Color-wise this is a muted, mid-tone metallic silver leaning neutral. Within the Monument Pro Acryl range it ladders cleanly, Light Bronze for the shadows and Metallic Medium for the highlights. Silver is a bit distinctive: no other brand carries a strong same-finish match, though Humbrol Gunmetal comes nearest at 78 percent. Any substitute is a mixing base rather than a drop-in, so tune it on the model.
Silver equivalents and near misses
Fair warning: nothing matches Monument Pro Acryl Silver cleanly. The options below are the least bad, and every one of them drifts.
Closest Humbrol equivalent: Humbrol Gunmetal, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.4).
From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Gun Metal, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.5).
Tamiya's closest color: Tamiya Gun Metal, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.7).
Nearest in the Two Thin Coats catalog: Two Thin Coats Plate Armour, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 6.8).
Check it on a spare model first, because Humbrol Gunmetal sits slightly darker and cooler than the original and the difference grows over large flat panels.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Humbrol
AK Interactive
Gun Metal
Intermediate Blue
Raf Ocean Grey
Neutral Grey 43
Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381C/638
Rlm 75
Have Glass Grey Fs 36170
Graphite
Neutral Grey
Medium Gunship Grey Fs 36118
English Grey
Grey-Blue
Raf Dark Camouflage Grey Bs381C/629
F-15 Dark Grey (Mod Eagle) Fs 36176
Tamiya
Two Thin Coats
The Army Painter
Vallejo
Citadel
Grey Knights Steel
Grey Knights Steel
Black Templar
Air Caste Thinner
Ardcoat
Contrast Medium
Lahmian Medium
Stormshield
Warpfiend Grey
Astrogranite
Revell
Green Stuff World
Scale75
About this color
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Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Monument Pro Acryl Silver?
The closest same-finish match is Humbrol Gunmetal at 78% color similarity.
What finish is Silver?
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 Silver with?
Highlight Silver toward Metallic Medium and shade it down into Light Bronze, both Monument Pro Acryl paints in the same finish family.