Humbrol to The Army Painter paint conversion chart

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

108 of the 115 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in The Army Painter within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 35 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 2.8. The 7 gaps are not spread evenly: 4 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range The Army Painter does not answer.

		ΔE
Aluminium	Brigade Grey	3.4
Aluminium	Ghoul Grey	3.4
Antique Bronze	Warrior Skin	3.6
Army Green	Army Green	4.7
Beige Green	Howling Sand	7.4
Black	Matt Black	0.0
Black	Matt Black	0.0
Black	Grim Black	2.3
Black Gloss	Matt Black	0.0
Black Matt	Dark Tone	1.2
Black Satin	Night Scales	2.1
Blue	Gothic Blue	2.9
Brass	Fiendish Yellow	4.4
Brass Metallic	Phoenix Flames	4.8
Bright Green	Shamrock Green	1.2
Bronze Metallic	Greedy Gold	4.0
Brown	Cursed Blade	4.6
Brunswick Green	Angel Green	3.4
Brunswick Green	Angel Green	2.1
Chocolate	True Copper	3.7
Chrome Silver	Quickshade Wash Mixing Medium	2.3
Chrome Silver	Cold Flesh	1.7
Copper	Greedy Gold	3.8
Cream	Space Dust	4.1
Crimson	Dragon Red	2.1
Dark Brown	Boney Spikes	2.0
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	Underdark Grey	2.4
Dark Earth	Bullwhack Brown	3.6
Dark Green	Military Shade	2.3
Dark Green	Guardian Green	2.8
Dark Green	Guardian Green	2.9
Dark Green	Matt Black	2.8
Dark Grey	Gravelord Grey	1.6
Desert Tan	Necrotic Flesh	0.4
Desert Yellow	Yellow Dune	1.7
Desert Yellow	Burnt Turf	2.1
Duck Egg Blue	Pastel Seafoam	6.5
Emerald Green	Glitter Green	1.2
Extra Dark Sea Grey	Uniform Grey	3.3
Fire Orange	Blood Red	3.3
Flesh	Safety Orange	2.8
Fluorescent Signal Green	Shamrock Green	1.2
French Blue	Ultramarine Blue	3.0
German Camouflage Red	Orange Tone	2.3
Gloss Purple	Alien Purple	4.7
Gloss Varnish	Holy White	0.0
Gold	Meteor Rock	3.3
Gold	Meteor Rock	3.3
Grass Green	Army Green	3.3
Grass Green	Army Green	3.7
Grey	Mithril	1.9
Gun Metal	Military Shade	4.2
Gunmetal	Death Metal	0.3
Insignia Red	Gemstone	1.7
Insignia Yellow	Firenewt Orange	3.4
Italian Racing Red	Glistening Blood	1.5
Ivory	Arid Earth	5.3
Khaki	Mid Brown	5.4
Khaki Drill	Bony Matter	3.6
Leather	Weapon Bronze	2.9
Lemon	Angelic Yellow	0.8
Light Grey	Brigade Grey	0.5
Light Olive	Prairie Ochre	2.9
Lime	Green Flame	1.2
Lime Green	Zombie Flesh	3.9
Magenta	Pixie Pink	2.8
Matt Olive Drab	Elf Green	4.2
Matt Tank Grey	Cobalt Metal	3.4
Mediterranean Blue	Blue Flux	2.7
Medium Sea Grey	Mithril	3.1
Middle Blue	Ice Storm	2.7
Midnight Blue	Elven Armor	1.5
Midnight Blue	Elven Armor	0.4
Natural Wood	Warrior Skin	3.7
Oak	Arid Earth	3.2
Ocean Grey	Mummified Grime	4.6
Olive Drab	Tainted Gold	5.1
Olive Green	Prairie Ochre	4.4
Orange	Nuclear Sunrise	2.4
Orange	Nuclear Sunrise	0.7
Pastel Blue	Gelatinous Blue	4.9
Pastel Green	Zombie Flesh	8.3
Pastel Violet	Diviner Light	4.5
Pink	Ruby Skin	2.9
Primer	Broadsword Silver	3.1
Primer	Burnt Moss	2.7
Purple	Purple Tone	1.5
RAF Blue	Drakolich Scales	5.5
Red	Dragonfire Red	2.0
Red	Angelic Red	2.8
Rust	Nomad Flesh	3.3
Sand	Yellow Dune	5.0
Sand	Desert Yellow	3.5
Satin Varnish	Holy White	0.0
Scarlet	Pure Red	2.5
Sea Grey	Broadsword Silver	1.5
Sea Grey	Enchanted Steel	2.8
Service Brown	Rawhide Brown	3.9
Signal Red	Blood Red	2.2
Silver	Spaceship Exterior	0.9
Silver	Brigade Grey	0.6
Tan	Greedy Gold	4.2
Tank Grey	Cobalt Metal	3.2
Trainer Yellow	Daemonic Yellow	2.2
US Ghost Grey	Battleship Grey	3.7
US Light Green	Camo Cloak	3.0
US Tan	Amber Skin	3.9
WWI Blue	Alpha Blue	3.6
White	Holy White	0.0
White	Holy White	0.0
White	Holy White	0.0
White Gloss	Anti-Shine Matt Varnish	1.9
White Matt	Death Metal	2.2
Yellow	Babe Blonde	0.5
Yellow	Babe Blonde	0.8

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