Metallic Silver
Warcolours · Metallic paints
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The closest match to Warcolours Metallic Silver in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Metallic Silver is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Leadbelcher at ΔE 0.3. 6 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 Silver?
Citadel Leadbelcher is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Metallic Silver in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Rainy Grey (ΔE 0.7) and The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (ΔE 1.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Metallic Silver?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Aluminium, ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Metallic Silver equivalent in Citadel
- A Leadbelcher Air ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Metallic Silver equivalent in Reaper
- A Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Metallic Silver equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Plate Mail Metal Warpaints WP1130 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- B Grey Primer D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Primer ΔE 2.7 · very close
Metallic Silver equivalent in Mig
- A Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C Fs 36440 Light Gull Gray Acrylics AMIG0241 ΔE 4.6 · close
Metallic Silver equivalent in Vallejo
- A Dark Aluminium Metal Color 77.703 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Silver Model Color 70.997 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Metallic Silver equivalent in Foundry
- A Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Armour Shade Paint System 35A ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Metallic Silver equivalent in Duncan
- A Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Gloss Varnish Wave 3 ΔE 4.4 · close
Metallic Silver equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Pure Silver Colors 20762 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Metallic Silver equivalent in Golden
- B N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1446 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D N5 Neutral Gray High Flow 8533 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Metallic Silver equivalent in Liquitex
- B Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 236 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- E Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix 238 ΔE 17.5 · far
Metallic Silver equivalent in Scale75
- B Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Graphite Scale Color Range ΔE 4.9 · close
Metallic Silver equivalent in Monument
- B Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 025 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Matt Cexwish Bone Pro Signature Series S23 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Metallic Silver in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK Interactive | #909599 | 507c Admirality Light Grey Naval | ΔE 3.0 |
| Tom Color | #999EA1 | 626 Camouflage Grey Raf | ΔE 3.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #9F9F9B | Dark Gray (1) Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 3.3 |
| Mr. Paint | #999EA2 | Light Grey FS36373 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.5 |
| Italeri | #8E9493 | Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #8C8C8C | Moonstone Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.7 |
| FolkArt | #959A96 | Winter White Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mission Models | #8F908B | Transparent Smoke | ΔE 3.9 |
| Tamiya | #8F918C | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 3.9 |
| P3 | #8E959A | Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.9 |
| Humbrol | #999CA3 | Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 4.0 |
| Revell | #9DA2A6 | Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.3 |
| Arteza | #928E95 | Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B2A7A5 | Mid Grey Military Range | ΔE 7.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 9.3 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #B5B9BC | Silver Fox | ΔE 10.0 |
| Acrilex | #A89A82 | Concreto Paints | ΔE 11.1 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- C Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Cool Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Grey Paints for undercoating ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Warm Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 7.6 · similar
- E Transparent Flesh Transparent paints ΔE 10.0 · far
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