Paint Equivalents

Oily Steel

Vallejo · Model Color · 70.865

#484146 · L*28.4 a*4.0 b*-1.9

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

Vallejo Oily Steel is a dark grey. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: The Army Painter Obsidian Skin, ΔE 1.7. 15 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Oily Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Obsidian Skin ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Brigadine Brown ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Brown 5 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Cool Grey 4 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full Vallejo → Warcolours chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Mig

  1. B Rubber & Tires AMIG0033 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Dunkelgrau Dark Base AMIG0907 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full Vallejo → Mig chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Dark Flesh 216 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Angel Green 155 ΔE 9.9 · similar

Full Vallejo → Coat d'Arms chart

Oily Steel equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Real Brown 2908 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Real Brown 231 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Chocolate Sprinkle 21982E ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Burnt Umber 20512 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Vallejo → Apple Barrel chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Oblivion Black Wash ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. C Death Reaper ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Duncan chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Arteza

  1. C Payne's Gray A004 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Pearl Space Grey A204 ΔE 8.3 · similar

Full Vallejo → Arteza chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Anthartic Grey ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Petroleum Gray ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Vallejo → Scale75 chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Red Oxide Shade 102A ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. D Soviet Winter Green Shade 96A ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Vallejo → Foundry chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Metallic black LP-40 ΔE 4.9 · close
  2. D Rubber black TS-82 ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full Vallejo → Tamiya chart

Oily Steel equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Tempest Grey 9438 ΔE 4.9 · close
  2. D Dusky Skin Shadow 9250 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Vallejo → Reaper chart

Oily Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
AK Interactive #4D4948 Grey Brown ΔE 4.9
Mr. Hobby #3E3A39 Rlm66 Black Gray ΔE 5.1
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey ΔE 5.7
Mission Models #4D4845 Metallic Burnt Iron 1 ΔE 5.7
Monument #4E3B3D Ninjon Dark Plum ΔE 6.0
Mr. Paint #4A413C RLM 81 Variant 2 ΔE 6.0
Revell #484B52 Tank Grey ΔE 6.3
Golden #4A433E Raw Umber ΔE 6.3
Citadel #4A4C58 Adeptus Battlegrey ΔE 6.4
Green Stuff World #343436 Blackroot Grey ΔE 6.7
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey ΔE 7.4
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey ΔE 8.1
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black ΔE 8.2
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 ΔE 8.3
P3 #48453D Greylord ΔE 9.2
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 12.4

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. B Dark Sea Green ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Dark Brown RLM61 ΔE 3.8 · close
  3. C Panzer Dark Gray ΔE 4.0 · close
  4. C 6K Russian Brown ΔE 4.1 · close
  5. C Signal Blue ΔE 4.3 · close
  6. C Luftwaffe Uniform WWII ΔE 4.3 · close