Chrome Silver is a very light vivid metallic silver with a cool undertone. To deepen it, Silver is the darker step in the same Humbrol range. This color is somewhat distinctive: 1 brand offers a strong same-finish match, Tamiya Chrome Silver closest at 100 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Chrome Silver equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the easy ones. A same finish twin exists, and one brand in the catalog land close enough to consider.
Closest Tamiya equivalent: Tamiya Chrome Silver, the same color for practical purposes (delta E 0.0).
- Best Vallejo option: Vallejo Silver, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 7.9).
- From The Army Painter: The Army Painter Polished Silver, only a loose relative (delta E 8.1).
- Revell's closest color: Revell Silver, only a loose relative (delta E 8.4).
- Nearest in the Scale75 catalog: Scale75 White, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 7.0), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Best Citadel option: Citadel Apothecary White, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 7.8), but it is an ink / wash / contrast so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 0.0 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Tamiya
Vallejo
The Army Painter
Revell
Scale75
Citadel
P3 Paints
AK Interactive
Monument Pro Acryl
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 1 other brand with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Chrome Silver?
The closest same-finish match is Tamiya Chrome Silver at 100% color similarity.
What finish is Chrome Silver?
Chrome 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 Chrome Silver with?
Shade Chrome Silver with Silver in the same Humbrol range. For highlights, mix in a lighter tone or move to a brighter paint in the lane.