What is the difference between Underhive Ash and M495 Light Gray?

ΔE 9 (close). M495 Light Gray is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Underhive Ash vs M495 Light Gray

Underhive Ash

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Dry
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8a890 (estimate)

M495 Light Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.298
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e917f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. M495 Light Gray is a little darker, cooler than Underhive Ash.

Can I use M495 Light Gray instead of Underhive Ash?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). M495 Light Gray is a little darker, cooler than Underhive Ash.

Can I use Underhive Ash instead of M495 Light Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Underhive Ash is a little lighter, warmer.

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 Underhive Ash on the colour wheel See M495 Light Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Underhive Ash

Underhive Ash vs IJA Grey Green (71.326)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than M495 Light Gray
Underhive Ash vs Russian AF Grey N.4 (71.346)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than M495 Light Gray
Underhive Ash vs IAF Sand (71.327)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than M495 Light Gray

Other Citadel paints close to M495 Light Gray

M495 Light Gray vs Typhon AshColour: Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Underhive Ash
M495 Light Gray vs Rakarth FleshColour: Base · ΔE 8, close · closer than Underhive Ash
M495 Light Gray vs Administratum GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Underhive Ash equivalents · M495 Light Gray equivalents