Fairy Dust vs Pearl Grey

Fairy Dust

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Warpaints Air
Type
a metallic
Swatch
#c8c8d0 (estimate)

Pearl Grey

Brand
Scale75
Range
Scalecolor Artist
Code
Artist
Type
a pearl paint
Swatch
#c1b5b8 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pearl Grey is a little darker than Fairy Dust. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Fairy Dust is a metallic and Scale75 Pearl Grey is a pearl paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Pearl Grey instead of Fairy Dust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pearl Grey is a little darker than Fairy Dust. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Fairy Dust instead of Pearl Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fairy Dust is a little lighter.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Fairy Dust on the colour wheel See Pearl Grey on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Fairy Dust

Other Army Painter paints close to Pearl Grey

All matches: Fairy Dust equivalents · Pearl Grey equivalents

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