Paint Equivalents

Humbrol to Liquitex paint conversion chart

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

50 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Liquitex within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 15 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.4. The 65 gaps are not spread evenly: 19 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Liquitex does not answer.

HumbrolLiquitexΔE
Aluminium Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 5.2
Aluminium Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 7.7
Antique Bronze Transparent Raw Sienna 6.6
Army Green Chromium Oxide Green 7.0
Beige Green Parchment 7.8
Black Ivory Black 8.4
Black Ivory Black 8.4
Black Mars Black 5.9
Black Gloss Ivory Black 8.4
Black Matt Mars Black 1.2
Black Satin Mars Black 2.7
Blue Ultramarine Blue Red Shade 7.9
Brass Cadmium-free Yellow Deep 2.7
Brass Metallic Cadmium-free Yellow Deep 1.2
Bright Green Light Emerald Green 2.9
Bronze Metallic Transparent Raw Sienna 6.1
Brown Iridescent Rich Copper 3.1
Brunswick Green Viridian Hue Permanent 5.8
Brunswick Green Viridian Hue Permanent 3.9
Chocolate Iridescent Rich Bronze 6.0
Chrome Silver Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade 2.3
Chrome Silver Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade 3.4
Copper Transparent Raw Sienna 5.2
Cream Light Bismuth Yellow 7.1
Crimson Naphthol Crimson 1.3
Dark Brown Iridescent White 6.5
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Neutral Gray 5 7.9
Dark Earth Iridescent Rich Gold 9.2
Dark Green Sap Green Permanent 3.7
Dark Green Transparent Viridian Hue 2.1
Dark Green Transparent Viridian Hue 1.6
Dark Green Ivory Black 7.3
Dark Grey Muted Grey 6.7
Desert Tan Parchment 12.0
Desert Yellow Naples Yellow Hue 4.4
Desert Yellow Naples Yellow Hue 5.3
Duck Egg Blue Titanium White 9.5
Emerald Green Light Green Permanent 4.6
Extra Dark Sea Grey Neutral Gray 5 10.2
Fire Orange Transparent Orange 4.4
Flesh Cadmium-free Orange 7.1
Fluorescent Signal Green Light Emerald Green 2.9
French Blue Cerulean Blue 4.8
German Camouflage Red Iridescent Rich Bronze 6.7
Gloss Purple Ultramarine Blue Red Shade 8.4
Gloss Varnish Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
Gold Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 3.6
Gold Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 2.8
Grass Green Chromium Oxide Green 4.8
Grass Green Chromium Oxide Green 5.3
Grey Iridescent Bright Silver 4.4
Gun Metal Sap Green Permanent 7.0
Gunmetal Mars Black 2.6
Insignia Red Cadmium-free Red Medium 1.6
Insignia Yellow Yellow Medium Azo 2.5
Italian Racing Red Naphthol Red Light 2.8
Ivory Light Bismuth Yellow 5.5
Khaki Iridescent Rich Gold 5.4
Khaki Drill Iridescent Antique Gold 13.0
Leather Iridescent Rich Copper 6.4
Lemon Yellow Light Hansa 7.3
Light Grey Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 3.7
Light Olive Neutral Gray 5 8.7
Lime Light Emerald Green 7.3
Lime Green Parchment 7.7
Magenta Medium Magenta 10.4
Matt Olive Drab Green Gold 8.5
Matt Tank Grey Muted Turquoise 3.7
Mediterranean Blue Brilliant Blue 9.6
Medium Sea Grey Iridescent Bright Silver 4.9
Middle Blue Fluorescent Blue 8.8
Midnight Blue Ultramarine Blue Red Shade 4.2
Midnight Blue Ultramarine Blue Red Shade 5.4
Natural Wood Transparent Raw Sienna 7.2
Oak Light Bismuth Yellow 5.1
Ocean Grey Chromium Oxide Green 8.1
Olive Drab Green Gold 8.0
Olive Green Bronze Yellow 7.8
Orange Cadmium-free Orange 3.5
Orange Cadmium-free Orange 2.1
Pastel Blue Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 11.8
Pastel Green Light Bismuth Yellow 9.3
Pastel Violet Light Blue Violet 18.4
Pink Fluorescent Pink 20.4
Primer Neutral Gray 5 8.8
Primer Neutral Gray 5 10.9
Purple Ultramarine Blue Green Shade 6.7
RAF Blue Light Blue Violet 11.6
Red Transparent Orange 3.7
Red Naphthol Red Light 5.8
Rust Iridescent Rose Gold 9.2
Sand Naples Yellow Hue 2.1
Sand Naples Yellow Hue 1.9
Satin Varnish Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
Scarlet Naphthol Red Light 3.6
Sea Grey Neutral Gray 5 7.6
Sea Grey Neutral Gray 5 10.5
Service Brown Transparent Raw Umber 1.8
Signal Red Transparent Orange 3.4
Silver Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 1.1
Silver Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 3.4
Tan Transparent Raw Sienna 6.2
Tank Grey Muted Turquoise 3.6
Trainer Yellow Yellow Medium Azo 2.9
US Ghost Grey Iridescent Bright Silver 11.4
US Light Green Chromium Oxide Green 6.5
US Tan Naples Yellow Hue 12.2
WWI Blue Brilliant Blue 8.0
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
White Gloss Burnt Umber 1.9
White Matt Muted Grey 0.6
Yellow Yellow Light Hansa 5.3
Yellow Yellow Light Hansa 4.9

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