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Standard RLM Number 42 Name Dark Grey Swatch #474b51 (estimate, from Vallejo Dark Grey RLM42) RLM numbers are the German Air Ministry colours used on Luftwaffe aircraft. Paint makers each mix their own version of a standard colour, and faded or weathered vehicles vary a lot, so expect some difference between brands.
Paints labelled RLM 42 Vallejo names these paints for RLM 42.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint RLM 42: the nearest swatch to Vallejo Dark Grey RLM42. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Eshin Grey Colour: Layer · ΔE 4, very close Army Painter Crow Hue Warpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close Pro Acryl Neutral Grey (075) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3, very close AK Interactive Black Purple (AK11270) Color Punch · ΔE 5, very close Two Thin Coats Death Reaper Triads: midtones · ΔE 4, very close Reaper Stormcover Grey (09172) Master Series Paints · ΔE 5, very close Formula P3 Gravedigger Denim (93129) Formula P3 · ΔE 4, very close Kimera Kolors Viridian Grim (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 13, fair Golden N3 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 6, very close Nocturna Models Darkness Grey (NA11) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 3, very close Bear Cavalry Dark Eternal Night Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 4, very close Scale75 Graphene Gray (SC58) Scalecolor · ΔE 4, very close Tamiya Gray Violet (Luftwaffe) (AS-4) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 3, very close Mr. Hobby JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 (C-608) Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close AMMO by Mig Panzer Grey (A.MIG-0604) Dio Drybrush · ΔE 3, very close Green Stuff World Terror Blue-Grey (4125) Opaque Colors · ΔE 7, close All RAL, RLM and FS colours
© 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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