Paint Equivalents

Liquitex to Duncan paint conversion chart

Every Liquitex paint with its closest Duncan equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 105 rows, sorted by name.

42 of the 105 Liquitex colours below have an equivalent in Duncan within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 16 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.7. The 63 gaps are not spread evenly: 11 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Liquitex range Duncan does not answer.

LiquitexDuncanΔE
Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent Smoke Grey Wash 0.6
Bright Aqua Green Ghoul Green 6.3
Brilliant Blue Relic Blue 2.4
Brilliant Purple Spectral Purple 5.9
Brilliant Yellow Green Septric Green 7.7
Bronze Yellow Ancient Gold 5.3
Burnt Sienna White Star 1.9
Burnt Umber White Star 1.6
Cadmium-free Orange Solar Flare 4.2
Cadmium-free Red Deep Red Rage 7.9
Cadmium-free Red Light Fanatic Orange 1.7
Cadmium-free Red Medium Hellspawn Red 4.6
Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Skulker Yellow 2.9
Cadmium-free Yellow Light Serpent Eye Yellow 4.7
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Yellow Flame 5.6
Cerulean Blue Abyss Blue 4.7
Cerulean Blue Hue Tempest Blue Wash 9.4
Chromium Oxide Green Ethereal Green 7.4
Deep Magenta Amphora Red 4.6
Deep Violet Von Evile Pimple 7.2
Dioxazine Purple White Star 1.6
Emerald Green Ethereal Green 8.2
Fluorescent Blue Seafarer Blue 7.4
Fluorescent Green Elixir Green 7.9
Fluorescent Orange Solar Flare 5.7
Fluorescent Pink Apocalypse Sky 11.5
Fluorescent Red Apocalypse Sky 5.5
Fluorescent Yellow Craven Yellow 3.1
Green Deep Permanent Merald Green 11.4
Green Gold Eidolon Grey 13.5
Hooker’s Green Deep Hue Permanent War Master Green 12.3
Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Matt Varnish 0.9
Indantherene Blue Magi Purple Wash 9.4
Indian Yellow Dark Sun Yellow 4.1
Indigo Doom Death Black 11.7
Iridescent Antique Gold Panzer Yellow 5.6
Iridescent Black Doom Death Black 8.8
Iridescent Bright Gold White Star 2.2
Iridescent Bright Silver Gloss Varnish 2.5
Iridescent Rich Bronze Noble Steed Brown 5.3
Iridescent Rich Copper Barbarian Brawn 7.9
Iridescent Rich Gold Ancient Gold 7.7
Iridescent Rich Silver White Star 1.8
Iridescent Rose Gold Perisher Pink 4.3
Iridescent White Matt Varnish 4.3
Ivory Black Doom Death Black 8.1
Light Bismuth Yellow Twin Suns Yellow 4.3
Light Blue Permanent Omega Blue 6.7
Light Blue Violet Runic Purple 8.8
Light Emerald Green Carapace Green 8.8
Light Green Permanent Ethereal Green 5.3
Light Phthalocyanine Green Ion Blue 9.1
Light Pink White Star 1.7
Manganese Blue Hue Tempest Blue Wash 7.8
Mars Black Doom Death Black 7.9
Medium Magenta Cyber Pink 8.1
Muted Green Traitor Green 7.2
Muted Grey Doom Death Black 3.0
Muted Pink Druid Flesh 5.2
Muted Turquoise Oxidation Green 5.6
Muted Violet Amphora Red 9.1
Naphthol Crimson Sanguine Scarlet 4.2
Naphthol Red Light Hellspawn Red 2.5
Naples Yellow Hue Manticore Ochre 0.6
Neutral Gray 5 Death Metal 2.2
Parchment Platinum Crown 5.7
Payne's Gray Smoke Grey Wash 1.3
Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade White Star 2.5
Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade Von Evile Pimple 10.6
Phthalocyanine Green Blue Shade White Star 1.3
Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade Merald Green 8.7
Prism Violet Magi Purple Wash 9.0
Prussian Blue Hue Oxidation Green 9.9
Pyrrole Crimson Red Rage 7.7
Pyrrole Orange Fanatic Orange 5.5
Pyrrole Red Sanguine Scarlet 3.2
Quinacridone Blue Violet Magi Purple Wash 8.8
Quinacridone Crimson Red Rage 8.1
Quinacridone Magenta Amphora Red 6.3
Quinacridone Red Hellspawn Red 5.7
Quinacridone Red-orange Red Rage 8.5
Raw Sienna White Star 1.8
Raw Umber Smoke Grey Wash 1.3
Red Oxide Boar Hide 6.1
Sap Green Permanent Wyvern Green 13.5
Titanium White White Star 2.0
Transparent Burnt Sienna Berserker Red 4.4
Transparent Burnt Umber Doom Death Black 9.7
Transparent Orange Demon Red 1.4
Transparent Raw Sienna Boot Strap Brown 9.1
Transparent Raw Umber Cuirass Leather 6.7
Transparent Viridian Hue Merald Green 8.3
Turner’s Yellow Dark Sun Yellow 4.2
Turquoise Deep Oxidation Green 7.6
Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Von Evile Pimple 11.8
Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Amethyst Rayne 10.0
Unbleached Titanium White Star 1.5
Van Dyke Red Doom Death Black 8.1
Viridian Hue Permanent Merald Green 11.2
Vivid Lime Green Septric Green 3.3
Vivid Red Orange Orange Flare 7.4
Yellow Light Hansa Serpent Eye Yellow 3.8
Yellow Medium Azo Yellow Flame 4.2
Yellow Orange Azo Skulker Yellow 5.7
Yellow Oxide Dark Sun Yellow 3.7

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