Paint Equivalents

Humbrol to Tom Color paint conversion chart

Every Humbrol paint with its closest Tom Color equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 112 rows, sorted by name.

67 of the 112 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Tom Color within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 18 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.0. The 45 gaps are not spread evenly: 10 of them are reds, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Tom Color 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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HumbrolTom ColorΔE
Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics Highlight Skin Tone 3.1
Aluminium Aerosol Sprays Highlight Skin Tone 4.5
Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics Field Uniform Brown 6.3
Army Green Acrylics - Matt FS 34083 2.5
Beige Green Aerosol Sprays - Matt Branco Lavado 7.8
Black Acrylics - Gloss Preto 0.0
Black Acrylics - Satin Rlm 83 3.0
Black Gloss Aerosol Sprays Preto 0.0
Black Matt Aerosol Sprays Black Uniform Shadow 2.1
Black Satin Aerosol Sprays Black Uniform Shadow 2.9
Blue Acrylics - Matt Azul Do Charlie 6.2
Brass Aerosol Sprays Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 5.6
Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 5.4
Bright Green Acrylics - Matt Verde do Duende 8.8
Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics Field Uniform Brown 13.0
Brown Acrylics - Matt FS 30219 7.4
Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt USAF Modern Uniform Base 3.1
Brunswick Green Aerosol Sprays Verde Brasil 5.2
Chocolate Acrylics - Matt Marrone Mimetico 53193 5.5
Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics Bianco Neve 6 4.5
Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays Highlight Skin Tone 4.4
Copper Acrylics - Metallics FS 30219 12.0
Cream Acrylics - Matt Buff (drybrush) 2.1
Crimson Acrylics - Gloss Vermelho Beterraba 1.1
Dark Brown Aerosol Sprays Couro Branco 5.9
Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss Flat Dark Earth 5.9
Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt Field Uniform Brown 3.1
Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss Russian 4bo Green 4.1
Dark Green Acrylics - Matt Antifoliage Green 10.0
Dark Green Aerosol Sprays Antifoliage Green 10.1
Dark Green Aerosol Sprays - Satin Rlm 73 2.2
Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt FS 36118 Gunship Grey 2.2
Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays Medium Skin Tone 5.3
Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt FS 10266 3.2
Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays Ochre Brown 2.4
Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt FS 37875 Insignia White 8.9
Emerald Green Acrylics - Gloss Verde 6.4
Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss Bs381c:638 Grey 3.3
Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss Vermelho Flame 2.3
Flesh Acrylics - Matt Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 10.8
Fluorescent Signal Green Acrylics - Gloss Verde do Duende 8.8
French Blue Acrylics - Gloss Azul Do Charlie 5.9
German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt FS 30051 4.1
Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays Roxo Puro 12.1
Gloss Varnish Acrylics - Gloss Branco 0.0
Gold Acrylics - Metallics Amarelo Piquenique 2.5
Gold Aerosol Sprays Amarelo Piquenique 3.7
Grass Green Acrylics - Matt FS 34083 1.6
Grass Green Aerosol Sprays FS 34083 1.3
Grey Aerosol Sprays RAL 7001 Silbergrau 1.9
Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays A-24m 1.5
Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics Black Uniform Shadow 1.3
Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt Vermelho Gorro de Saci 3.8
Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt FS 13655 1.1
Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays Vermelho Gorro de Saci 1.2
Ivory Acrylics - Gloss Branco Lavado 5.2
Khaki Acrylics - Matt Japan Uniform Base 4.7
Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt Carc Tan 4.0
Leather Acrylics - Matt Vermelho Puro 11.0
Lemon Acrylics - Matt Amarelo Girassol 2.0
Light Grey Acrylics - Matt RAL 7035 3.7
Light Olive Aerosol Sprays Verde Khaki 3.0
Lime Acrylics - Gloss FS 33481 Zinc Chromate Yellow 13.4
Lime Green Aerosol Sprays FS 34424 5.4
Magenta Acrylics - Matt A-14 Steel Grey (russian WW2 Cockpit) 15.1
Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt Amt-4 Old 3.1
Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt London Grey RAL 7026 3.9
Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss Raf Pru Blue Faded 6.3
Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin RAL 7001 Silbergrau 1.9
Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt Azul Marshmallow 5.5
Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss Raf Insignia Blue 5.2
Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays Dark Mediterranean Blue 5.1
Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt Field Uniform Brown 4.4
Oak Acrylics - Satin Base Skin Tone 1.1
Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt FS 34083 3.8
Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt 4bo Green 2.5
Olive Green Acrylics - Matt Woodbrown Médio 2.3
Orange Acrylics - Gloss Suco De Laranja 11.2
Orange Aerosol Sprays Suco De Laranja 12.2
Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt Highlight Skin Tone 6.3
Pastel Green Acrylics - Matt FS 34424 9.9
Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt Rosa Cessna 12.6
Pink Acrylics - Matt Rosa Cessna 14.0
Primer Acrylics - Matt Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light 1.8
Primer Aerosol Sprays Schlickgrau 58 2.4
Purple Acrylics - Gloss Roxo Puro 7.3
RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt Dark Cammo Grey Bs629 6.0
Red Acrylics - Gloss Vermelho Gorro de Saci 3.8
Red Aerosol Sprays Vermelho Melancia 5.3
Rust Acrylics - Matt Field Uniform Brown 12.0
Sand Acrylics - Matt FS 10266 3.8
Sand Aerosol Sprays FS 10266 2.1
Satin Varnish Acrylics - Gloss Branco 0.0
Scarlet Acrylics - Matt Vermelho Gorro de Saci 3.7
Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light 1.2
Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light 2.3
Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss Nato Brown 4.0
Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss Vermelho Flame 3.1
Silver Acrylics - Metallics Bianco Neve 6 3.1
Silver Aerosol Sprays RAL 7035 3.9
Tan Acrylics - Gloss Suco De Laranja 12.6
Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays Dark Blue 438m 3.7
Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt Amarelo Helena 2.9
US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin Primer Acrílico Cinza Primer 6.6
US Light Green Acrylics - Matt FS 34102 4.2
US Tan Acrylics - Matt Medium Tan 7.8
WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt Dark Cammo Grey Bs629 8.0
White Acrylics - Gloss Branco 0.0
White Gloss Aerosol Sprays Branco 3.6
White Matt Aerosol Sprays Black Uniform Shadow 3.8
Yellow Acrylics - Gloss Amarelo Girassol 3.9
Yellow Aerosol Sprays Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer 4.0

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Tom Color → Humbrol

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions