Metallic Black
Vallejo · Premium Airbrush Color · 62.053
#BEBABB · L*75.9 a*1.6 b*-0.0
The closest match to Vallejo Metallic Black in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Metallic Black is a light grey. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Golden N7 Neutral Gray, ΔE 1.4. 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
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 Metallic Black?
Golden N7 Neutral Gray is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Metallic Black in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Aluminum (ΔE 2.3) and Foundry Leather & Metal Washes Light (ΔE 2.4).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Metallic Black?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Glaze Medium -90-, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Metallic Black Shop Golden N7 Neutral Gray Shop Golden Heavy Body set
Metallic Black equivalent in Golden
- A N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1447 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- D N8 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1448 ΔE 9.0 · similar
Metallic Black equivalent in Mission Models
- B Aluminum MMM-003 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Chrome MMC-001 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Foundry
- B Leather & Metal Washes Light Paint System 47C ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Arctic Grey Paint System 33B ΔE 3.8 · close
Metallic Black equivalent in Scale75
- B Miskatonic Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B City Dust Soil Works ΔE 3.2 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Glaze Medium -90- Figures AK3085 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Grey Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11241 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in FolkArt
- B Sky Mist Acrylic Colors 2596 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Wicker White Acrylic Colors 901 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Citadel
- B Fortress Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Nuln Oil Gloss Shade ΔE 3.2 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Rough Silver Mr Metallic Color GX GX208 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Super Iron 2 Mr Color Super Metallic 2 SM203 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Reaper
- B Shining Mithril Master Series Paints Bones 9454 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Aircraft Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9290 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Silver Dragon D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Company Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.2 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Mig
- B Stone Grey Acrylics AMIG0075 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Metallic Black equivalent in Warcolours
- C Cool Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 4.2 · close
Metallic Black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 4.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #BEC2C5 | Real Navy Gloss™ | ΔE 4.4 |
| Revell | #BABFC2 | Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 4.6 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #B9ADAD | Tinmetal Grey Metallic Colors | ΔE 4.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #BAB8C3 | Chainmail Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.9 |
| Tamiya | #CCCCCC | Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.9 |
| Tom Color | #BFC0BB | Mig 25/31 Grey | ΔE 4.9 |
| Arteza | #ACABB1 | Silver Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mr. Paint | #C0C1BB | Light Grey Mr Paint | ΔE 5.4 |
| Humbrol | #CFD0D2 | Light Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 5.8 |
| Duncan | #D2C7BF | Ivory Tusk Wave 1 | ΔE 6.1 |
| Monument | #ABAEA7 | Bright Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.5 |
| P3 | #BFCACE | Cold Steel Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.0 |
| Liquitex | #D9D6CF | Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.1 |
| Italeri | #C5CECB | Silver Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.6 |
| Acrilex | #D2DADC | Cinza Paints | ΔE 9.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 10.1 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- B Dull Aluminium Metal Color ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B White Aluminium Metal Color ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Grey Surface Primer ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Pearl Medium Arte Deco ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Semi Matt Aluminium Metal Color ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Light Grey Wash FX ΔE 3.7 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot