Metallic Black
Warcolours · Metallic paints
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The closest match to Warcolours Metallic Black in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Metallic Black is a dark grey. 14 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Grey Liner at ΔE 0.3. 5 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
This is a metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Metallic Black?
Reaper Grey Liner is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Metallic Black in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Eclipse Grey (ΔE 0.3) and AK Interactive Rubber / Tires (ΔE 0.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Metallic Black?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Glaze, ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Metallic Black Shop Reaper Grey Liner Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Metallic Black equivalent in Reaper
- A Grey Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors 9065 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- B Black Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9255 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Scale75
- A Eclipse Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- B Winter Shadow Warfront Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Rubber / Tires General AK720 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Amt-11 Blue Grey Air AK2245 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Metallic Black equivalent in Vallejo
- A Black Glaze Model Color 70.855 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.808 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
Metallic Black equivalent in Golden
- A Carbon Black OPEN Acrylics 7040 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B N3 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1443 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Liquitex
- A Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix 505 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- D Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Metallic Black equivalent in Tamiya
- A Black Spray TS-14 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat XF-1 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Metallic Black equivalent in Mission Models
- A Gun Metal MMM-010 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Pearl Deep Charcoal MMP-146 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Graphite Metallic Mr Paint MRP-272 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Gray Carbon Brake Mr Paint - Car MRP-C012 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Metallic Black equivalent in Foundry
- A Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 105C ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B British Denison Green Shade Paint System 98A ΔE 2.4 · very close
Metallic Black equivalent in Humbrol
- A White Matt Aerosol Sprays S34 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics 53 ΔE 4.2 · close
Metallic Black equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A MS Red Gundam Color Spray SG5 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Rlm66 Black Gray Mr Color 116 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Metallic Black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Stuff World | #343436 | Blackroot Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 1.7 |
| Mig | #323335 | Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 1.9 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 2.5 |
| The Army Painter | #363231 | Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set | ΔE 2.8 |
| FolkArt | #393532 | Boulder Acrylic Colors | ΔE 2.9 |
| Monument | #404240 | PRIME Black Brown Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 4.0 |
| Italeri | #32393D | Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #353630 | Pewter Grey Colors | ΔE 4.1 |
| Revell | #2E2F34 | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.1 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.2 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Tom Color | #3D383C | Tire Black | ΔE 4.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 5.0 |
| Citadel | #45413B | Skavenblight Dinge Layer | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 9.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 14.3 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- D Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Brown 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.2 · similar
- D Warm Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 8.4 · similar
- D Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 8.5 · similar
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