Paint Equivalents

Steel

Vallejo · Mecha Color · 69.063

#8D8B8C · L*58.1 a*0.9 b*-0.3

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

Vallejo Steel is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mission Models Dark Aluminum at ΔE 1.1. 9 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Steel equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. C Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Mission Models chart

Steel equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Moonstone Grey ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Anthrax Metal ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Vallejo → Green Stuff World chart

Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Fairy Dust ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Shining Silver ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter chart

Steel equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Boltgun Metal ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Chainmail ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Vallejo → Citadel chart

Steel equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Exhaust Soot MRP-180 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Light Grey FS36293 MRP-279 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint chart

Steel equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381c/629 – 10ml RC300 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml RC248 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive chart

Steel equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Platinum 6301 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Silver Sterling 662 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt chart

Steel equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Tarnished Steel 9206 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Weathered Stone 9087 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Vallejo → Reaper chart

Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Armour Shade 35A ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Arctic Grey Shade 33A ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Vallejo → Foundry chart

Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B IJN Hull Color/Kure 601 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Burnt Iron H76 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby chart

Steel equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Rainy Gray ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Graphite ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 chart

Steel equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Carcharodon Grey ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Dwarven Iron ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Vallejo → Duncan chart

Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #848589 N5 Neutral Gray ΔE 3.1
Warcolours #908D88 Transparent Warm Grey ΔE 3.4
Arteza #928E95 Gray ΔE 3.8
P3 #8D8581 Drake Grey ΔE 4.1
Apple Barrel #99979A Pure Silver ΔE 4.2
Mig #99999B Fs 36270 Medium Gray ΔE 4.7
Tamiya #8F918C Smoke ΔE 4.9
Monument #8D857E Matt Cexwish Bone ΔE 5.1
Revell #889093 Grey (USAF) ΔE 5.2
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey ΔE 5.3
Humbrol #999CA3 Grey ΔE 6.5
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver ΔE 6.5
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey ΔE 7.5
Turbo Dork #757E82 Six Shooter ΔE 7.9
Coat d'Arms #917F75 Gun Metal ΔE 8.9
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold ΔE 13.3

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. B Magnesium ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Light Grey ΔE 2.7 · very close
  3. B Silver ΔE 3.0 · very close
  4. B Dark Aluminium ΔE 3.1 · very close
  5. B Cold Grey ΔE 3.5 · very close
  6. C Russian AF Grey N.3 ΔE 3.8 · close