Paints › Colour standards › RLM 81RLM 81 Version 1 paint
Standard RLM Number 81 Name Version 1 Swatch #575145 (estimate, from Vallejo Brown Violet RLM81) 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 81 Vallejo and AK Interactive and AMMO by Mig and Mr. Hobby name these paints for RLM 81.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint RLM 81: the nearest swatch to Vallejo Brown Violet RLM81. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Skavenblight Dinge Colour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close Army Painter Ammo Pouch Brown (WP4130P) Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, close Pro Acryl Drab Brown (S40) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 6, very close Two Thin Coats Ashen Grey Triads: shadows · ΔE 3, very close Reaper Shadowed Stone (09085) Master Series Paints · ΔE 6, close Formula P3 Thornwood Green (93033) Formula P3 · ΔE 11, fair Kimera Kolors Ground Brown (Signature) Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair Golden Graphite Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close Nocturna Models Mud Brown (NA41) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 8, close Bear Cavalry Fade to Black Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 5, very close Scale75 Wood (Artist) Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close Tamiya Khaki Drab (XF-51) XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 11, fair Green Stuff World Slate Grey (1838) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, 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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