Arteza to Tamiya paint conversion chart

Every Arteza paint with its closest Tamiya equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 88 rows, sorted by name.

41 of the 88 Arteza colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 9 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.2. The 47 gaps are not spread evenly: 11 of them are reds, so that is the corner of the Arteza range Tamiya does not answer.

		ΔE
Aztec Gold	Desert yellow	6.6
Bordeaux Red	Bronze	5.7
Bronze	Yellow-brown (DAK 1941)	6.7
Burnt Sienna	Flat earth	6.0
Burnt Umber	Dull red.jpeg	5.3
Carmine Red	Mica red	2.0
Cerulean Blue	French blue	5.4
Chromium Oxide Green	Dark green 2 (IJN)	4.3
Cobalt Blue	Pearl light blue	7.2
Cochineal Red	Mica red	6.3
Cold Gray	Sky grey	4.5
Crimson Red	Mica red	5.3
Deep Green	Medium blue	5.2
Deep Yellow	Metallic orange	3.3
Emerald Green	Coral blue	3.6
Gold	Light brown (DAK 1941)	2.7
Gold	Desert yellow	6.6
Gray	IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal)	6.7
Indian Yellow	Metallic orange	1.9
Lemon Yellow	Flat yellow	7.0
Light Apricot	Flat flesh	8.4
Light Sap Green	NATO green	5.6
Magenta Light	Clear red	7.4
Mars Black	Black	4.8
Mars Brown	Black	10.8
Mars Orange	Italian red	6.5
Mauve Pole	Purple	9.1
Mid Green	NATO green	6.9
Mid Yellow	Chrome yellow	2.5
Naples Yellow	Flat flesh	2.3
Neon Pink	Pink	7.1
Olive Green	Olive drab 2	3.5
Orange Red	Bright orange	2.9
Oxide Yellow	Yellow-brown (DAK 1941)	6.3
Pale Green	Metallic green	3.3
Payne's Gray	Metallic black	4.4
Pearl Amaranth Red	Clear red	9.7
Pearl Cactus Green	Coral blue	8.1
Pearl Chartreuse	Buff	5.0
Pearl Copper Gold	Dark copper	3.7
Pearl Copper Gold	Yellow-brown (DAK 1941)	6.9
Pearl Deep Brown	NATO brown	2.4
Pearl Deep Brown	Dark copper	5.4
Pearl Electrlc Blue	French blue	3.9
Pearl Glacier Blue	Light ghost gray	3.1
Pearl Golden Hour	Light sand	4.9
Pearl Hot Pink	Clear red	4.9
Pearl Lilac	Smoke	7.6
Pearl Lime Green	Cockpit green (IJN)	7.3
Pearl Magenta	Clear red	13.7
Pearl Olive Green	Cockpit green (IJN)	6.0
Pearl Papya Orange	Clear orange	5.2
Pearl Pastel Green	Medium sea gray	4.4
Pearl Pink	Pearl light red	3.5
Pearl Pink Tulip	Italian red	4.2
Pearl Pistachio Green	Pearl green	7.5
Pearl Raspberry Red	Mixing red	4.6
Pearl Rose Quartz	Clear red	11.4
Pearl Royal Purple	Lavender	7.5
Pearl Sage Green	Medium sea gray 2	1.4
Pearl Sapphire Blue	Metallic blue	2.2
Pearl Sea Green	Field grey	10.7
Pearl Sky Blue	Light ghost gray	6.0
Pearl Space Grey	Gunship grey	2.5
Pearl Strawberry Red	Flat earth	7.0
Pearl Tangerine Orange	Copper	5.2
Pearl Turquoise	Metallic blue	1.8
Phthalo Blue	Mixing blue	1.3
Phthalo Green	Gray green	8.0
Pink	Pink	7.8
Prussian Blue	Royal blue	5.3
Prussian Green	Green	1.1
Raw Sienna	Yellow-brown (DAK 1941)	2.5
Raw Umber	Red brown 2	5.1
Rose	Clear red	7.1
Sangria Red	Dull red	3.8
Silver	Racing white	1.4
Silver	Smoke	3.7
Sky Blue	Clear blue	4.6
Titanium White	Pearl clear	1.2
Ultramarine Blue	Mica blue	4.8
Vandyke Brown	Deep green	7.8
Vermillion Red	Fluorescent red	2.8
Violet	Purple	12.2
Viridian Green	Light metallic blue	7.3
Yellow Green	Clear green	4.8
Yellow Ochre	Desert yellow	4.1
Yellow Pale	Gold	1.6

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