No shortage of substitutes here, Runefang Steel from Citadel matches at 94 percent and 4 brands carry a strong same-finish near-match. Color-wise this is a muted, mid-tone metallic silver leaning neutral. Within the P3 Paints range it ladders cleanly, Radiant Platinum for the shadows and Galvanised Steel for the highlights. In practice you can substitute across brands here without anyone noticing at arm's length.
Quick Silver equivalents, brand by brand
No brand clones Quick Silver outright, but 2 ranges come close enough to swap. The best candidate from each catalog:
- Closest Citadel equivalent: Citadel Runefang Steel, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 1.2).
- Humbrol's closest color: Humbrol Metalcote Polished Steel, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.4).
- Nearest in the Two Thin Coats catalog: Two Thin Coats Mythril Blade, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.9).
- Best Tamiya option: Tamiya Metallic Grey, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.1).
- From Monument Pro Acryl: Monument Pro Acryl Metallic Medium, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 7.3).
- Revell's closest color: Revell Steel/Eisen, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 7.6).
We checked the Lab numbers for a hidden catch and there is none: lightness and temperature both line up, so this swap is as safe as they come.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
Runefang Steel
Runefang Steel
Astrogranite
Ratling Grime
Air Caste Thinner
Ardcoat
Contrast Medium
Lahmian Medium
Stormshield
Slaanesh Grey
Humbrol
Two Thin Coats
Tamiya
Monument Pro Acryl
Revell
Vallejo
AK Interactive
Dark Aluminium
Dark Gull Grey Fs 36231
Grey Blue
Aggressor Grey Fs 36251
Medium Grey Fs 36270
Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381C/629
F-15 Dark Grey (Mod Eagle) Fs 36176
Graphite
English Grey
A-14 Interior Steel Grey
Rlm 75
Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381C/638
Intermediate Blue
The Army Painter
Scale75
Green Stuff World
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 4 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to P3 Paints Quick Silver?
The closest same-finish match is Citadel Runefang Steel at 94% color similarity.
What finish is Quick Silver?
Quick 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 Quick Silver with?
Highlight Quick Silver toward Galvanised Steel and shade it down into Radiant Platinum, both P3 Paints paints in the same finish family.