Nardo Grey vs Black
Paint comparison · updated Jul 2026
Black (#232529) reads darker than Nardo Grey (#6B7078), so it holds shadow in the body lines where Nardo Grey lifts them. Both render in gloss, satin or matte, so the finish is a separate decision from the colour and you can try either one in all three. Body shape, paint condition and the light you shoot in move both of them further than the swatch chips suggest, so the only honest comparison is the two rendered on the same car.
See both on your own carSide by side
- Nardo Grey Paint · SP-01 · #6B7078 gloss · satin · matte
- Black Paint · SP-07 · #232529 gloss · satin · matte
Nardo Grey is a flat, almost unsaturated grey that Audi made famous on its RS cars, and it has since become one of the most requested respray and wrap colours anywhere. It has no metallic flake to catch the light, so it reads like bare concrete in the sun and drops to near-charcoal under cloud — which is exactly why it flatters hard body lines and swallows soft ones. Judge it on an overcast day: that is where it spends most of its life.
Black is a paint in the Specced catalogue, swatched at #232529. You can render it in gloss, satin or matte: the finish changes how hard the reflections read far more than the colour does. Body shape, paint condition and the light you photograph in all change how it lands, so the only honest preview of Black is one made from a photo of your own car.
Renders
Nardo Grey on real cars.
Nobody has shared a public Nardo Grey render yet — checked Jul 2026. Yours could be the first: upload a photo of your car, pick Nardo Grey, and a photoreal render comes back in minutes.
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Black on real cars.
Nobody has shared a public Black render yet — checked Jul 2026. Yours could be the first: upload a photo of your car, pick Black, and a photoreal render comes back in minutes.
All Black renders →Questions
- Which is darker, Nardo Grey or Black?
- Black is the darker of the two. Its swatch, #232529, has a lower relative luminance than Nardo Grey at #6B7078.
- What finishes do Nardo Grey and Black come in?
- Both are paints, so both render in gloss, satin or matte. The finish is picked separately from the colour.
- Can I see Nardo Grey and Black on my own car?
- Yes. Upload a photo of your car to Specced, pick Nardo Grey, then Black, and you get a photoreal render of each on your own car to compare side by side. Free, no account needed.
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