Looking for a Steel equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Steel (Vallejo Metal Color) in Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, 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.