Looking for a Dark Aluminium equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Aluminium (Vallejo Metal Color) in Vallejo Hobby Spray, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Quickshade, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
Closest match in each brand
Overall closest colors
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Create your free guideMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.