Humbrol to Apple Barrel paint conversion chart

Every Humbrol paint with its closest Apple Barrel equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 115 rows, sorted by name.

65 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Apple Barrel within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 8 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.6. The 50 gaps are not spread evenly: 17 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Apple Barrel does not answer.

		ΔE
Aluminium	Elephant Gray	3.3
Aluminium	Real Navy	3.6
Antique Bronze	Mango	4.6
Army Green	Palm Leaf	6.5
Beige Green	Antique Parchment	9.7
Black	Black	0.2
Black	Black	0.2
Black	Black	3.1
Black Gloss	Black	0.2
Black Matt	Pavement	2.9
Black Satin	Pavement	3.3
Blue	Cobalt Hue	3.0
Brass	Neon Orange	5.4
Brass Metallic	Yellow	4.6
Bright Green	Neon Green	4.7
Bronze Metallic	Pumpkin Orange	1.2
Brown	Toffee	5.9
Brunswick Green	Real Green	2.9
Brunswick Green	Real Green	3.3
Chocolate	Toffee	6.9
Chrome Silver	Aquamarine	2.0
Chrome Silver	Aquamarine	1.9
Copper	Jack-O-Lantern	5.3
Cream	Light Yellow	7.7
Crimson	Hot Ember	3.6
Dark Brown	Toasted Marshmallow	3.1
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	Misty White	6.5
Dark Earth	Territorial Beige	3.7
Dark Green	Mossy Green	6.6
Dark Green	Green Machine	3.6
Dark Green	Green Clover	3.5
Dark Green	Camouflage	4.1
Dark Grey	Dark Granite	5.6
Desert Tan	Khaki	2.8
Desert Yellow	Yellow	6.1
Desert Yellow	Classic Caramel	6.0
Duck Egg Blue	Bright Green	8.2
Emerald Green	True Green	6.3
Extra Dark Sea Grey	Misty White	2.8
Fire Orange	Orange	5.3
Flesh	Tangelo	4.7
Fluorescent Signal Green	Neon Green	4.7
French Blue	Primary Blue	2.5
German Camouflage Red	Milk Chocolate	6.1
Gloss Purple	Wild Grapes	2.9
Gloss Varnish	White	3.9
Gold	Dandelion Yellow	2.3
Gold	Dandelion Yellow	2.6
Grass Green	Palm Leaf	3.9
Grass Green	Palm Leaf	4.6
Grey	Pure Silver	3.2
Gun Metal	Mossy Green	6.1
Gunmetal	Pavement	1.9
Insignia Red	Candy Apple	3.7
Insignia Yellow	Golden Yellow	3.1
Italian Racing Red	Sweet Potato	6.7
Ivory	Antique Parchment	8.5
Khaki	Golden Sunset	4.6
Khaki Drill	Beige	2.5
Leather	Harvest Orange	4.3
Lemon	Light Yellow	6.5
Light Grey	Mountain Blue	3.4
Light Olive	Territorial Beige	11.1
Lime	Lime Sherbert	6.4
Lime Green	Spring Green	6.3
Magenta	Pure Pink	6.0
Matt Olive Drab	English Ivy Green	8.8
Matt Tank Grey	Tuscan Teal	7.4
Mediterranean Blue	Sky Haze	3.3
Medium Sea Grey	Timeless Gray	4.5
Middle Blue	Pool Blue	6.0
Midnight Blue	Deep Purple	1.9
Midnight Blue	Deep Purple	2.8
Natural Wood	Mango	6.4
Oak	Antique Parchment	6.1
Ocean Grey	Palm Leaf	7.4
Olive Drab	English Ivy Green	6.5
Olive Green	Territorial Beige	8.8
Orange	Apricot	5.3
Orange	Spiced Carrot	3.3
Pastel Blue	Bright Blue	6.7
Pastel Green	Spring Green	9.0
Pastel Violet	Wisteria	7.4
Pink	Princess Pink	9.7
Primer	Hunter Green	6.5
Primer	Hunter Green	2.6
Purple	Purple Velvet	3.8
RAF Blue	Blueberry Frost	5.1
Red	Orange	7.5
Red	Orange	9.1
Rust	Mango	5.3
Sand	Yellow	5.8
Sand	Neon Orange	7.5
Satin Varnish	White	3.9
Scarlet	Sweet Potato	4.2
Sea Grey	Hunter Green	6.0
Sea Grey	Dark Gray	5.7
Service Brown	Nutmeg Brown	4.6
Signal Red	Orange	3.8
Silver	Mountain Blue	2.2
Silver	Mountain Blue	3.2
Tan	Jack-O-Lantern	2.7
Tank Grey	Tuscan Teal	6.8
Trainer Yellow	Banana	3.9
US Ghost Grey	China Blue	2.9
US Light Green	Caterpillar	5.0
US Tan	Classic Caramel	5.8
WWI Blue	Blue Bonnet	3.9
White	White	3.9
White	White	3.9
White	White	3.9
White Gloss	White	2.1
White Matt	Pavement	4.1
Yellow	Canary Yellow	5.1
Yellow	Canary Yellow	4.8

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