Humbrol to Revell paint conversion chart
Every Humbrol paint with its closest Revell equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 112 rows, sorted by name.
58 of the 112 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Revell 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 4.9. The 54 gaps are not spread evenly: 16 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Revell 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.
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| Humbrol | Revell | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | 3.5 | ||
| Aluminium Aerosol Sprays | Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | 3.9 | ||
| Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics | Bronze Email Color - Metallic | 2.1 | ||
| Army Green Acrylics - Matt | Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | 5.1 | ||
| Beige Green Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 5.1 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Gloss | Black Email Color - Silk | 4.9 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Satin | Black Email Color - Silk | 5.0 | ||
| Black Gloss Aerosol Sprays | Black Email Color - Silk | 4.9 | ||
| Black Matt Aerosol Sprays | Tar Black Email Color - Matt | 3.1 | ||
| Black Satin Aerosol Sprays | Tar Black Email Color - Matt | 3.0 | ||
| Blue Acrylics - Matt | Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss | 2.8 | ||
| Brass Aerosol Sprays | Yellow Email Color - Silk | 7.2 | ||
| Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Yellow Email Color - Silk | 6.2 | ||
| Bright Green Acrylics - Matt | Green Email Color - Silk | 20.1 | ||
| Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Brown Email Color - Matt | 5.4 | ||
| Brown Acrylics - Matt | Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | 4.5 | ||
| Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt | Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 7.0 | ||
| Brunswick Green Aerosol Sprays | Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 7.0 | ||
| Chocolate Acrylics - Matt | Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | 4.7 | ||
| Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics | White Email Color - Gloss | 4.7 | ||
| Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays | Clear Email Color - Gloss | 5.7 | ||
| Copper Acrylics - Metallics | Brown Email Color - Matt | 4.8 | ||
| Cream Acrylics - Matt | Yellow Email Color - Matt | 10.3 | ||
| Crimson Acrylics - Gloss | Carmine Red Email Color - Matt | 1.7 | ||
| Dark Brown Aerosol Sprays | White Email Color - Gloss | 8.6 | ||
| Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss | Earth Brown Email Color - Matt | 7.5 | ||
| Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt | Brown Email Color - Silk | 5.3 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss | Dark Green Email Color - Silk | 9.8 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Matt | Emerald Green Email Color - Gloss | 3.3 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays | Emerald Green Email Color - Gloss | 3.2 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Black Email Color - Gloss | 8.7 | ||
| Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | Tank Grey Email Color - Matt | 2.4 | ||
| Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | Gold Email Color - Metallic | 6.0 | ||
| Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt | 3.9 | ||
| Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt | 3.7 | ||
| Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt | White Email Color - Gloss | 10.1 | ||
| Emerald Green Acrylics - Gloss | Leaf Green Email Color - Silk | 6.3 | ||
| Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss | Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt | 5.8 | ||
| Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss | Luminous Orange Email Color - Matt | 6.0 | ||
| Flesh Acrylics - Matt | Clear Orange Email Color - Gloss | 3.6 | ||
| Fluorescent Signal Green Acrylics - Gloss | Green Email Color - Silk | 20.1 | ||
| French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Blue Email Color - Gloss | 2.0 | ||
| German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt | Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | 8.8 | ||
| Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | 9.4 | ||
| Gloss Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | Clear Email Color - Gloss | 0.0 | ||
| Gold Acrylics - Metallics | Yellow Email Color - Silk | 9.6 | ||
| Gold Aerosol Sprays | Brass Email Color - Metallic | 8.8 | ||
| Grass Green Acrylics - Matt | Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | 6.2 | ||
| Grass Green Aerosol Sprays | Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | 6.0 | ||
| Grey Aerosol Sprays | Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | 2.8 | ||
| Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays | Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | 7.9 | ||
| Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | 3.7 | ||
| Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt | Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | 3.2 | ||
| Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Yellow Email Color - Silk | 6.3 | ||
| Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays | Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | 2.0 | ||
| Ivory Acrylics - Gloss | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 11.0 | ||
| Khaki Acrylics - Matt | Wood Brown Email Color - Silk | 6.0 | ||
| Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt | Beige Email Color - Matt | 2.5 | ||
| Leather Acrylics - Matt | Brown Email Color - Matt | 4.6 | ||
| Lemon Acrylics - Matt | Yellow Email Color - Gloss | 3.8 | ||
| Light Grey Acrylics - Matt | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | 3.4 | ||
| Light Olive Aerosol Sprays | Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | 4.7 | ||
| Lime Acrylics - Gloss | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 21.0 | ||
| Lime Green Aerosol Sprays | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 3.8 | ||
| Magenta Acrylics - Matt | Dark Grey Email Color - Silk | 18.9 | ||
| Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt | Olive Green Email Color - Silk | 7.8 | ||
| Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | 3.1 | ||
| Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | 6.2 | ||
| Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | 2.0 | ||
| Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | 9.1 | ||
| Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | 2.5 | ||
| Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays | Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | 3.5 | ||
| Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt | Bronze Email Color - Metallic | 2.4 | ||
| Oak Acrylics - Satin | Beige Email Color - Silk | 10.6 | ||
| Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt | Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | 3.1 | ||
| Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Olive Green Email Color - Silk | 6.2 | ||
| Olive Green Acrylics - Matt | Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | 2.2 | ||
| Orange Acrylics - Gloss | Orange Email Color - Gloss | 4.7 | ||
| Orange Aerosol Sprays | Orange Email Color - Gloss | 5.8 | ||
| Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt | Clear Blue Email Color - Gloss | 9.1 | ||
| Pastel Green Acrylics - Matt | Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | 6.9 | ||
| Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt | Silver Email Color - Metallic | 18.2 | ||
| Pink Acrylics - Matt | Flesh Email Color - Matt | 18.0 | ||
| Primer Acrylics - Matt | Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | 1.4 | ||
| Primer Aerosol Sprays | Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt | 2.9 | ||
| Purple Acrylics - Gloss | Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | 7.4 | ||
| RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt | Steel Email Color - Metallic | 10.4 | ||
| Red Acrylics - Gloss | Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | 4.4 | ||
| Red Aerosol Sprays | Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | 5.6 | ||
| Rust Acrylics - Matt | Copper Email Color - Metallic | 6.6 | ||
| Sand Acrylics - Matt | Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | 4.6 | ||
| Sand Aerosol Sprays | Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | 2.6 | ||
| Satin Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | Clear Email Color - Gloss | 0.0 | ||
| Scarlet Acrylics - Matt | Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | 1.6 | ||
| Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt | Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | 2.4 | ||
| Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays | Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | 2.6 | ||
| Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | 11.5 | ||
| Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss | Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | 6.6 | ||
| Silver Acrylics - Metallics | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | 5.1 | ||
| Silver Aerosol Sprays | Light Grey Email Color - Silk | 3.5 | ||
| Tan Acrylics - Gloss | Brown Email Color - Matt | 4.8 | ||
| Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | 4.4 | ||
| Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Yellow Email Color - Matt | 7.4 | ||
| US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin | Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | 5.3 | ||
| US Light Green Acrylics - Matt | Bronze Green Email Color - Matt | 5.8 | ||
| US Tan Acrylics - Matt | Copper Email Color - Metallic | 3.9 | ||
| WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | 7.8 | ||
| White Acrylics - Gloss | Clear Email Color - Gloss | 0.0 | ||
| White Gloss Aerosol Sprays | White Email Color - Gloss | 3.0 | ||
| White Matt Aerosol Sprays | Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | 3.4 | ||
| Yellow Acrylics - Gloss | Yellow Email Color - Gloss | 2.2 | ||
| Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Yellow Email Color - Gloss | 2.0 | ||