No shortage of substitutes here, Tenebrous Grey from AK Interactive matches at 95 percent and 6 brands carry a strong same-finish near-match. Night Sky sits in the black family: very dark in tone, muted in saturation, neutral in cast. For modelling, drop to Matt Black in the recesses and step up to Deep Ocean Blue on the edges, both The Army Painter paints. Bottom line: run out mid-project and another brand will get you within a shade.
Night Sky equivalents in other ranges
3 of the 11 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to The Army Painter Night Sky, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest AK Interactive equivalent: AK Interactive Tenebrous Grey, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.1).
- From Vallejo: Vallejo Glossy Black, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 2.0).
- Tamiya's closest color: Tamiya Semi Gloss Black, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.2).
- Nearest in the Monument Pro Acryl catalog: Monument Pro Acryl Carbon Black, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.7).
- Best Humbrol option: Humbrol Black, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.8).
- From Citadel: Citadel Corvus Black, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.7).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.1 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
AK Interactive
Tenebrous Grey
Nato Black
Rubber Black
Black
Russian Dark Brown 6K
Ral 7021 Dunkelgrau
Ijn Q1 Anti-Glare Blue-Black
German Grey
Brown Black
Wwi French Green 2
Vallejo
Tamiya
Monument Pro Acryl
Carbon Black
Black Brown
Dark Warm Grey
Brown Grey
Dark Neutral Grey
Petroleum Brown
Dark Plum
Slate Grey
Dark Crimson
Sepia
Blue Black
Drab Brown
Mahogany
Dark Umber
Magnesium
Dark Bronze
Humbrol
Citadel
Revell
Scale75
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
Two Thin Coats
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 6 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Night Sky?
The closest same-finish match is AK Interactive Tenebrous Grey at 95% color similarity.
Is there a Vallejo equivalent of Night Sky?
Yes. The closest Vallejo option is Glossy Black at 90%, a same-finish match.
What color is Night Sky?
Night Sky is a very dark muted black with a neutral cast (hex #221F1F).
What do I highlight and shade Night Sky with?
Highlight Night Sky toward Deep Ocean Blue and shade it down into Matt Black, both The Army Painter paints in the same finish family.