Acrilex to Liquitex paint conversion chart

Every Acrilex paint with its closest Liquitex equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 95 rows, sorted by name.

24 of the 95 Acrilex colours below have an equivalent in Liquitex within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 1 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 7.1. The 71 gaps are not spread evenly: 14 of them are pink-reds, so that is the corner of the Acrilex range Liquitex does not answer.

How close is close enough? Reading the ΔE column

Moving a whole recipe across takes more than one pot. These search the boxed sets each range is sold in.

Shop Liquitex set Shop Acrilex set

		ΔE
Acqua Marina Paints	Light Phthalocyanine Green Heavy Body Acrylix	4.8
Amarelo Bebe Paints	Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	6.7
Amarelo Cadmio Paints	Yellow Orange Azo Heavy Body Acrylix	3.5
Amarelo Limao Paints	Fluorescent Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	6.5
Amarelo Ocre Paints	Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix	4.4
Amarelo Ouro Paints	Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix	2.5
Amarelo Pêssego Paints	Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix	9.6
Ameixa Paints	Medium Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix	9.6
Amendoa Paints	Vivid Red Orange Heavy Body Acrylix	5.9
Areia Paints	Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix	8.8
Areia Lunar Paints	Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix	10.2
Areia Rosada Paints	Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix	17.7
Arándano Paints	Cadmium-free Red Deep Heavy Body Acrylix	9.0
Azul Paints	Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	2.7
Azul Bali Paints	Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	9.9
Azul Celeste Paints	Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	10.6
Azul Country Paints	Light Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix	9.7
Azul Hortênsia Paints	Light Phthalocyanine Green Heavy Body Acrylix	7.8
Azul Intenso Paints	Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	7.5
Azul Marinho Paints	Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	6.6
Azul Piscina Paints	Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	17.0
Azul Seco Paints	Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	10.6
Azul Turquesa Paints	Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix	4.6
Azul Água Paints	Iridescent Bright Gold Heavy Body Acrylix	7.5
Branco Paints	Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	1.3
Camurça Paints	Cadmium-free Yellow Light Heavy Body Acrylix	8.2
Camurça Queimado Paints	Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix	12.2
Capuccino Paints	Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix	14.0
Caramelo Paints	Yellow Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix	3.4
Cenoura Paints	Fluorescent Red Heavy Body Acrylix	5.8
Cereja Paints	Cadmium-free Red Medium Heavy Body Acrylix	6.6
Cerâmica Paints	Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix	6.0
Cinza Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	3.9
Concreto Paints	Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix	11.1
Coral Paints	Fluorescent Red Heavy Body Acrylix	6.7
Creme Paints	Payne's Gray Heavy Body Acrylix	7.7
Fuchsia Paints	Medium Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix	4.3
Goiaba Queimada Paints	Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix	3.7
Grafite Paints	Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix	8.8
Laranja Paints	Cadmium-free Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	2.6
Lavanda Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	12.4
Lilás Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	11.4
Lilás Bebê Paints	Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix	5.3
Magenta Paints	Medium Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix	6.3
Marrom Paints	Iridescent Rich Copper Heavy Body Acrylix	8.8
Marrom Escuro Paints	Iridescent Rich Copper Heavy Body Acrylix	6.6
Melao Paints	Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix	6.5
Mineral Paints	Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix	8.0
Ocre Paints	Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	4.7
Orquídea Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	18.5
Perola Paints	Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	8.2
Pink Paints	Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix	11.3
Preto Paints	Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix	5.0
Púrpura Paints	Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix	6.3
Roma Paints	Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	6.9
Rosa Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	19.2
Rosa Antigo Paints	Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix	7.1
Rosa Bebe Paints	Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix	8.6
Rosa Ciclame Paints	Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix	9.7
Rosa Cotton Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	17.5
Rosa Escuro Paints	Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix	17.9
Rosa Primavera Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	20.9
Roxo Paints	Brilliant Purple Heavy Body Acrylix	6.4
Rústico Paints	Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix	4.4
Saara Paints	Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix	6.7
Salmão Paints	Cadmium-free Orange Heavy Body Acrylix	15.4
Salmão Bebê Paints	Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix	10.5
Siena Natural Paints	Vivid Red Orange Heavy Body Acrylix	7.8
Sépia Paints	Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix	7.1
Tangerina Paints	Cadmium-free Orange Heavy Body Acrylix	5.2
Telha Paints	Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	4.2
Terra Queimada Paints	Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix	7.5
Turquesa Paints	Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	6.4
Tutti-Frutti Paints	Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	22.4
Verde Agua Paints	Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	8.6
Verde Alecrim Paints	Fluorescent Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	3.9
Verde Country Paints	Bright Aqua Green Heavy Body Acrylix	10.3
Verde Esmeralda Paints	Viridian Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix	3.7
Verde Folha Paints	Light Emerald Green Heavy Body Acrylix	7.0
Verde Grama Paints	Emerald Green Heavy Body Acrylix	5.9
Verde Maçã Paints	Vivid Lime Green Heavy Body Acrylix	4.1
Verde Musgo Paints	Emerald Green Heavy Body Acrylix	5.8
Verde Oliva Paints	Chromium Oxide Green Heavy Body Acrylix	5.5
Verde Pistache Paints	Vivid Lime Green Heavy Body Acrylix	8.7
Verde Primavera Paints	Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix	7.5
Verde Soft Paints	Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix	8.1
Vermelho Paints	Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	3.9
Vermelho Escarlate Paints	Cadmium-free Red Medium Heavy Body Acrylix	2.1
Vermelho Fogo Paints	Cadmium-free Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	2.3
Vermelho Vivo Paints	Cadmium-free Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix	2.9
Vinho Paints	Quinacridone Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix	5.0
Violeta Paints	Brilliant Purple Heavy Body Acrylix	7.5
Violeta Cobalto Paints	Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix	3.1
Violeta Escuro Paints	Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix	13.2
Violeta Gris Paints	Light Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix	10.2

One side of this chart is a craft or fine-art range: what these matches promise, and where a craft bottle belongs on a model

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Liquitex → Acrilex

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions