Silver Metallic/Silber sits in the metallic silver family: light in tone, muted in saturation, neutral in cast. It builds a smooth gradient with Steel/Eisen underneath and Aluminium Metallic on the highlights, all in the Revell line. This color is somewhat distinctive: 2 brands offer a strong same-finish match, Humbrol Aluminium closest at 95 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Silver Metallic/Silber equivalents in other ranges
No brand clones Silver Metallic/Silber outright, but 1 range comes close enough to swap. The best candidate from each catalog:
- Closest Humbrol equivalent: Humbrol Aluminium, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.1).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Dark Gunmetal, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.2).
- Best The Army Painter option: The Army Painter Evil Chrome, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.3).
- From Citadel: Citadel Stormhost Silver, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.5).
- Tamiya's closest color: Tamiya Titanium Silver, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.8).
- Nearest in the Monument Pro Acryl catalog: Monument Pro Acryl Heavy Titanium White, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.5).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.1 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Humbrol
Vallejo
The Army Painter
Citadel
Tamiya
Monument Pro Acryl
AK Interactive
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Medium Grey
Spectrum Blue
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P3 Paints
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Two Thin Coats
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What is the closest equivalent to Revell Silver Metallic/Silber?
The closest same-finish match is Humbrol Aluminium at 95% color similarity.
Is there a Vallejo equivalent of Silver Metallic/Silber?
Yes. The closest Vallejo option is Dark Gunmetal at 84%, a same-finish match.
What finish is Silver Metallic/Silber?
Silver Metallic/Silber 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 Metallic/Silber with?
Highlight Silver Metallic/Silber toward Aluminium Metallic and shade it down into Steel/Eisen, both Revell paints in the same finish family.