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Brand AMMO by Mig Range ATOM Code ATOM-20161 Swatch #262325 (estimate) Looking for a substitute for AMMO by Mig NATO Black? These are the closest paints in each other brand on The Painters Desk.
✓ means a manufacturer or community conversion chart lists it as an equivalent; ≈ means it is the nearest swatch colour.
ΔE is the colour difference between the two swatches: under about 6 is a close match, over about 15 is a loose one. Each brand shows its best match: chart-listed paints within ΔE 25, otherwise the nearest paint of the same type within ΔE 12. Swatches are estimates, so check the real paints before you commit.
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Metallic matches The nearest metallic paint in each brand to NATO Black's colour. A different finish, so not a straight swap.
Show all 64 matches, including loose ones Every paint a conversion chart lists, however far its swatch is from NATO Black's, plus the 2 or 3 nearest swatches in every brand.
Metallic matches © 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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