Liquitex to Tamiya paint conversion chart

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

61 of the 105 Liquitex colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 17 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.6. The 44 gaps are not spread evenly: 8 of them are reds, so that is the corner of the Liquitex range Tamiya does not answer.

		ΔE
Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent	Pearl clear	1.0
Bright Aqua Green	Park green	8.8
Brilliant Blue	Blue violet	8.7
Brilliant Purple	Purple	15.4
Brilliant Yellow Green	Yellow green	5.6
Bronze Yellow	Brown (JGSDF)	4.1
Burnt Sienna	Pearl clear	2.6
Burnt Umber	Pearl clear	2.0
Cadmium-free Orange	Metallic orange	4.3
Cadmium-free Red Deep	Bronze	5.4
Cadmium-free Red Light	Fluorescent red	4.8
Cadmium-free Red Medium	Mica red	5.2
Cadmium-free Yellow Deep	Pure orange	4.3
Cadmium-free Yellow Light	Chrome yellow	3.2
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium	Gold	4.6
Cerulean Blue	Flat blue	1.6
Cerulean Blue Hue	Light metallic blue	4.7
Chromium Oxide Green	Light green (Luftwaffe)	8.5
Deep Magenta	Hull red	11.0
Deep Violet	Hull red	17.7
Dioxazine Purple	Pearl clear	2.4
Emerald Green	Light green (Luftwaffe)	2.1
Fluorescent Blue	Clear blue	4.8
Fluorescent Green	Park green	8.2
Fluorescent Orange	Clear orange	1.2
Fluorescent Pink	Clear red	13.0
Fluorescent Red	Bright orange	5.7
Fluorescent Yellow	Pure yellow	10.0
Green Deep Permanent	Green	1.6
Green Gold	Flat brown	8.1
Hooker’s Green Deep Hue Permanent	Green	3.6
Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent	Silver	0.0
Indantherene Blue	Royal blue	10.4
Indian Yellow	Desert yellow	8.2
Indigo	NATO black	7.8
Iridescent Antique Gold	Khaki	6.7
Iridescent Black	NATO black	5.0
Iridescent Bright Gold	Acrylic thinner	2.8
Iridescent Bright Silver	Smoke	4.8
Iridescent Rich Bronze	Linoleum deck brown	3.1
Iridescent Rich Copper	Flat earth	4.5
Iridescent Rich Gold	Brown (JGSDF)	3.0
Iridescent Rich Silver	Pearl clear	1.2
Iridescent Rose Gold	Italian red	8.4
Iridescent White	Insignia white	1.8
Ivory Black	NATO black	1.8
Light Bismuth Yellow	Metallic gold	2.7
Light Blue Permanent	Light blue	5.0
Light Blue Violet	Light sea grey	7.1
Light Emerald Green	Candy lime green	4.0
Light Green Permanent	Light green (Luftwaffe)	5.3
Light Phthalocyanine Green	Light blue	10.7
Light Pink	Pearl clear	1.0
Manganese Blue Hue	German gray	7.5
Mars Black	NATO black	2.3
Medium Magenta	Clear red	8.8
Muted Green	Dark green 2 (IJN)	4.9
Muted Grey	Black	0.3
Muted Pink	Red brown 2	2.0
Muted Turquoise	Sea blue	2.7
Muted Violet	Red brown 2	8.4
Naphthol Crimson	Dull red	9.8
Naphthol Red Light	Mica red	2.0
Naples Yellow Hue	Desert yellow	2.7
Neutral Gray 5	Metallic gray	6.8
Parchment	Champagne gold	4.7
Payne's Gray	Pearl clear	0.6
Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade	Racing white	2.0
Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade	Royal blue	7.9
Phthalocyanine Green Blue Shade	Pearl clear	2.2
Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade	Green	4.0
Prism Violet	Royal blue	12.1
Prussian Blue Hue	Deep metallic blue	4.5
Pyrrole Crimson	Bronze	4.5
Pyrrole Orange	Copper	6.6
Pyrrole Red	Mica red	6.7
Quinacridone Blue Violet	Red brown 2	13.6
Quinacridone Crimson	Bronze	5.1
Quinacridone Magenta	Bronze	9.3
Quinacridone Red	Flat earth	4.2
Quinacridone Red-orange	Bronze	4.9
Raw Sienna	Pearl clear	1.2
Raw Umber	Pearl clear	0.6
Red Oxide	Dull red.jpeg	4.2
Sap Green Permanent	Khaki drab	1.5
Titanium White	Pearl clear	1.4
Transparent Burnt Sienna	Brown	5.6
Transparent Burnt Umber	Deep green	5.4
Transparent Orange	Mica red	2.7
Transparent Raw Sienna	Dark copper	5.4
Transparent Raw Umber	Dark iron	5.7
Transparent Viridian Hue	NATO green	7.7
Turner’s Yellow	Desert yellow	6.3
Turquoise Deep	Sea blue	5.2
Ultramarine Blue Green Shade	Mixing blue	3.8
Ultramarine Blue Red Shade	Mixing blue	3.4
Unbleached Titanium	Pearl clear	2.0
Van Dyke Red	Red brown 2	7.0
Viridian Hue Permanent	Dark green 2 (IJN)	4.0
Vivid Lime Green	Yellow green	3.0
Vivid Red Orange	Copper	3.5
Yellow Light Hansa	Chrome yellow	2.7
Yellow Medium Azo	Camel yellow	3.9
Yellow Orange Azo	Pure orange	0.4
Yellow Oxide	Desert yellow	7.2

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