Paint Equivalents

Chipping Color

AK Interactive · General · AK711

#362E2B · L*19.7 a*3.0 b*3.3

The closest match to AK Interactive Chipping Color in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Chipping Color is a dark grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Burnt Umber at ΔE 1.6. 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

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What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Chipping Color?

Golden Burnt Umber is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Chipping Color in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Foundry German Splinter Brown Shade (ΔE 1.8) and Green Stuff World Dark Umber (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Chipping Color?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Brown Splash Mud, ΔE 2.3 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Chipping Color equivalent in Golden

  1. A Burnt Umber OPEN Acrylics 7030 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A VanDyke Brown Hue Fluid 2442 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Golden conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Foundry

  1. A German Splinter Brown Shade Paint System 83A ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Quagmire Shade Paint System 63A ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Foundry conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Dark Umber Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Ranger Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Brown Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.805 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Black Lotus Xpress Color 72.423 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Onyx Skin Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Rough Iron Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full AK Interactive → The Army Painter conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Extra Dark Rust Mr Paint MRP-361 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Chipping Dark Brown Matt Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A027 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Boulder Acrylic Colors 4624 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Raw Umber Acrylic Colors 485 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full AK Interactive → FolkArt conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in P3

  1. C Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Immortal Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full AK Interactive → P3 conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors 9205 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Stone Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9311 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full AK Interactive → Reaper conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Mig

  1. C 6k Russian Brown Acrylics AMIG0020 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Interiors Wash Washes AMIG1003 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mig conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix 392 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix 505 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Liquitex conversion chart

Chipping Color equivalent in Monument

  1. C Dark Umber Pro Acrylic Paints 019 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Transparent Brown Pro Acrylic Paints 052 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Monument conversion chart

Chipping Color in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Creature #2C282A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.2
Arteza #3E2E29 Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.3
Mr. Hobby #3C3032 Mahogany Acrysion ΔE 4.3
Scale75 #40362D Chesknut Ink Artist Range ΔE 4.3
Humbrol #292526 Black Satin Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.4
Mission Models #2E2D2D NATO Black ΔE 4.4
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 4.5
Tamiya #3F3B3A Metallic black Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.7
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 4.7
Tom Color #24201D Night Grey ΔE 5.3
Apple Barrel #272624 Pavement Colors ΔE 5.3
Warcolours #373737 Metallic Black Metallic paints ΔE 5.5
Citadel #473F39 Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.8
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.7
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 6.8
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 7.2
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.7
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 18.1

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Red Primer Shadow AFV ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Russian 4bo Shadow AFV ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Nato Black AFV ΔE 3.4 · very close
  4. B Brown Black Figures ΔE 3.5 · very close
  5. C Dark Grey / Field Grey Shadows -57- Figures ΔE 3.5 · close
  6. C Black Grey / Bla Uniform Figures ΔE 3.5 · close

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