Paint Equivalents

Liquitex to Humbrol paint conversion chart

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

50 of the 105 Liquitex colours below have an equivalent in Humbrol 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 5.2. The 55 gaps are not spread evenly: 10 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Liquitex range Humbrol does not answer.

LiquitexHumbrolΔE
Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent Gloss Varnish 1.3
Bright Aqua Green Bright Green 13.2
Brilliant Blue WWI Blue 8.0
Brilliant Purple Magenta 13.2
Brilliant Yellow Green Lime 11.3
Bronze Yellow Olive Green 7.8
Burnt Sienna White Gloss 2.2
Burnt Umber White Gloss 1.9
Cadmium-free Orange Orange 2.1
Cadmium-free Red Deep Crimson 5.6
Cadmium-free Red Light Fire Orange 4.8
Cadmium-free Red Medium Insignia Red 1.6
Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Brass Metallic 1.2
Cadmium-free Yellow Light Trainer Yellow 3.3
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Gold 2.8
Cerulean Blue French Blue 4.8
Cerulean Blue Hue French Blue 13.5
Chromium Oxide Green Grass Green 4.8
Deep Magenta Purple 16.8
Deep Violet Purple 10.9
Dioxazine Purple White Gloss 2.3
Emerald Green Emerald Green 5.8
Fluorescent Blue Middle Blue 8.8
Fluorescent Green Bright Green 11.7
Fluorescent Orange Brass 7.1
Fluorescent Pink Red 14.0
Fluorescent Red Fire Orange 10.7
Fluorescent Yellow Lemon 11.1
Green Deep Permanent Brunswick Green 4.8
Green Gold Olive Drab 8.0
Hooker’s Green Deep Hue Permanent Dark Green 8.5
Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Silver 1.1
Indantherene Blue Purple 8.9
Indian Yellow Brass 6.7
Indigo Black Satin 5.1
Iridescent Antique Gold Desert Yellow 10.8
Iridescent Black Black Satin 2.8
Iridescent Bright Gold Gloss Varnish 2.8
Iridescent Bright Silver Grey 4.4
Iridescent Rich Bronze Chocolate 6.0
Iridescent Rich Copper Brown 3.1
Iridescent Rich Gold Khaki 5.4
Iridescent Rich Silver Gloss Varnish 2.8
Iridescent Rose Gold Rust 9.2
Iridescent White Silver 3.6
Ivory Black Black Matt 1.6
Light Bismuth Yellow Oak 5.1
Light Blue Permanent US Ghost Grey 13.6
Light Blue Violet WWI Blue 9.7
Light Emerald Green Bright Green 2.9
Light Green Permanent Emerald Green 4.6
Light Phthalocyanine Green Duck Egg Blue 13.1
Light Pink Gloss Varnish 2.6
Manganese Blue Hue Tank Grey 10.5
Mars Black Black Matt 1.2
Medium Magenta Magenta 10.4
Muted Green Brunswick Green 7.1
Muted Grey White Matt 0.6
Muted Pink Service Brown 10.2
Muted Turquoise Tank Grey 3.6
Muted Violet Black Satin 8.5
Naphthol Crimson Crimson 1.3
Naphthol Red Light Italian Racing Red 2.8
Naples Yellow Hue Sand 1.9
Neutral Gray 5 Sea Grey 7.6
Parchment Oak 6.6
Payne's Gray Gloss Varnish 2.3
Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade White Gloss 2.2
Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade Purple 7.1
Phthalocyanine Green Blue Shade Gloss Varnish 2.3
Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade Brunswick Green 6.2
Prism Violet Purple 8.9
Prussian Blue Hue Tank Grey 7.5
Pyrrole Crimson Crimson 9.0
Pyrrole Orange Signal Red 7.8
Pyrrole Red Insignia Red 3.8
Quinacridone Blue Violet Purple 10.2
Quinacridone Crimson Crimson 6.7
Quinacridone Magenta Crimson 16.1
Quinacridone Red Insignia Red 5.2
Quinacridone Red-orange Crimson 8.6
Raw Sienna Gloss Varnish 2.8
Raw Umber Gloss Varnish 2.3
Red Oxide Brown 5.8
Sap Green Permanent Dark Green 3.7
Titanium White Chrome Silver 2.8
Transparent Burnt Sienna German Camouflage Red 8.1
Transparent Burnt Umber Service Brown 6.4
Transparent Orange Signal Red 3.4
Transparent Raw Sienna Copper 5.2
Transparent Raw Umber Service Brown 1.8
Transparent Viridian Hue Dark Green 1.6
Turner’s Yellow Brass 4.3
Turquoise Deep Tank Grey 3.7
Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Midnight Blue 5.5
Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Midnight Blue 4.2
Unbleached Titanium Gloss Varnish 2.5
Van Dyke Red Black Satin 6.0
Viridian Hue Permanent Brunswick Green 3.9
Vivid Lime Green Lime 10.2
Vivid Red Orange Orange 4.1
Yellow Light Hansa Trainer Yellow 4.2
Yellow Medium Azo Insignia Yellow 2.5
Yellow Orange Azo Brass 4.7
Yellow Oxide Desert Yellow 6.1

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