Humbrol to Reaper paint conversion chart

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

93 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Reaper within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 34 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.2. The 22 gaps are not spread evenly: 11 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Reaper does not answer.

		ΔE
Aluminium	Sparkling Snow	2.6
Aluminium	Sparkling Snow	2.7
Antique Bronze	Barbarian Flesh	2.1
Army Green	Hodag Green	8.6
Beige Green	Splintered Bone	6.5
Black	Brush-On Black Primer	0.0
Black	Brush-On Black Primer	0.0
Black	Ebony Flesh	2.1
Black Gloss	Brush-On Black Primer	0.0
Black Matt	Steel Wash	1.5
Black Satin	Blackened Steel	1.3
Blue	Sapphire Blue	4.3
Brass	Blonde Hair	2.1
Brass Metallic	Blonde Hair	3.9
Bright Green	Lini Green	4.9
Bronze Metallic	Goblin Skin	3.9
Brown	Oiled Leather	3.9
Brunswick Green	Wilderness Green	4.6
Brunswick Green	Dragon Green	1.9
Chocolate	Earth Brown	3.3
Chrome Silver	Vampiric Mist	1.9
Chrome Silver	Ghost White	2.6
Copper	Blonde Shadow	3.8
Cream	Golden Blonde	3.1
Crimson	Heraldic Red	1.7
Dark Brown	Maiden Flesh	3.2
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	Cold Iron	1.7
Dark Earth	Brown Sand	6.7
Dark Green	Green Liner	5.8
Dark Green	Brilliant Green	6.3
Dark Green	Grass Green	5.9
Dark Green	Muddy Soil	4.6
Dark Grey	Tempest Grey	2.0
Desert Tan	Khaki Shadow	3.2
Desert Yellow	Dragon Gold	1.1
Desert Yellow	Dragon Gold	2.2
Duck Egg Blue	Moonstone Blue	8.2
Emerald Green	Turf Green	2.8
Extra Dark Sea Grey	Cloudy Grey	4.8
Fire Orange	Clear Red	2.9
Flesh	Burnt Orange	2.8
Fluorescent Signal Green	Lini Green	4.9
French Blue	Sapphire Blue	2.6
German Camouflage Red	Mwangi Brown	4.6
Gloss Purple	Nightsky Indigo	3.6
Gloss Varnish	Anti-Shine Additive	0.0
Gold	Golden Yellow	4.2
Gold	Ogre Skin	4.2
Grass Green	Hodag Green	5.3
Grass Green	Hodag Green	6.8
Grey	Crusader Silver	3.8
Gun Metal	Swamp Green	7.1
Gunmetal	Besmara Black	1.7
Insignia Red	Carnage Red	1.5
Insignia Yellow	Golden Yellow	1.3
Italian Racing Red	Merisiel Red	3.9
Ivory	Yellow Mold	1.1
Khaki	NMM Gold Shadow	4.4
Khaki Drill	Alien Flesh	4.4
Leather	Goblin Skin	2.5
Lemon	Canary Yellow	0.0
Light Grey	Foggy Grey	0.7
Light Olive	Aged Pewter	4.6
Lime	Moth Green	6.1
Lime Green	Splintered Bone	6.0
Magenta	Arclord Purple	4.5
Matt Olive Drab	Military Green	4.9
Matt Tank Grey	Black Wash	5.5
Mediterranean Blue	Glacier Blue	6.5
Medium Sea Grey	Crusader Silver	4.7
Middle Blue	Glacier Blue	3.0
Midnight Blue	Twilight Purple	1.4
Midnight Blue	Twilight Purple	0.9
Natural Wood	Barbarian Flesh	4.2
Oak	Kyonin Beige	2.4
Ocean Grey	Hodag Green	8.5
Olive Drab	Military Green	3.9
Olive Green	Rich Leather	6.7
Orange	Fireball Orange	3.0
Orange	Fire Orange	1.4
Pastel Blue	Blue Flame	8.2
Pastel Green	Splintered Bone	7.1
Pastel Violet	Milani Rose	9.5
Pink	Shelyn Blush	4.8
Primer	Skeleton Key	4.1
Primer	Skeleton Key	2.0
Purple	Styx Purple	4.8
RAF Blue	Icy Violet	8.7
Red	Clear Red	1.7
Red	Clear Red	1.8
Rust	Shoanti Sienna	2.8
Sand	Bugbear Fur	1.3
Sand	Bugbear Fur	3.4
Satin Varnish	Anti-Shine Additive	0.0
Scarlet	Rach Red	2.4
Sea Grey	Skeleton Key	3.6
Sea Grey	Skeleton Key	3.2
Service Brown	Muddy Brown	3.0
Signal Red	Magma Red	3.4
Silver	Foggy Grey	2.0
Silver	Foggy Grey	0.5
Tan	Goblin Skin	2.8
Tank Grey	Deep Ocean	3.5
Trainer Yellow	Sun Yellow	0.2
US Ghost Grey	Sparkling Blue	3.3
US Light Green	Military Green	8.2
US Tan	Ancient Bronze	2.1
WWI Blue	Heather Blue	7.5
White	Anti-Shine Additive	0.0
White	Anti-Shine Additive	0.0
White	Anti-Shine Additive	0.0
White Gloss	Vampiric Mist	2.5
White Matt	Grey Liner	1.3
Yellow	Pale Saffron	1.3
Yellow	Pale Saffron	1.3

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