Humbrol to Revell paint conversion chart

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

61 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Revell within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 10 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.

		ΔE
Aluminium	Light Grey	3.5
Aluminium	Aluminium	3.9
Antique Bronze	Bronze	2.1
Army Green	Greyish Green	5.1
Beige Green	Sky (RAF)	5.1
Black	Black	4.9
Black	Black	4.9
Black	Black	5.0
Black Gloss	Black	4.9
Black Matt	Tar Black	3.1
Black Satin	Tar Black	3.0
Blue	Ultramarine Blue	2.8
Brass	Yellow	7.2
Brass Metallic	Yellow	6.2
Bright Green	Green	20.1
Bronze Metallic	Brown	5.4
Brown	Mud Brown	4.5
Brunswick Green	Dark Green (RAF)	7.0
Brunswick Green	Dark Green (RAF)	7.0
Chocolate	Mud Brown	4.7
Chrome Silver	White	4.7
Chrome Silver	Clear	5.7
Copper	Brown	4.8
Cream	Yellow	10.3
Crimson	Carmine Red	1.7
Dark Brown	White	8.6
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	Earth Brown	7.5
Dark Earth	Brown	5.3
Dark Green	Dark Green	9.8
Dark Green	Emerald Green	3.3
Dark Green	Emerald Green	3.2
Dark Green	Black	8.7
Dark Grey	Tank Grey	2.4
Desert Tan	Gold	6.0
Desert Yellow	Sandy Yellow	3.9
Desert Yellow	Sandy Yellow	3.7
Duck Egg Blue	White	10.1
Emerald Green	Leaf Green	6.3
Extra Dark Sea Grey	Gunship Grey	5.8
Fire Orange	Luminous Orange	6.0
Flesh	Clear Orange	3.6
Fluorescent Signal Green	Green	20.1
French Blue	Blue	2.0
German Camouflage Red	Reddish Brown	8.8
Gloss Purple	Night Blue	9.4
Gloss Varnish	Clear	0.0
Gold	Yellow	9.6
Gold	Brass	8.8
Grass Green	Greyish Green	6.2
Grass Green	Greyish Green	6.0
Grey	Light Grey (USAF)	2.8
Gun Metal	Olive Yellow	7.9
Gunmetal	Anthracite Grey	3.7
Insignia Red	Luminous Red	3.2
Insignia Yellow	Yellow	6.3
Italian Racing Red	Italian Red	2.0
Ivory	Sky (RAF)	11.0
Khaki	Wood Brown	6.0
Khaki Drill	Beige	2.5
Leather	Brown	4.6
Lemon	Yellow	3.8
Light Grey	Light Grey	3.4
Light Olive	Olive Brown	4.7
Lime	Sky (RAF)	21.0
Lime Green	Sky (RAF)	3.8
Magenta	Dark Grey	18.9
Matt Olive Drab	Olive Green	7.8
Matt Tank Grey	Granite Grey	3.1
Mediterranean Blue	Light Blue	6.2
Medium Sea Grey	Light Grey (USAF)	2.0
Middle Blue	Light Blue	9.1
Midnight Blue	Dark Blue	2.5
Midnight Blue	Dark Blue	3.5
Natural Wood	Bronze	2.4
Oak	Beige	10.6
Ocean Grey	Greyish Green	3.1
Olive Drab	Olive Green	6.2
Olive Green	Olive Brown	2.2
Orange	Orange	4.7
Orange	Orange	5.8
Pastel Blue	Clear Blue	9.1
Pastel Green	Sky (RAF)	6.9
Pastel Violet	Silver	18.2
Pink	Flesh	18.0
Primer	Olive Grey	1.4
Primer	Greenish Grey	2.9
Purple	Night Blue	7.4
RAF Blue	Steel	10.4
Red	Italian Red	4.4
Red	Italian Red	5.6
Rust	Copper	6.6
Sand	Africa Brown	4.6
Sand	Africa Brown	2.6
Satin Varnish	Clear	0.0
Scarlet	Luminous Red	1.6
Sea Grey	Olive Grey	2.4
Sea Grey	Olive Grey	2.6
Service Brown	Olive Yellow	11.5
Signal Red	Luminous Red	6.6
Silver	Light Grey	5.1
Silver	Light Grey	3.5
Tan	Brown	4.8
Tank Grey	Granite Grey	4.4
Trainer Yellow	Yellow	7.4
US Ghost Grey	Aluminium	5.3
US Light Green	Bronze Green	5.8
US Tan	Copper	3.9
WWI Blue	Light Blue	7.8
White	Clear	0.0
White	Clear	0.0
White	Clear	0.0
White Gloss	White	3.0
White Matt	Anthracite Grey	3.4
Yellow	Yellow	2.2
Yellow	Yellow	2.0

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