What is the difference between Silver Sun and Black (Metallic)?

ΔE 9 (close). Black (Metallic) is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Silver Sun vs Black (Metallic)

Silver Sun

Brand: Scale75
Range: Prism Effect
Code: SPE-13
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #cecacb (estimate)

Black (Metallic)

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.073
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #e5e2e4 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black (Metallic) is a little lighter than Silver Sun.

Can I use Black (Metallic) instead of Silver Sun?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Black (Metallic) is a little lighter than Silver Sun.

Can I use Silver Sun instead of Black (Metallic)?

The same difference applies the other way round: Silver Sun is a little darker.

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 Silver Sun on the colour wheel See Black (Metallic) on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Silver Sun

Silver Sun vs Chainmail (72.053)Game Color Metallic · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Black (Metallic)
Silver Sun vs Dark Gunmetal (72.054)Game Color Metallic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Black (Metallic)
Silver Sun vs Arctic Blue (Metal.) (71.071)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Black (Metallic)

Other Scale75 paints close to Black (Metallic)

Black (Metallic) vs White Alchemy (SC67)Metal n' Alchemy · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Silver Sun
Black (Metallic) vs Dead Star (SPE-08)Prism Effect · ΔE 10, fair
Black (Metallic) vs Golden Moon (SPE-01)Prism Effect · ΔE 15, loose

All matches: Silver Sun equivalents · Black (Metallic) equivalents