Paint Equivalents

Liquitex to Mr. Hobby paint conversion chart

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

79 of the 105 Liquitex colours below have an equivalent in Mr. Hobby within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 23 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.7. The 26 gaps are not spread evenly: 6 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Liquitex range Mr. Hobby does not answer.

LiquitexMr. HobbyΔE
Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent Chalky White 1.3
Bright Aqua Green Clear Green 6.8
Brilliant Blue Deep Clear Blue 1.5
Brilliant Purple Metal Violet 3.3
Brilliant Yellow Green Cockpit Color (Nakajima) 10.6
Bronze Yellow Dark Earth 4.8
Burnt Sienna Super Clear Gray Tone 2.0
Burnt Umber Super Clear Gray Tone 1.5
Cadmium-free Orange Orange Yellow 4.3
Cadmium-free Red Deep Russet 2.2
Cadmium-free Red Light RX-78 Blue 2.4
Cadmium-free Red Medium Metallic Red 1.8
Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Yellow Fs13538 4.0
Cadmium-free Yellow Light Yellow Fs33531 3.9
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Cream Yellow 1.6
Cerulean Blue Metallic Blue 3.6
Cerulean Blue Hue Blue Gray 5.7
Chromium Oxide Green Chrome Green 3.8
Deep Magenta Hull Red 6.0
Deep Violet MS Phantom Gray 14.0
Dioxazine Purple Super Clear Gray Tone 1.8
Emerald Green RLM82 Light Green A 3.1
Fluorescent Blue Clear Blue 3.2
Fluorescent Green Clear Green 6.2
Fluorescent Orange Character Yellow 3.3
Fluorescent Pink Zeon's MS Gray 7.4
Fluorescent Red Salmon Pink 3.7
Fluorescent Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 9.9
Green Deep Permanent Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 3.4
Green Gold Olive Drab 2314 4.6
Hooker’s Green Deep Hue Permanent Olive Drab Fs34087 6.8
Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Silver 0.7
Indantherene Blue German Gray 4.7
Indian Yellow Clear Gold 3.6
Indigo German Gray Shadow 4.0
Iridescent Antique Gold Dark Earth 3.7
Iridescent Black RLM66 Black Gray A 4.8
Iridescent Bright Gold Super Clear Gray Tone 2.3
Iridescent Bright Silver Dark Gray (1) 1.8
Iridescent Rich Bronze Wood Brown 4.4
Iridescent Rich Copper Red Brown (1) 5.8
Iridescent Rich Gold Dark Earth 7.3
Iridescent Rich Silver Character White 0.9
Iridescent Rose Gold Metal Peach 4.0
Iridescent White Silver 3.9
Ivory Black RLM66 Black Gray A 2.8
Light Bismuth Yellow Duck Egg Green 5.8
Light Blue Permanent RLM65 Light Blue 7.5
Light Blue Violet Violet 4.3
Light Emerald Green Yellow Green 6.3
Light Green Permanent IJN Type21 Camoflage Color 4.9
Light Phthalocyanine Green RLM65 Light Blue 10.3
Light Pink Character White 0.8
Manganese Blue Hue Intermediate Blue 6.2
Mars Black RLM66 Black Gray A 2.7
Medium Magenta Fluorescent Pink 8.4
Muted Green Japanese Green 2.7
Muted Grey MS Red 0.6
Muted Pink Mud 0.9
Muted Turquoise Blue Fs15044 A 4.3
Muted Violet Steel Red 3.4
Naphthol Crimson Red Fs11136 3.6
Naphthol Red Light MS Yellow 1.3
Naples Yellow Hue Clear Brown 5.7
Neutral Gray 5 Smoke Gray 4.8
Parchment Duck Egg Green 6.8
Payne's Gray Super Clear Gray Tone 0.6
Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade Plate Silver Next 1.8
Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade Jasdf Deep Ocean Blue 5.2
Phthalocyanine Green Blue Shade Super Clear Gray Tone 1.7
Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 3.7
Prism Violet German Gray 6.2
Prussian Blue Hue Blue Fs15050 A 3.5
Pyrrole Crimson Russet 2.5
Pyrrole Orange Orange 4.6
Pyrrole Red Purple Red 3.0
Quinacridone Blue Violet Steel Red 8.4
Quinacridone Crimson Russet 3.0
Quinacridone Magenta Hull Red 4.3
Quinacridone Red Carmine Red 3.4
Quinacridone Red-orange Russet 3.8
Raw Sienna Character White 0.9
Raw Umber Super Clear Gray Tone 0.6
Red Oxide Red Brown (1) 1.5
Sap Green Permanent Olive Drab 2314 8.5
Titanium White Character White 1.1
Transparent Burnt Sienna Red Brown Ii 3.7
Transparent Burnt Umber Smoke Gray 4.6
Transparent Orange MS Char's Red 2.1
Transparent Raw Sienna Brass 2.5
Transparent Raw Umber Smoke Gray 2.4
Transparent Viridian Hue Light Green 4.0
Turner’s Yellow Clear Gold 5.2
Turquoise Deep Blue Fs15044 A 2.4
Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Phthalo Cyanine Blue 5.8
Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Phthalo Cyanine Blue 5.0
Unbleached Titanium Super Clear Gray Tone 1.4
Van Dyke Red Mahogany 4.0
Viridian Hue Permanent Rlm80 Olive Green 1.9
Vivid Lime Green Interior Green 7.6
Vivid Red Orange Clear Orange 3.9
Yellow Light Hansa Clear Yellow 4.3
Yellow Medium Azo RX-78 Red 2.1
Yellow Orange Azo Character Yellow 3.6
Yellow Oxide Clear Gold 2.3