Cool Grey 2
Warcolours · Layer paints
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The closest match to Warcolours Cool Grey 2 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Cool Grey 2 is a light grey. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Duraluminium at ΔE 0.3. 9 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
What is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Cool Grey 2?
Vallejo Duraluminium is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Cool Grey 2 in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Gloss Varnish (ΔE 0.6) and Mig Crystal Glass (ΔE 0.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Cool Grey 2?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Duraluminium, ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Cool Grey 2 Shop Vallejo Duraluminium
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Vallejo
- A Duraluminium Metal Color 77.702 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Pale Burnt Metal Metal Color 77.704 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Duncan
- A Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- D Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Mig
- A Crystal Glass Acrylics AMIG0094 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- C Grey Shine Acrylics AMIG0911 ΔE 3.7 · close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- A Chrome Silver Mr Metal Color 211 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Dunkelgrau Shine AFV AK166 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Crackle Medium Auxiliary (3rd Gen) AK11236 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Shining Silver Warpaints Air ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Brush-On Primer Warpaints Primer WP1472 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Citadel
- A Grey Seer Base ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 2.4 · very close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Reaper
- A Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Honed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9053 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Foundry
- B Gun Metal Paint System 104B ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 6.0 · similar
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Gunmetal Grey Metallic Colors ΔE 4.8 · close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in FolkArt
- B Burgundy Acrylic Colors 957 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Sawgrass Acrylic Colors 2490 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Cool Grey 2 equivalent in Liquitex
- B Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 236 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix 238 ΔE 13.3 · far
Cool Grey 2 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revell | #A6A9AE | Silver Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 3.0 |
| Tom Color | #A6ABAE | Ship Grey | ΔE 3.0 |
| Mr. Paint | #A3A9A9 | Light Gray SU-27 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.1 |
| Scale75 | #9C9DA1 | Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range | ΔE 3.3 |
| Monument | #9A9E9D | Silver Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.3 |
| Arteza | #ACABB1 | Silver Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mission Models | #AFB0B5 | Aircraft Grey Gloss FS 16473 | ΔE 4.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #95999A | Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 4.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B2A7A5 | Mid Grey Military Range | ΔE 5.4 |
| Golden | #BBB7B6 | N7 Neutral Gray Heavy Body | ΔE 5.7 |
| Tamiya | #B3AAAE | Smoke Spray | ΔE 5.7 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 5.9 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.6 |
| Italeri | #8E9493 | Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 11.1 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 11.3 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- C Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Warm Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D Warm Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 7.6 · similar
- D Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 8.1 · similar
- D Cool Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 9.0 · similar
- D Metallic White Metallic paints ΔE 9.7 · similar
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