Find the equivalent of any miniature paint
9292 paints across 31 ranges, matched by CIEDE2000 — the same colour-difference formula the printing industry uses, not a hand-typed chart.
Popular conversions
Every range covered
- AK Interactive 1115
- Acrilex 95
- Apple Barrel 213
- Arteza 88
- Citadel 377
- Coat d'Arms 150
- Creature 53
- Duncan 180
- FolkArt 435
- Foundry 360
- Golden 305
- Green Stuff World 220
- Humbrol 112
- Italeri 96
- Kimera Kolors 38
- Liquitex 105
- Mig 252
- Mission Models 201
- Monument 131
- Mr. Hobby 461
- Mr. Paint 567
- P3 131
- Reaper 438
- Revell 87
- Scale75 357
- Tamiya 298
- The Army Painter 697
- Tom Color 271
- Turbo Dork 40
- Vallejo 1245
- Warcolours 174
How the matching works
Each paint carries a measured sRGB value, converted to CIELAB — a colour space built so that equal numeric distances look like equal differences to the eye. Every pot is then compared to every other pot with CIEDE2000, and the nearest one in each range is what you see.
The number beside each match is ΔE. Read it like this:
| < 1 | indistinguishable | you would not spot the swap on a finished model |
| 1–2 | near-perfect | safe for a straight substitution |
| 2–3.5 | very close | fine unless the two sit edge to edge |
| 3.5–5 | close | visible side by side, usually fine as a base |
| 5–10 | similar | same family, different colour |
| > 10 | far | the range simply has nothing like it |
These are screen approximations of physical paint. Pigment, finish and opacity are not captured by a hex value, so treat a match as a shortlist, not a promise.
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Paint ranges explained: what Base, Layer, Air, Contrast and the rest are for
Washes and shades: why the nearest colour to a wash is usually the wrong pot
Air ranges: what Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour
Metallic paints: why the nearest colour to a silver is usually a flat grey
Craft paint on miniatures: when the closest colour is a bottle from the art aisle
Switching brands: why a conversion chart only runs one way
How the matching works: where the colour values come from and what happens to them
Same colour, different pot: when one paint is sold in several ranges