Cool Grey 3
Warcolours · Layer paints
#828282 · L*54.4 a*0.0 b*0.0
The closest match to Warcolours Cool Grey 3 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Cool Grey 3 is a mid grey. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Mithral Silver at ΔE 0.8. 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 3?
The Army Painter Mithral Silver is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Cool Grey 3 in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Magnesium (ΔE 1.1) and AK Interactive Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 (ΔE 1.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Cool Grey 3?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Magnesium, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Cool Grey 3 equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Mithral Silver D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Primer CP3008 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Vallejo
- A Magnesium Metal Color 77.711 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- A Cold Grey Game Air 72.750 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 Air (3rd Gen) AK11885 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Aggressor Grey Fs 36251 10ml Real Colors - Air RC248 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in FolkArt
- A Orchid Blush Acrylic Colors 4623 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Platinum Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6301 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Citadel
- A Leadbelcher Spray ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Codex Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Duncan
- A Mythril Blade Wave 1 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Dwarven Iron Wave 2 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Golden
- B N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Exhaust Soot Mr Paint MRP-180 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B U.S. Medium Mod. Gray FS36251 Mr Paint MRP-094 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Tom Color
- B FS 36231 TC-0019 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B RAL 7042 Trafic Grey TC-0087 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Mig
- B Fs 36293 Acrylics AMIG0236 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B RLM 75 Grauviolett Acrylics AMIG0254 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Mission Models
- B Light Ghost Grey FS 36375 MMP-073 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Dark Aluminum MMM-007 ΔE 3.5 · close
Cool Grey 3 equivalent in Foundry
- B Slate Grey Light Paint System 32C ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 78C ΔE 4.6 · close
Cool Grey 3 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #7A7A7A | Shadowed Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.1 |
| Green Stuff World | #7B7E83 | Anthrax Metal Metallic Colors | ΔE 3.3 |
| Scale75 | #8B8683 | Rainy Gray Scale Color Range | ΔE 3.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #7A8083 | JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color | ΔE 3.3 |
| P3 | #797979 | Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.5 |
| Tamiya | #7D8087 | IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 3.9 |
| Italeri | #74797B | Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #757E82 | Six Shooter | ΔE 4.9 |
| Revell | #757A80 | Steel Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 5.0 |
| Monument | #8D857E | Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 5.3 |
| Humbrol | #827773 | Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 6.6 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Apple Barrel | #868F8A | Granite Gray Colors | ΔE 6.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #6D746D | Armour Fantasy Range - Ink Wash | ΔE 8.6 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.4 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 14.0 |
| Creature | #AC9C83 | White Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 14.9 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- A Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- B Transparent Cool Grey Transparent paints ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Metallic Pewter Metallic paints ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Metallic Silver Metallic paints ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Warm Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 7.9 · similar
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