Paint Equivalents

Natural Steel

Vallejo · Model Color · 70.864

#535258 · L*35.2 a*1.7 b*-3.4

The closest match to Vallejo Natural Steel in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Natural Steel is a mid grey. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Chunky Silver, ΔE 0.8. 11 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 Natural Steel?

FolkArt Chunky Silver is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Natural Steel in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Foundry Soviet Winter Green Shade (ΔE 2.2) and The Army Painter Gun Metal (ΔE 2.6).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Natural Steel?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

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Natural Steel equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Chunky Silver Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics Chunky Silver ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Asphaltum Acrylic Colors 476 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Vallejo → FolkArt conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Soviet Winter Green Shade Paint System 96A ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Slate Grey Shade Paint System 32A ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Gun Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml Real Colors - Air RC242 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Grey Fs 36081 10ml Real Colors - Air RC243 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Burnt Iron Acrysion N76 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Japanese Navalrsenal Color Sasebo Mr Color Spray SJ02 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint LP-13 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat XF-54 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → Tamiya conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Grauviolet RLM 75 MMP-050 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Cold Rolled Steel MMM-002 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Sir Coates Silver Wave 1 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Duncan conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Revell

  1. B Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Olive Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Vallejo → Revell conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Dunkelgrau Gray Warfront Range ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Graphene Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Tire Black Highlight TC-0268 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Black Uniform Light TC-0235 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Tom Color conversion chart

Natural Steel equivalent in Mig

  1. C Night Blue Grey Acrylics AMIG0250 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Neutral Wash Washes AMIG1010 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Vallejo → Mig conversion chart

Natural Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #47484D Tempest Grey Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.9
Citadel #4A4C58 Adeptus Battlegrey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.9
Green Stuff World #515151 Atramentum Black Wash Ink ΔE 3.9
Mr. Paint #494E52 Dark Gray Mr Paint ΔE 4.5
Warcolours #4C4C4C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.5
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.6
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 5.0
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 5.0
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.5
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.6
Italeri #585B5B Flat Rubber Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.6
P3 #4E5861 Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.8
Golden #4A4A48 N4 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 6.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 6.3
Apple Barrel #465363 Denim Blue Colors ΔE 7.2
Coat d'Arms #404B4F Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range ΔE 7.8
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.9
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 11.2

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Frozen Flesh Nocturna Models ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Gray RLM42 Model Air ΔE 2.0 · very close
  3. B Anthracite Grey Model Air ΔE 2.0 · very close
  4. B Dark Grey Blue Model Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
  5. B Panzer Grey Hobby Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  6. B Dark Rubber Panzer Aces ΔE 3.0 · very close

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