Cross-brand swaps do not really exist for Silver; the closest color anywhere, Two Thin Coats Dwarven Iron at 66 percent, sits in a different finish class, so it is a reference not a substitute. In the pot, Silver reads as a neutral metallic silver, light and muted. Within the AK Interactive range it ladders cleanly, Astral Beryllium for the shadows and Aluminium for the highlights. If you need this exact color, buy the pot, since no other line reproduces it in the same finish.
Silver equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the colors that keeps AK Interactive pots in painters' cases. Across the mapped brands, nothing qualifies as a real equivalent.
Even the nearest color, Two Thin Coats Dwarven Iron, dries slightly darker and more muted than Silver, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Two Thin Coats
The Army Painter
Tamiya
Vallejo
Humbrol
P3 Paints
Monument Pro Acryl
Citadel
Revell
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Silver?
The closest same-finish match is Two Thin Coats Dwarven Iron at 66% color similarity.
What finish is Silver?
Silver is a metallic paint with a silver tone and a reflective finish. Because the shine comes from metal flake, a flat paint can match the color and still be wrong for the job, which is why cross-finish matches here are references rather than swaps.
What do I highlight and shade Silver with?
Highlight Silver toward Aluminium and shade it down into Astral Beryllium, both AK Interactive paints in the same finish family.