What is the difference between Cold Armour and Med. Gunship Gray?

ΔE 8 (close). Med. Gunship Gray is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cold Armour vs Med. Gunship Gray

Cold Armour

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #606578 (estimate)

Med. Gunship Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.097
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #505762 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Med. Gunship Gray is a little darker, more muted than Cold Armour.

Can I use Med. Gunship Gray instead of Cold Armour?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Med. Gunship Gray is a little darker, more muted than Cold Armour.

Can I use Cold Armour instead of Med. Gunship Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cold Armour is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Cold Armour on the colour wheel See Med. Gunship Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cold Armour

Cold Armour vs Ocean Gray (71.273)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray
Cold Armour vs Intermediate Blue (71.299)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray
Cold Armour vs Sea Grey (71.049)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Med. Gunship Gray

Med. Gunship Gray vs Cobalt Violet Grey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 9, close
Med. Gunship Gray vs Silver Grey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 9, close
Med. Gunship Gray vs Viridian Grim (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Cold Armour equivalents · Med. Gunship Gray equivalents