Warm Grey 5
Warcolours · Layer paints
#1E1D1B · L*10.8 a*-0.0 b*1.5
The closest match to Warcolours Warm Grey 5 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Warm Grey 5 is a near-black neutral. 12 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Cocoa at ΔE 0.3. 7 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Warm Grey 5?
FolkArt Cocoa is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Warm Grey 5 in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Rubber Black (ΔE 0.7) and Mr. Hobby RLM66 Black Gray A (ΔE 0.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Warm Grey 5?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Thick Mud, ΔE 3.2 — a very close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Warm Grey 5 equivalent in FolkArt
- A Cocoa Acrylic Colors 6498 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Licorice Shiny™ 2715 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Rubber Black Real Colors - Standard RC022 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- A RLM 72 Air AK2021 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color H416 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- D Teerschwarz Mr Color 521 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Scale75
- A Black Ink Artist Range ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- A Decay Black Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Citadel
- A Deathshroud Clear Air ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- A Basilicanum Grey Contrast ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Camouflage Colors 21344 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- B Pavement Colors 21490 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Abyssal Black D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Dark Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Mig
- A Satin Black Acrylics AMIG0032 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B One Shot Primer - Black Primers AMIG2023 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Golden
- A Carbon Black Heavy Body 1040 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Carbon Black Fluid 2040 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Primer Black Gloss Surface ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- A Primer Black Matt Surface ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Acrilex
- A Preto Paints 520 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- E Rústico Paints 896 ΔE 15.2 · far
Warm Grey 5 equivalent in Foundry
- A Blackened Barrel Paint System 105B ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 105A ΔE 6.5 · similar
Warm Grey 5 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #24201D | Night Grey | ΔE 2.3 |
| Humbrol | #212021 | Black Matt Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 2.5 |
| Reaper | #151515 | Noir Black Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 2.9 |
| Tamiya | #222424 | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 3.0 |
| Mr. Paint | #141414 | Dark Aluminium Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 3.1 |
| Vallejo | #262626 | Black Thick Mud Weathering FX | ΔE 3.2 |
| Monument | #18191B | Coal Black Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.3 |
| Liquitex | #232325 | Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.5 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.1 |
| Revell | #17181C | Black Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 4.7 |
| Creature | #0B0B0B | Coal Black Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mission Models | #2E2D2D | NATO Black | ΔE 5.3 |
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 6.7 |
| Italeri | #000000 | Black Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.7 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 9.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 22.5 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- A Cool Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Transparent Black Transparent paints ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Black Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D One-coat Black One-coat paints ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 8.4 · similar
- E Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 12.4 · far
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