Paint Equivalents

Duncan to Humbrol paint conversion chart

Every Duncan paint with its closest Humbrol equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 180 rows, sorted by name.

59 of the 180 Duncan colours below have an equivalent in Humbrol within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 6 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 6.2. The 121 gaps are not spread evenly: 21 of them are oranges, so that is the corner of the Duncan range Humbrol does not answer.

DuncanHumbrolΔE
Abyss Blue French Blue 7.4
Ambush Yellow Cream 3.3
Amethyst Rayne Gloss Purple 2.9
Amphora Red German Camouflage Red 14.0
Amulet Purple Pastel Violet 5.0
Ancient Forest Chocolate 7.3
Ancient Gold Olive Green 3.1
Antiquity Green Dark Green 14.2
Apocalypse Sky Red 7.4
Archaic Sepia Wash Khaki Drill 4.7
Ares Flesh Cream 6.0
Argonaut Skin Khaki Drill 4.0
Ashen Grey Sea Grey 4.4
Asmodeus Red Brown 10.2
Aztec Turquoise Wash Medium Sea Grey 4.5
Barbarian Brawn Brown 7.0
Bard Skin Rust 7.4
Batle Axe Brass Sand 7.5
Battle Mud Wash Dark Earth 6.5
Berserker Red German Camouflage Red 10.5
Blue Glaze WWI Blue 2.9
Blue Steel Grey 9.5
Boar Hide Chocolate 6.2
Bone Wash Grey 9.3
Boot Strap Brown Dark Earth 3.2
Carapace Green Bright Green 11.3
Carcharodon Grey Grey 3.8
Celestial Blue WWI Blue 6.4
Centurion Red Red 3.5
Cerberus Brown Sand 5.0
Chaos Bronze Khaki Drill 3.2
Cold Corpse Blue Primer 5.2
Contagion Green Lime Green 14.2
Craven Yellow Lemon 8.4
Cuirass Leather Service Brown 6.2
Cursed Blue Middle Blue 5.0
Cyber Pink Magenta 4.5
Dark Sun Yellow Sand 5.1
Death Metal Sea Grey 5.6
Death Reaper Dark Grey 4.2
Decadent Purple Aluminium 9.5
Demon Red Red 2.3
Doom Death Black White Matt 3.4
Dragon Fang Khaki Drill 6.4
Dragon's Gold Desert Yellow 3.5
Dread Red Chocolate 11.4
Druid Flesh Service Brown 6.3
Dry Rust Brown US Tan 4.9
Dungeon Stone Grey Primer 2.3
Dust Bowl Dark Earth 2.6
Dwarven Iron Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 7.8
Dwarven Skin US Tan 4.0
Eidolon Grey Sea Grey 4.6
Elder Robe French Blue 6.6
Elixir Green Lime Green 12.0
Elven Skin Khaki Drill 6.4
Elysium Blue WWI Blue 2.8
Emperor Red Crimson 8.4
Emperor's Purple RAF Blue 13.4
Enchantment Blue Mediterranean Blue 5.7
Enchantress Purple Gloss Purple 5.8
Enticing Purple Extra Dark Sea Grey 7.5
Ethereal Green Emerald Green 9.6
Evil Eye Red Rust 5.9
Fanatic Orange Signal Red 5.5
Faust Blue Dark Grey 5.7
Field Grey Ocean Grey 4.6
Fire Opal Rust 6.6
Flak Gun Yellow Desert Yellow 7.7
Flaming Forge Orange Sand 4.0
Flesh Wash Desert Tan 5.9
Frost Blue Medium Sea Grey 10.2
Fury Green Ocean Grey 3.7
Ghoul Green Lime Green 17.8
Gigawatt Blue Middle Blue 9.4
Glistening Gold Khaki Drill 6.8
Glistening Gums Magenta 9.3
Gloss Varnish Grey 5.1
Goblinoid Green Lime 8.4
Gravestone Blue Grey 8.8
Green Beret Desert Tan 7.1
Green Glaze Pastel Green 9.9
Griffon Claw Khaki Drill 6.0
Gung-ho Green Desert Tan 9.4
Gyzmo Fur Flesh 5.3
