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RLM 84 Grey Blue paint
Standard RLM Number 84 Name Grey Blue Swatch #939c91 (estimate, from Vallejo Grey Blue RLM84)
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 84 Vallejo names these paints for RLM 84.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint RLM 84: the nearest swatch to Vallejo Grey Blue RLM84. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Typhon Ash Colour: Air · ΔE 7, close Army Painter Grey Castle Warpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close Pro Acryl Bright Warm Grey (015) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 8, close AK Interactive RLM 65 (1941) (AK11818) 3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 2, very close Two Thin Coats Carcharodon Grey Triads: midtones · ΔE 7, close Reaper Icy Grey (09174) Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close Formula P3 Cryx Bane Highlight (93069) Formula P3 · ΔE 10, close Kimera Kolors Viridian Green (Pure Pigments) Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair Golden N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 5, very close Nocturna Models Granite Stone (NA14) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 11, fair Bear Cavalry Glass Moon Light Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 6, very close Scale75 Graphite (SC03) Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close Tamiya Light Gray (IJN) (AS-2) AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 4, very close Mr. Hobby Light Aircraft Gray BS381C 627 (C-332) Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close AMMO by Mig IJA Grey Green (ATOM-20142) ATOM · ΔE 3, very close Green Stuff World Moonstone Grey (1837) Acrylic 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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