Deep Blue sits in the grey family: dark in tone, muted in saturation, neutral in cast. Within the Scale75 range it ladders cleanly, Birch for the shadows and Brown Black Pudding for the highlights. This color is somewhat distinctive: 1 brand offers a strong same-finish match, AK Interactive Amt-12 Dark Grey closest at 90 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Deep Blue equivalents in other ranges
Several ranges orbit this color without landing on it. Here is the closest each brand manages, nearest first:
- Closest AK Interactive equivalent: AK Interactive Amt-12 Dark Grey, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.0).
- Best Monument Pro Acryl option: Monument Pro Acryl Warm Grey, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.2).
- From Humbrol: Humbrol Black Grey, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.8).
- The Two Thin Coats pick: Two Thin Coats War Master Green, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.9).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo German Grey, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.2).
- Best Tamiya option: Tamiya NATO Black, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.4).
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
AK Interactive
Amt-12 Dark Grey
Lead Grey
Anthracite Grey
Ijn D2 Green Black
Rlm 66 (1938)
Ijn Q1 Anti-Glare Blue-Black
Laf Green
Burnt Umber
Modern Spanish Green
Black Green
Wwi French Green 2
Monument Pro Acryl
Humbrol
Two Thin Coats
Vallejo
Tamiya
Revell
Citadel
P3 Paints
Green Stuff World
The Army Painter
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 1 other brand with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Scale75 Deep Blue?
The closest same-finish match is AK Interactive Amt-12 Dark Grey at 90% color similarity.
What color is Deep Blue?
Deep Blue is a dark muted grey with a neutral cast (hex #2A3332).
What do I highlight and shade Deep Blue with?
Highlight Deep Blue toward Brown Black Pudding and shade it down into Birch, both Scale75 paints in the same finish family.