153238 | Dark Blue 438m | ΔE 4.7 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.7 |
| Golden | #262B31 | Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 5.1 |
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.2 |
| Mission Models | #303433 | Anthrazitgrau RAL 7016 (Anthracite Grey) | ΔE 5.2 |
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 5.7 |
| Mig | #21262C | Fs 25042 Sea Blue (ana 606) Acrylics | ΔE 5.9 |
| Warcolours | #293543 | Blue Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 6.1 |
| Citadel | #162A29 | Nocturne Green Air | ΔE 6.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 6.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #353630 | Pewter Grey Colors | ΔE 8.6 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.0 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 11.3 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 11.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 16.8 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- D Sombre Grey Game Air ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Abyssal Turquoise Game Air ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Glossy Sea Blue Model Air ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Black Model Air ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Charcoal Game Color ΔE 7.2 · similar
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