Paint Equivalents

Humbrol to Duncan paint conversion chart

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

59 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Duncan 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 4.9. The 56 gaps are not spread evenly: 13 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Duncan does not answer.

HumbrolDuncanΔE
Aluminium Matt Varnish 4.6
Aluminium Matt Varnish 7.1
Antique Bronze Boot Strap Brown 5.4
Army Green Fury Green 5.1
Beige Green Twin Suns Yellow 6.5
Black Doom Death Black 15.6
Black Doom Death Black 15.6
Black Doom Death Black 11.9
Black Gloss Doom Death Black 15.6
Black Matt Doom Death Black 8.5
Black Satin Doom Death Black 6.9
Blue Abyss Blue 8.1
Brass Manticore Ochre 3.5
Brass Metallic Skulker Yellow 4.0
Bright Green Talisman Green 6.9
Bronze Metallic Steampunk Copper 6.5
Brown Noble Steed Brown 6.1
Brunswick Green Merald Green 10.9
Brunswick Green Merald Green 11.6
Chocolate Noble Steed Brown 2.9
Chrome Silver Matt Varnish 3.3
Chrome Silver Matt Varnish 4.7
Copper Steampunk Copper 7.9
Cream Ambush Yellow 3.3
Crimson Sanguine Scarlet 3.3
Dark Brown Ivory Tusk 6.0
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Plate Armour 6.2
Dark Earth Dust Bowl 2.6
Dark Green Wyvern Green 12.9
Dark Green Merald Green 7.2
Dark Green Merald Green 7.7
Dark Green Doom Death Black 10.4
Dark Grey Oblivion Black Wash 4.1
Desert Tan Vampire Fang 5.2
Desert Yellow Heirloom Gold 1.9
Desert Yellow Top Brass 2.6
Duck Egg Blue Ion Blue 7.4
Emerald Green RC Flesh Wash 8.2
Extra Dark Sea Grey Incubus Purple 3.2
Fire Orange Demon Red 3.2
Flesh Orange Glaze 4.8
Fluorescent Signal Green Talisman Green 6.9
French Blue Elder Robe 6.6
German Camouflage Red Red Rage 7.0
Gloss Purple Amethyst Rayne 2.9
Gloss Varnish Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Gold Yellow Flame 6.6
Gold Yellow Flame 5.8
Grass Green Fury Green 4.7
Grass Green Fury Green 4.2
Grey Carcharodon Grey 3.8
Gun Metal Doom Death Black 9.6
Gunmetal Doom Death Black 5.5
Insignia Red Hellspawn Red 5.4
Insignia Yellow Yellow Flame 3.3
Italian Racing Red Hellspawn Red 3.2
Ivory Twin Suns Yellow 4.9
Khaki Dry Rust Brown 10.5
Khaki Drill Chaos Bronze 3.2
Leather Steampunk Copper 5.4
Lemon Sun Bleach Yellow 4.0
Light Grey Matt Varnish 2.9
Light Olive Ancient Gold 5.5
Lime Talisman Green 6.0
Lime Green Pestilence Green 6.9
Magenta Cyber Pink 4.5
Matt Olive Drab Fury Green 10.5
Matt Tank Grey Oxidation Green 4.4
Mediterranean Blue Sentient Turquoise 3.5
Medium Sea Grey Aztec Turquoise Wash 4.5
Middle Blue Seafarer Blue 1.7
Midnight Blue Marine Blue 9.1
Midnight Blue Marine Blue 9.1
Natural Wood Boot Strap Brown 3.3
Oak Platinum Crown 7.8
Ocean Grey Fury Green 3.7
Olive Drab Eidolon Grey 10.1
Olive Green Ancient Gold 3.1
Orange Orange Flare 6.4
Orange Orange Flare 4.8
Pastel Blue Decadent Purple 11.2
Pastel Green Pestilence Green 4.6
Pastel Violet Amulet Purple 5.0
Pink Neo Pink 8.5
Primer Dungeon Stone Grey 2.3
Primer Ashen Grey 5.1
Purple Von Evile Pimple 6.0
RAF Blue Wolf Grey 7.1
Red Demon Red 2.3
Red Centurion Red 3.5
Rust Evil Eye Red 5.9
Sand Manticore Ochre 1.7
Sand Satyr Brown 2.1
Satin Varnish Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Scarlet Demon Red 4.7
Sea Grey Dungeon Stone Grey 4.1
Sea Grey Sir Coates Silver 3.5
Service Brown Cuirass Leather 6.2
Signal Red Demon Red 2.9
Silver Matt Varnish 0.7
Silver Matt Varnish 2.7
Tan Steampunk Copper 6.3
Tank Grey Oxidation Green 4.5
Trainer Yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 6.6
US Ghost Grey Ion Blue 7.7
US Light Green Fury Green 7.2
US Tan Dwarven Skin 4.0
WWI Blue Elysium Blue 2.8
White Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
White Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
White Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
White Gloss White Star 2.7
White Matt Doom Death Black 3.4
Yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 2.5
Yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 2.2

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