Hazard Yellow Wash Dark Brown 10.0
Heirloom Gold Desert Yellow 1.9
Helion Red Wash Brown 9.8
Hellspawn Red Italian Racing Red 3.2
Hot Pink Pink 12.0
Hydra Green Matt Tank Grey 6.0
Incubus Purple Extra Dark Sea Grey 3.2
Inferno Orange Signal Red 4.7
Ion Blue Duck Egg Blue 7.4
Ivory Tusk Dark Brown 6.0
Jade Green Dark Green 8.3
Keleton Legion Khaki Drill 6.0
Kobold Grey Ocean Grey 10.2
Kronos Flesh Desert Yellow 5.4
Legion Green Dark Green 11.1
Leviathan Blue WWI Blue 5.3
Magi Purple Wash Gloss Purple 5.8
Manticore Ochre Sand 1.7
Marine Blue Gloss Purple 7.9
Matt Varnish Silver 0.7
Merald Green Dark Green 7.2
Mythic Turquoise Middle Blue 15.3
Mythril Blade Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 7.1
Necrosis Green Wash Army Green 8.9
Neo Pink Pink 8.5
Noble Steed Brown Chocolate 2.9
Oblivion Black Wash Dark Grey 4.1
Omega Blue US Ghost Grey 17.9
Orange Flare Orange 4.8
Orange Glaze Flesh 4.8
Orc Hide Bright Green 11.9
Overlord Brass Desert Tan 8.8
Oxidation Green Matt Tank Grey 4.4
Paladin Flesh Chocolate 4.6
Pale Skin Desert Tan 6.7
Panzer Yellow Desert Yellow 8.2
Perisher Pink Rust 9.3
Pestilence Green Pastel Green 4.6
Plate Armour Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 6.2
Platinum Crown Desert Tan 7.0
Purple Glaze Magenta 12.1
RC Flesh Wash Emerald Green 8.2
Ranger Cloak Grass Green 7.2
Ray Gun Glow Middle Blue 11.0
Red Glaze Flesh 9.8
Red Rage German Camouflage Red 7.0
Relic Blue Mediterranean Blue 7.1
Ritz O'Tin Khaki Drill 7.2
Rodent Grey Ocean Grey 6.4
Royal Cloak Gloss Purple 12.6
Runic Purple Pastel Violet 11.7
Rust Orange Leather 6.2
Sandstone Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 7.7
Sanguine Scarlet Crimson 3.3
Satyr Brown Sand 2.1
Scabbard Brown Dark Earth 3.1
Scarab Red Insignia Red 7.2
Scorched Earth Sea Grey 9.2
Seafarer Blue Middle Blue 1.7
Sentient Turquoise Mediterranean Blue 3.5
Septric Green Lime 9.0
Serpent Eye Yellow Yellow 2.2
Shadow Blue Primer 7.6
Sir Coates Silver Sea Grey 3.5
Skulker Yellow Brass Metallic 4.0
Smoke Grey Wash Gloss Varnish 1.1
Solar Flare Flesh 6.2
Sorceror's Cloak Gloss Purple 13.5
Spartan Bronze Chocolate 5.2
Spectral Purple Magenta 7.9
Steampunk Copper Leather 5.4
Sun Bleach Yellow Lemon 4.0
Sword Hilt Burgundy Crimson 14.7
Talisman Green Lime 6.0
Tempest Blue Wash Dark Grey 8.1
Temple Stone Khaki Drill 3.6
Top Brass Desert Yellow 2.6
Traitor Green Primer 9.5
Troll Snot Green Lime Green 9.0
Trooper White White Gloss 5.5
Twin Suns Yellow Ivory 4.9
Ur Cloak Brown 8.5
Vambrace Brown Natural Wood 5.5
Vampire Fang Desert Tan 5.2
Von Evile Pimple Purple 6.0
War Master Green Matt Tank Grey 4.6
Wasteland Brown Dark Earth 3.9
White Star Gloss Varnish 1.2
Witching Hour Blue WWI Blue 8.7
Wizard Grey Extra Dark Sea Grey 3.9
Wolf Grey RAF Blue 7.1
Wyvern Green Sea Grey 6.0
Yellow Flame Insignia Yellow 3.3
Yellow Glaze Lemon 9.1
Zombie Rot Lime Green 8.2

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