Paint Equivalents

Duncan to Vallejo paint conversion chart

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

166 of the 180 Duncan colours below have an equivalent in Vallejo within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 61 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 2.6. The 14 gaps are not spread evenly: 4 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Duncan range Vallejo 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 Vallejo setShop Duncan set

DuncanVallejoΔE
Abyss Blue Wave 2 Dark Blue RLM24 Model Air 1.7
Ambush Yellow Wave 3 Ice Yellow Model Color 2.1
Amethyst Rayne Wave 1 Heavy Violet Game Color 3.1
Amphora Red Wave 3 Evil Red Game Color 2.4
Amulet Purple Wave 2 Light Violet Model Color 7.2
Ancient Forest Wave 1 Umber Wash Game Color Wash 2.7
Ancient Gold Wave 3 Bronze Mecha Color 1.9
Antiquity Green Wave 3 Aquamarine Game Color 4.3
Apocalypse Sky Wave 3 Fluorescent Red Model Air 4.5
Archaic Sepia Wash Wave 1 Pale Brown Model Color 2.9
Ares Flesh Wave 2 Beige Model Air 1.2
Argonaut Skin Wave 2 Light Brown Model Air 2.0
Ashen Grey Wave 2 Camouflage Dark Green Model Air 1.6
Asmodeus Red Wave 2 Raw Sienna Premium Airbrush Color 3.8
Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 Flanker Light Gray Model Air 2.9
Barbarian Brawn Wave 1 Copper (Metallic) Model Air 2.2
Bard Skin Wave 2 Rust (Metallic) Model Air 3.0
Batle Axe Brass Wave 2 Pale Flesh Game Air 2.8
Battle Mud Wash Wave 1 Concrete Model Air 3.0
Berserker Red Wave 1 Scarlet Red Game Air 3.6
Blue Glaze Wave 2 Williamsburg Blue Arte Deco 4.7
Blue Steel Wave 3 Blue Grey Pale Model Color 3.7
Boar Hide Wave 1 Flat Brown Model Color 2.7
Bone Wash Wave 3 Warm Grey Game Color 3.6
Boot Strap Brown Wave 3 Mud Brown Model Air 0.4
Carapace Green Wave 3 Acid Game Color Special FX 3.0
Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 Dark Aluminium Metal Color 0.6
Celestial Blue Wave 1 Light Blue Mecha Color 3.1
Centurion Red Wave 3 Inferno Red Nocturna Models 3.0
Cerberus Brown Wave 2 Yellow Ochre Model Color 2.3
Chaos Bronze Wave 3 Light Brown Model Air 2.6
Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 Anthracite Grey Model Air 1.9
Contagion Green Wave 3 Green Blue Mecha Color 2.3
Craven Yellow Wave 2 Yellow Wash Game Color 1.3
Cuirass Leather Wave 1 Hull Red Model Air 2.4
Cursed Blue Wave 2 Electric Blue Game Color 0.3
Cyber Pink Wave 3 Fluorescent Magenta Premium Airbrush Color 3.0
Dark Sun Yellow Wave 1 Gold Brown Model Color 1.3
Death Metal Wave 3 German Field Grey Hobby Paint 2.8
Death Reaper Wave 1 German Panzer Grey Surface Primer 1.3
Decadent Purple Wave 3 Steel (Metallic) Model Air 2.6
Demon Red Wave 1 Red Game Color 1.0
Doom Death Black Wave 1 Grey Green Model Color 2.4
Dragon Fang Wave 1 Gold (Metallic) Model Air 2.3
Dragon's Gold Wave 1 US Interior Yellow Model Air 1.3
Dread Red Wave 2 Gory Red Game Air 1.6
Druid Flesh Wave 2 European Splash Mud Weathering FX 1.5
Dry Rust Brown Wave 2 Medium Fleshtone Model Color 3.3
Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 Neutral Grey Model Color 2.3
Dust Bowl Wave 1 German Green Brown Surface Primer 1.4
Dwarven Iron Wave 2 Light Rubber Panzer Aces 2.2
Dwarven Skin Wave 1 Raw Sienna Arte Deco 2.8
Eidolon Grey Wave 2 Dark Green Mecha Color 1.2
