Astrogranite sits in the grey family: mid-tone in tone, muted in saturation, neutral in cast. It builds a smooth gradient with Ardcoat underneath and Agrellan Badland on the highlights, all in the Citadel line. Substitutes are thinner on the ground; Two Thin Coats Satin Varnish is the nearest same-finish option at 88 percent, with 2 brands in strong-match range. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Astrogranite equivalents in other ranges
Several ranges orbit this color without landing on it. Here is the closest each brand manages, nearest first:
- Closest Two Thin Coats equivalent: Two Thin Coats Satin Varnish, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.4).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Medium Sea Grey, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.9).
- Best The Army Painter option: The Army Painter Brush-On Primer, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 4.0).
- From Tamiya: Tamiya Metallic Grey, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 1.0), but it is a metallic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- AK Interactive's closest color: AK Interactive Grey Blue, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.3), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Nearest in the Revell catalog: Revell Mouse grey/Mausgrau (RAL 7005), close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.5), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
The drift here is spread thinly across hue, lightness and saturation rather than leaning one way, so the mismatch reads as a general haze at delta E 2.4 rather than an obvious shift.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Two Thin Coats
Vallejo
The Army Painter
Tamiya
AK Interactive
Revell
Scale75
Humbrol
P3 Paints
Monument Pro Acryl
Green Stuff World
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Astrogranite?
The closest same-finish match is Two Thin Coats Satin Varnish at 88% color similarity.
Is there a Vallejo equivalent of Astrogranite?
Yes. The closest Vallejo option is Medium Sea Grey at 85%, a same-finish match.
What color is Astrogranite?
Astrogranite is a mid-tone muted grey with a neutral cast (hex #767675).
What do I highlight and shade Astrogranite with?
Highlight Astrogranite toward Agrellan Badland and shade it down into Ardcoat, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.