What is the difference between Wraithbone and Silver Grey?

ΔE 10 (close). Silver Grey is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wraithbone vs Silver Grey

Wraithbone

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c8c0a0 (estimate)

Silver Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.883
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cec5b7 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Silver Grey is more muted, warmer than Wraithbone.

Can I use Silver Grey instead of Wraithbone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Silver Grey is more muted, warmer than Wraithbone.

Can I use Wraithbone instead of Silver Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wraithbone is more saturated, cooler.

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 Wraithbone on the colour wheel See Silver Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Wraithbone

Wraithbone vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Silver Grey
Wraithbone vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Silver Grey
Wraithbone vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Silver Grey

Other Citadel paints close to Silver Grey

Silver Grey vs Pallid Wych FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wraithbone
Silver Grey vs Longbeard GreyColour: Dry · ΔE 9, close · closer than Wraithbone
Silver Grey vs Terminatus StoneColour: Dry · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Wraithbone equivalents · Silver Grey equivalents