Elder Robe Wave 3 Blue Wash Game Color Wash 1.9
Elixir Green Wave 3 Ghost Green Game Color 2.2
Elven Skin Wave 1 Natural Flesh Nocturna Models 3.6
Elysium Blue Wave 1 Salem Blue Arte Deco 3.9
Emperor Red Wave 3 Magenta Blood Nocturna Models 3.0
Emperor's Purple Wave 3 Violeta Wash Game Color 7.2
Enchantment Blue Wave 3 Electric Blue Game Air 1.5
Enchantress Purple Wave 3 Purple Model Color 3.9
Enticing Purple Wave 3 Gunmetal (Metallic) Model Air 5.2
Ethereal Green Wave 1 Scorpy Green Game Air 2.5
Evil Eye Red Wave 2 German Orange Model Color 1.9
Fanatic Orange Wave 1 Amaranth Red Model Color 1.8
Faust Blue Wave 3 Periscopes Panzer Aces 2.8
Field Grey Wave 2 Afrikakorps Tank Crew Panzer Aces 1.6
Fire Opal Wave 3 Golden Ochre Arte Deco 2.9
Flak Gun Yellow Wave 3 Dead Flesh Game Color 2.2
Flaming Forge Orange Wave 2 Yellow Ochre Mecha Color 2.0
Flesh Wash Wave 1 Bone White Game Air 1.6
Frost Blue Wave 3 Pale Blue Model Air 1.4
Fury Green Wave 2 US Light Green Model Air 2.5
Ghoul Green Wave 2 Ghost Green Game Air 4.1
Gigawatt Blue Wave 2 Sunrise Blue Game Air 4.1
Glistening Gold Wave 1 Loam Beige Model Air 1.9
Glistening Gums Wave 1 Pink Model Color 5.1
Gloss Varnish Wave 3 Duraluminium Metal Color 0.6
Goblinoid Green Wave 2 Green Wash Game Color Wash 3.8
Gravestone Blue Wave 1 BS Medium Sea Grey Model Air 2.7
Green Beret Wave 2 Light Mud Panzer Aces 4.2
Green Glaze Wave 2 Apple Green Arte Deco 3.8
Griffon Claw Wave 1 Copper Metal Color 1.9
Gung-ho Green Wave 2 Light Mud Panzer Aces 5.2
Gyzmo Fur Wave 2 Elf Skin Tone Game Air 1.5
Hazard Yellow Wash Wave 3 Flesh Tone no. 2 Arte Deco 2.4
Heirloom Gold Wave 3 US Interior Yellow Model Air 3.3
Helion Red Wash Wave 2 Dark Rose Model Color 1.6
Hellspawn Red Wave 2 Pure Red Surface Primer 1.3
Hot Pink Wave 2 Fluid Pink Xpress Color 1.6
Hydra Green Wave 2 IJN Deep Dark Green Model Air 2.9
Incubus Purple Wave 3 Camouflage Gray Model Air 2.0
Inferno Orange Wave 3 Amaranth Red Model Color 2.0
Ion Blue Wave 3 Underside Blue “Faded” Model Air 3.1
Ivory Tusk Wave 1 Silver Grey Model Color 1.8
Jade Green Wave 2 Teal Green Arte Deco 3.5
Keleton Legion Wave 1 UK Light Stone Model Air 1.3
Kobold Grey Wave 2 IDF/IAF Green Model Air 4.0
Kronos Flesh Wave 2 Tan Yellow Model Color 0.6
Legion Green Wave 3 Turquoise Game Color 4.1
Leviathan Blue Wave 2 Fluorescent Blue Game Color 4.4
Magi Purple Wash Wave 2 Purple Model Color 1.7
Manticore Ochre Wave 2 Dark Flesh Model Color 1.3
Marine Blue Wave 1 Flat Blue Model Color 1.7
Matt Varnish Wave 3 Matt Varnish Arte Deco 0.6
Merald Green Wave 1 Black Green Game Color 2.6
Mythic Turquoise Wave 3 Blue Grey Mist Arte Deco 2.7
Mythril Blade Wave 1 Burnt Iron Metal Color 1.6
Necrosis Green Wash Wave 1 Pale Green Model Air 2.4
Neo Pink Wave 2 Baby Pink Arte Deco 6.6
Noble Steed Brown Wave 2 BC Dark Brown Model Color 1.2
Oblivion Black Wash Wave 1 Panzer Dark Gray Model Air 1.6
Omega Blue Wave 3 Sea Aqua Arte Deco 6.4
Orange Flare Wave 1 Orange Mecha Color 4.2
Orange Glaze Wave 2 Bronze Flesh Tone Game Air 3.3
Orc Hide Wave 2 Green Sky Model Color 3.7
Overlord Brass Wave 2 Pale Flesh Game Air 4.1
Oxidation Green Wave 3 Sombre Grey Game Air 4.1
Paladin Flesh Wave 2 Rust Model Air 1.2
Pale Skin Wave 3 Bag of Bones Xpress Color 1.7
Panzer Yellow Wave 3 Dead Flesh Game Air 0.9
