Transparent Black is a very dark muted black with a neutral cast. Highlight it toward Transparent Purple, the nearest lighter paint in the Monument Pro Acryl lane. This color is somewhat distinctive: 1 brand offers a strong same-finish match, Citadel Nuln Oil closest at 95 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Transparent Black equivalents in other ranges
2 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Monument Pro Acryl Transparent Black, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Citadel equivalent: Citadel Nuln Oil, indistinguishable once dry (delta E 1.0).
- Best The Army Painter option: The Army Painter Grim Black, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 1.8).
- From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Smoke Black, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 7.2).
- Humbrol's closest color: Humbrol Gloss Black, the same color for practical purposes (delta E 0.2), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Nearest in the Scale75 catalog: Scale75 Black, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.4), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Best Green Stuff World option: Green Stuff World Black Stallion, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 1.8), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.0 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
The Army Painter
AK Interactive
Humbrol
Scale75
Green Stuff World
Revell
Tamiya
Vallejo
P3 Paints
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Monument Pro Acryl Transparent Black?
The closest same-finish match is Citadel Nuln Oil at 95% color similarity.
What is Transparent Black used for?
Transparent Black is a wash that flows into recesses and pools in shadow. Common uses: all over grime shade; deepen recesses and panel lines.
What do I highlight and shade Transparent Black with?
The next step up for highlighting Transparent Black is Transparent Purple in the Monument Pro Acryl range. Nothing sits directly below it in the same lane, so reach for a wash to shade.