What is the difference between Medium Gray and Sombre Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Sombre Grey is a little darker, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Gray vs Sombre Grey

Medium Gray

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-28
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7d919c (estimate)

Sombre Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.048
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #77859b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sombre Grey is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Medium Gray.

Can I use Sombre Grey instead of Medium Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sombre Grey is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Medium Gray.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Sombre Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Gray is a little lighter, more muted, cooler.

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 Medium Gray on the colour wheel See Sombre Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs Dark Ghost Gray (71.120)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Sombre Grey
Medium Gray vs Light Gray (71.050)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sombre Grey
Medium Gray vs Pale Blue Grey (71.046)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sombre Grey

Other Tamiya paints close to Sombre Grey

Sombre Grey vs Ocean Gray (AS-10)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Gray
Sombre Grey vs Gunship Gray 2 (AS-27)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 8, close
Sombre Grey vs Neutral Gray (XF-53)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Medium Gray equivalents · Sombre Grey equivalents