Perisher Pink Wave 2 Old Rose Model Color 2.9
Pestilence Green Wave 3 Pineapple Arte Deco 4.6
Plate Armour Wave 1 Jet Exhaust Metal Color 0.6
Platinum Crown Wave 2 Bone White Game Air 2.2
Purple Glaze Wave 2 Squid Pink Game Color 4.4
RC Flesh Wash Wave 1 Scorpy Green Game Color 4.4
Ranger Cloak Wave 2 Golden Olive Model Color 3.1
Ray Gun Glow Wave 2 Sky Blue Model Color 6.3
Red Glaze Wave 2 Rosy Flesh Game Color 3.5
Red Rage Wave 3 Rust Texture (Matt) Mecha Color 1.0
Relic Blue Wave 3 Fluorescent Blue Game Color 2.2
Ritz O'Tin Wave 3 Yellow Brown Model Air 2.7
Rodent Grey Wave 2 Light Grey RLM63 Model Air 1.8
Royal Cloak Wave 1 Purple Shadow Nocturna Models 4.2
Runic Purple Wave 1 Light Violet Model Color 3.2
Rust Orange Wave 1 Scarlet Model Color 3.4
Sandstone Wave 1 Zombie Flesh Xpress Color 2.3
Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 Seraph Red Xpress Color Intense 1.1
Satyr Brown Wave 2 Flat Flesh Model Color 2.1
Scabbard Brown Wave 3 Brown Wash FX 0.5
Scarab Red Wave 3 Red Mecha Color 3.3
Scorched Earth Wave 1 Armour Brown Model Air 3.0
Seafarer Blue Wave 3 Deep Sky Blue Model Color 3.1
Sentient Turquoise Wave 2 Electric Blue Game Air 4.6
Septric Green Wave 3 Bile Game Color Special FX 6.9
Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 Deep Yellow Model Color 2.7
Shadow Blue Wave 3 Russian Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 3.5
Sir Coates Silver Wave 1 Green RLM72 Model Air 1.5
Skulker Yellow Wave 1 Sun Yellow Hobby Paint 0.9
Smoke Grey Wash Wave 3 Arctic White Game Color 1.1
Solar Flare Wave 3 Fluorescent Orange Premium Airbrush Color 2.0
Sorceror's Cloak Wave 1 Demon Blood Game Color Special FX 6.1
Spartan Bronze Wave 1 Willow Bark Xpress Color 3.1
Spectral Purple Wave 3 Lustful Purple Game Air 6.3
Steampunk Copper Wave 2 Orange Brown Model Color 2.9
Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 Yellow Fluorescent Model Color 2.5
Sword Hilt Burgundy Wave 1 Crimson Tide Arte Deco 4.5
Talisman Green Wave 2 Fluorescent Green Game Color 3.0
Tempest Blue Wash Wave 2 Wedgewood Blue Arte Deco 2.9
Temple Stone Wave 1 Sand Yellow Model Air 1.5
Top Brass Wave 2 Iraqi Sand Model Color 1.7
Traitor Green Wave 3 IJN Deep Dark Green Model Air 4.4
Troll Snot Green Wave 2 Yellow Green Arte Deco 4.1
Trooper White Wave 1 Off-White Mecha Color 1.5
Twin Suns Yellow Wave 3 Desert Sand Arte Deco 5.5
Ur Cloak Wave 1 Thick Blood Game Color Special FX 3.2
Vambrace Brown Wave 3 Tan Earth Model Color 2.6
Vampire Fang Wave 1 Desert Tan Surface Primer 1.8
Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 Navy Blue Arte Deco 9.2
War Master Green Wave 3 UK Bronze Green Surface Primer 2.9
Wasteland Brown Wave 1 Base Flesh Nocturna Models 2.7
White Star Wave 1 White Gold Liquid Gold 0.6
Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 Electric Blue Mecha Color 3.3
Wizard Grey Wave 1 Camouflage Gray Model Air 1.8
Wolf Grey Wave 1 Intermediate Blue Model Air 2.5
Wyvern Green Wave 1 Heavy Black Green Game Color 1.0
Yellow Flame Wave 1 Medium Yellow Model Air 2.1
Yellow Glaze Wave 2 Yellow Wash Game Color 2.7
Zombie Rot Wave 3 Eau de Nil “Duck Egg Green” Model Air 6.5

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

Reverse: Vallejo → Duncan

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