In the pot, Medium Sea Grey reads as a neutral grey, mid-tone and muted. It builds a smooth gradient with Medium Grey underneath and Medium Grey Blue on the highlights, all in the Vallejo line. Medium Sea Grey is a little less common: the closest same-finish match, The Army Painter Brush-On Primer, reaches 89 percent, and 2 other brands carry a strong same-finish alternative. Expect a close but not identical result from a swap, so check it on the model before committing a whole unit.
Medium Sea Grey equivalents, brand by brand
1 of the 11 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Vallejo Medium Sea Grey, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest The Army Painter equivalent: The Army Painter Brush-On Primer, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.2).
- From Two Thin Coats: Two Thin Coats Satin Varnish, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.8).
- Citadel's closest color: Citadel Astrogranite, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.9).
- Nearest in the Monument Pro Acryl catalog: Monument Pro Acryl Taupe, only a loose relative (delta E 9.0).
- Best Tamiya option: Tamiya Metallic Grey, a swap nobody spots at arm's length (delta E 2.0), but it is a metallic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- From Scale75: Scale75 Graphite, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.7), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
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 2.2 rather than an obvious shift.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
Two Thin Coats
Citadel
Monument Pro Acryl
Tamiya
Scale75
AK Interactive
Humbrol
P3 Paints
Revell
Green Stuff World
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Medium Sea Grey?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Brush-On Primer at 89% color similarity.
What color is Medium Sea Grey?
Medium Sea Grey is a mid-tone muted grey with a neutral cast (hex #7D7B7C).
What do I highlight and shade Medium Sea Grey with?
Highlight Medium Sea Grey toward Medium Grey Blue and shade it down into Medium Grey, both Vallejo paints in the same finish family.