Bane Grey sits in the brown family: dark in tone, muted in saturation, warm in cast. It builds a smooth gradient with Coal Black underneath and Mud Rut on the highlights, all in the P3 Paints line. Substitutes are thinner on the ground; Green Stuff World Overlord Olive is the nearest same-finish option at 90 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.
Bane Grey equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to P3 Paints Bane Grey, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Green Stuff World equivalent: Green Stuff World Overlord Olive, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.0).
- From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Base Green (Protective), close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.8).
- Vallejo's closest color: Vallejo Camouflage Olive Green, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.2).
- Nearest in the Monument Pro Acryl catalog: Monument Pro Acryl Grey Green, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.4).
- Best Revell option: Revell Yellow Olive/Gelb Olive, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.4).
- From Citadel: Citadel Dryad Bark, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.0).
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 2.0 rather than an obvious shift.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Green Stuff World
AK Interactive
Vallejo
Monument Pro Acryl
Revell
Citadel
Two Thin Coats
The Army Painter
Tamiya
Humbrol
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to P3 Paints Bane Grey?
The closest same-finish match is Green Stuff World Overlord Olive at 90% color similarity.
Is there a Vallejo equivalent of Bane Grey?
Yes. The closest Vallejo option is Camouflage Olive Green at 79%, a same-finish match.
What color is Bane Grey?
Bane Grey is a dark muted brown with a warm undertone (hex #383424).
What do I highlight and shade Bane Grey with?
Highlight Bane Grey toward Mud Rut and shade it down into Coal Black, both P3 Paints paints in the same finish family.