Paint Equivalents

Dark Sea Gray

Vallejo · Model Air · 71.053

#525660 · L*36.5 a*0.7 b*-6.3

The closest match to Vallejo Dark Sea Gray in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Dark Sea Gray is a dark, muted blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) at ΔE 0.6. 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

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Dark Sea Gray?

Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Dark Sea Gray in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mig Night Blue Grey (ΔE 1.1) and AK Interactive Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml (ΔE 1.5).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Dark Sea Gray?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml, ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Vallejo Dark Sea Gray Shop Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Shop Tamiya Lacquer Paint set

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-13 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. C Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-54 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Tamiya conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Mig

  1. A Night Blue Grey Acrylics AMIG0250 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. C Dunkelgrau Dark Base Acrylics AMIG0907 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Mig conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml Real Colors - Air RC242 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Ocean Gray AFV AK4225 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C Faust Blue Wave 3 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Vallejo → Duncan conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Stone Shade Paint System 57A ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Confederate Grey Shade Paint System 117A ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Gunship Grey FS 36118 MMP-084 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Grauviolet RLM 75 MMP-050 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B MS Purple Gundam Color Spray UG9 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C German Gray Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC07 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Dark Sea Grey TC-0125 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Black Uniform Light TC-0235 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Tom Color conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in P3

  1. B Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Full Vallejo → P3 conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. C Ocean Grey Mr Paint MRP-115 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Gunship Grey FS363118 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A087 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Adeptus Battlegrey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Eshin Grey Layer ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Vallejo → Citadel conversion chart

Dark Sea Gray in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #555358 Chunky Silver Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics ΔE 3.8
Revell #484B52 Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.1
The Army Painter #555C61 Uniform Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2
Apple Barrel #465363 Denim Blue Colors ΔE 4.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.0
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 5.1
Reaper #47484D Tempest Grey Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.4
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 5.6
Green Stuff World #565656 Slate Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.6
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 5.7
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.8
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 6.2
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.3
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.3
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 7.3
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 8.1
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 11.4
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.7

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Phantom Grey Mecha Color ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Grey Model Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  3. B Engine Gray Model Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  4. B Grey Model Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
  5. B Anthracite Grey Model Air ΔE 3.0 · very close
  6. B Viking Grey Xpress Color Intense ΔE 3.0 · very close

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