Humbrol to Warcolours paint conversion chart
Every Humbrol paint with its closest Warcolours equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 112 rows, sorted by name.
54 of the 112 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Warcolours within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 12 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.1. The 58 gaps are not spread evenly: 15 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Warcolours 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 | Warcolours | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics | Metallic White Metallic paints | 4.2 | ||
| Aluminium Aerosol Sprays | Metallic White Metallic paints | 5.4 | ||
| Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics | Flesh 5 Layer paints | 8.6 | ||
| Army Green Acrylics - Matt | Transparent Olive Transparent paints | 10.5 | ||
| Beige Green Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Ochre 1 Layer paints | 6.6 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Gloss | Black Inks for Shading and Glazing | 0.0 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Satin | Cool Grey 5 Layer paints | 3.1 | ||
| Black Gloss Aerosol Sprays | Black Inks for Shading and Glazing | 0.0 | ||
| Black Matt Aerosol Sprays | Warm Grey 5 Layer paints | 2.5 | ||
| Black Satin Aerosol Sprays | Transparent Black Transparent paints | 3.9 | ||
| Blue Acrylics - Matt | Blue 4 Layer paints | 6.8 | ||
| Brass Aerosol Sprays | Raw Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing | 4.9 | ||
| Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Ochre 3 Layer paints | 4.6 | ||
| Bright Green Acrylics - Matt | One-coat Green One-coat paints | 5.8 | ||
| Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Metallic Copper Metallic paints | 8.6 | ||
| Brown Acrylics - Matt | Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints | 7.5 | ||
| Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt | Emerald 5 Layer paints | 10.0 | ||
| Brunswick Green Aerosol Sprays | Emerald 5 Layer paints | 8.7 | ||
| Chocolate Acrylics - Matt | Brown 4 Layer paints | 8.1 | ||
| Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics | Transparent White Transparent paints | 2.4 | ||
| Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays | Transparent White Transparent paints | 3.8 | ||
| Copper Acrylics - Metallics | Metallic Copper Metallic paints | 5.6 | ||
| Cream Acrylics - Matt | Metallic Pale Gold Metallic paints | 4.0 | ||
| Crimson Acrylics - Gloss | Red 4 Layer paints | 3.2 | ||
| Dark Brown Aerosol Sprays | Transparent White Transparent paints | 9.5 | ||
| Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss | Transparent Cool Grey Transparent paints | 5.6 | ||
| Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt | Flesh 5 Layer paints | 9.4 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss | Transparent Black Transparent paints | 12.1 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Matt | Emerald 4 Layer paints | 4.2 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays | Emerald 4 Layer paints | 4.1 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Warm Grey 5 Layer paints | 4.5 | ||
| Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | 5.0 | ||
| Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | Warm Grey 2 Layer paints | 6.8 | ||
| Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Ochre 4 Layer paints | 5.5 | ||
| Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Metallic Lemon Metallic paints | 5.8 | ||
| Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt | Transparent White Transparent paints | 10.5 | ||
| Emerald Green Acrylics - Gloss | Emerald 4 Layer paints | 6.8 | ||
| Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss | Metallic Pewter Metallic paints | 5.3 | ||
| Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss | One-coat Red One-coat paints | 2.1 | ||
| Flesh Acrylics - Matt | Orange 3 Layer paints | 5.9 | ||
| Fluorescent Signal Green Acrylics - Gloss | One-coat Green One-coat paints | 5.8 | ||
| French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Blue 4 Layer paints | 3.5 | ||
| German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt | Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints | 6.6 | ||
| Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | Brown 5 Layer paints | 11.7 | ||
| Gloss Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | White Inks for Shading and Glazing | 0.0 | ||
| Gold Acrylics - Metallics | Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints | 2.4 | ||
| Gold Aerosol Sprays | Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints | 3.6 | ||
| Grass Green Acrylics - Matt | Olive 4 Layer paints | 10.2 | ||
| Grass Green Aerosol Sprays | Olive 4 Layer paints | 11.1 | ||
| Grey Aerosol Sprays | Metallic Silver Metallic paints | 4.0 | ||
| Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays | Transparent Black Transparent paints | 8.0 | ||
| Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics | Transparent Black Transparent paints | 2.0 | ||
| Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt | Red 3 Layer paints | 2.4 | ||
| Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Fluorescent Orange Layer paints | 2.8 | ||
| Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays | Red 2 Layer paints | 1.0 | ||
| Ivory Acrylics - Gloss | Flesh 1 Layer paints | 3.5 | ||
| Khaki Acrylics - Matt | Ochre 5 Layer paints | 9.5 | ||
| Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt | Transparent Flesh Transparent paints | 6.2 | ||
| Leather Acrylics - Matt | Metallic Copper Metallic paints | 3.6 | ||
| Lemon Acrylics - Matt | One-coat Yellow One-coat paints | 3.8 | ||
| Light Grey Acrylics - Matt | Metallic White Metallic paints | 2.0 | ||
| Light Olive Aerosol Sprays | Warm Grey 3 Layer paints | 11.4 | ||
| Lime Acrylics - Gloss | Olive 3 Layer paints | 6.2 | ||
| Lime Green Aerosol Sprays | Ochre 1 Layer paints | 8.6 | ||
| Magenta Acrylics - Matt | One-coat Purple One-coat paints | 5.1 | ||
| Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt | Olive 5 Layer paints | 6.5 | ||
| Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt | Metallic Black Metallic paints | 7.3 | ||
| Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Blue 2 Layer paints | 2.3 | ||
| Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Cool Grey 2 Layer paints | 4.8 | ||
| Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt | Transparent Blue Transparent paints | 4.7 | ||
| Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Blue 5 Layer paints | 5.1 | ||
| Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays | Blue 5 Layer paints | 5.4 | ||
| Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt | Flesh 5 Layer paints | 8.0 | ||
| Oak Acrylics - Satin | Flesh 2 Layer paints | 2.8 | ||
| Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt | Transparent Olive Transparent paints | 10.4 | ||
| Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Olive 5 Layer paints | 6.8 | ||
| Olive Green Acrylics - Matt | Warm Grey 3 Layer paints | 12.0 | ||
| Orange Acrylics - Gloss | Orange Inks for Shading and Glazing | 4.4 | ||
| Orange Aerosol Sprays | Orange Inks for Shading and Glazing | 4.8 | ||
| Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt | Blue Grey 1 Layer paints | 3.0 | ||
| Pastel Green Acrylics - Matt | Ochre 1 Layer paints | 9.4 | ||
| Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt | Purple 1 Layer paints | 10.2 | ||
| Pink Acrylics - Matt | Pink 1 Layer paints | 9.2 | ||
| Primer Acrylics - Matt | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | 5.5 | ||
| Primer Aerosol Sprays | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | 8.8 | ||
| Purple Acrylics - Gloss | Violet 5 Layer paints | 5.9 | ||
| RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt | Blue Grey 4 Layer paints | 5.9 | ||
| Red Acrylics - Gloss | Red 1 Layer paints | 1.6 | ||
| Red Aerosol Sprays | Red 1 Layer paints | 1.9 | ||
| Rust Acrylics - Matt | Transparent Brown Transparent paints | 3.6 | ||
| Sand Acrylics - Matt | Ochre 3 Layer paints | 4.1 | ||
| Sand Aerosol Sprays | Metallic Lemon Metallic paints | 4.8 | ||
| Satin Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | White Inks for Shading and Glazing | 0.0 | ||
| Scarlet Acrylics - Matt | Red 2 Layer paints | 3.7 | ||
| Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | 5.4 | ||
| Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays | Cool Grey 4 Layer paints | 4.9 | ||
| Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | Brown 4 Layer paints | 9.3 | ||
| Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss | One-coat Red One-coat paints | 2.4 | ||
| Silver Acrylics - Metallics | Metallic White Metallic paints | 4.0 | ||
| Silver Aerosol Sprays | Metallic White Metallic paints | 2.2 | ||
| Tan Acrylics - Gloss | Metallic Copper Metallic paints | 6.4 | ||
| Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | Blue Grey 5 Layer paints | 6.5 | ||
| Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Yellow 4 Layer paints | 1.1 | ||
| US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin | Cool Grey 1 Layer paints | 8.2 | ||
| US Light Green Acrylics - Matt | Olive 4 Layer paints | 11.9 | ||
| US Tan Acrylics - Matt | Flesh 5 Layer paints | 5.7 | ||
| WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt | Blue Grey 3 Layer paints | 4.9 | ||
| White Acrylics - Gloss | White Inks for Shading and Glazing | 0.0 | ||
| White Gloss Aerosol Sprays | Transparent White Transparent paints | 2.0 | ||
| White Matt Aerosol Sprays | Metallic Black Metallic paints | 1.6 | ||
| Yellow Acrylics - Gloss | Yellow 3 Layer paints | 2.9 | ||
| Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Yellow 3 Layer paints | 2.6 | ||