Paint Equivalents

Liquitex to Tom Color paint conversion chart

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

53 of the 105 Liquitex colours below have an equivalent in Tom Color within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 8 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.9. The 52 gaps are not spread evenly: 10 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Liquitex range Tom Color 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.

Shop Tom Color setShop Liquitex set

LiquitexTom ColorΔE
Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 1.3
Bright Aqua Green Heavy Body Acrylix Verde Mimetico 53192 6.8
Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix Raf Pru Blue Faded 10.8
Brilliant Purple Heavy Body Acrylix Ana 608 Intermed. Blue 15.1
Brilliant Yellow Green Heavy Body Acrylix Amarelo Mostarda 11.0
Bronze Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix Japan Flight Suit Base 6.3
Burnt Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 3.0
Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.8
Cadmium-free Orange Heavy Body Acrylix Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 12.6
Cadmium-free Red Deep Heavy Body Acrylix Marrone Mimetico 1 5.9
Cadmium-free Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Flame 3.4
Cadmium-free Red Medium Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Gorro de Saci 4.2
Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 4.4
Cadmium-free Yellow Light Heavy Body Acrylix Amarelo Helena 5.9
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Heavy Body Acrylix FS 13655 4.6
Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix Azul Luminoso 5.3
Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix Escama do Boitatá 4.7
Chromium Oxide Green Heavy Body Acrylix FS 34083 4.5
Deep Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix Noz Moscada 9.5
Deep Violet Heavy Body Acrylix Roxo Puro 14.0
Dioxazine Purple Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.6
Emerald Green Heavy Body Acrylix Verde 6.3
Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix Azul Marshmallow 8.3
Fluorescent Green Heavy Body Acrylix Verde Mimetico 53192 12.9
Fluorescent Orange Heavy Body Acrylix Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 3.2
Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix Rosa Nina 4.8
Fluorescent Red Heavy Body Acrylix Suco De Laranja 8.1
Fluorescent Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix Amarelo Girassol 9.3
Green Deep Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Vvs Dark Green 3.3
Green Gold Heavy Body Acrylix Nº 9 Olive Drab Us Army WW2 1.8
Hooker’s Green Deep Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Couro Da Cuca 2.1
Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Bianco Neve 6 2.8
Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix Flight Deck Stain 9.7
Indian Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix FS 10266 6.9
Indigo Heavy Body Acrylix Flight Deck Stain 4.2
Iridescent Antique Gold Heavy Body Acrylix Giallo Mimetico 4 5.8
Iridescent Black Heavy Body Acrylix Flight Deck Stain 0.9
Iridescent Bright Gold Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.8
Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix 626 Camouflage Grey Raf 2.4
Iridescent Rich Bronze Heavy Body Acrylix FS 30118 8.2
Iridescent Rich Copper Heavy Body Acrylix FS 30219 8.9
Iridescent Rich Gold Heavy Body Acrylix Japan Uniform Base 5.3
Iridescent Rich Silver Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.8
Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Melancia 7.8
Iridescent White Heavy Body Acrylix Stencil White 2.7
Ivory Black Heavy Body Acrylix Black Uniform Shadow 1.7
Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix Branco Lavado 5.2
Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix FS 35189 11.7
Light Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix Baby Room Blue 7.3
Light Emerald Green Heavy Body Acrylix Verde do Duende 7.2
Light Green Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Verde 4.9
Light Phthalocyanine Green Heavy Body Acrylix FS 35189 16.3
Light Pink Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.6
Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix Escama do Boitatá 4.2
Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix Black Uniform Shadow 1.7
Medium Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Melancia 14.4
Muted Green Heavy Body Acrylix Verde Mimetico 2 4.0
Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix Black Uniform Shadow 4.5
Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix Rusted Umber 4.8
Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix RAL 5008 Graublau 4.6
Muted Violet Heavy Body Acrylix Tire Black 7.7
Naphthol Crimson Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Beterraba 1.7
Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Puro 3.3
Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix FS 10266 2.9
Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix Medium Sea Grey 4.0
Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix Branco Lavado 4.1
Payne's Gray Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.3
Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 3.6
Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Azul Oceano 6.7
Phthalocyanine Green Blue Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.3
Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Vvs Dark Green 7.0
Prism Violet Heavy Body Acrylix Flight Deck Stain 10.3
Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix FS 15045 2.6
Pyrrole Crimson Heavy Body Acrylix Marrone Mimetico 1 7.6
Pyrrole Orange Heavy Body Acrylix Suco De Laranja 5.1
Pyrrole Red Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Cabelo do Curupira 4.6
Quinacridone Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix Noz Moscada 11.8
Quinacridone Crimson Heavy Body Acrylix Marrone Mimetico 1 6.7
Quinacridone Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix Noz Moscada 12.1
Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Beterraba 7.0
Quinacridone Red-orange Heavy Body Acrylix Marrone Mimetico 1 8.4
Raw Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.8
Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.3
Red Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix Marrone Mimetico 1 6.0
Sap Green Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Russian 4bo Green 2.6
Titanium White Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 3.0
Transparent Burnt Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix Pelo de Lobisomem 4.3
Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix FS 30117 Earth Red 3.6
Transparent Orange Heavy Body Acrylix Vermelho Puro 0.7
Transparent Raw Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix FS 30219 8.8
Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix Nato Brown 5.7
Transparent Viridian Hue Heavy Body Acrylix Antifoliage Green 11.6
Turner’s Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix FS 10266 6.0
Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix Dark Blue 438m 4.3
Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Raf Insignia Blue 6.2
Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix Raf Insignia Blue 7.7
Unbleached Titanium Heavy Body Acrylix Branco 2.5
Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix Leather Brown 6.6
Viridian Hue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix Verde Brasil 2.0
Vivid Lime Green Heavy Body Acrylix FS 33481 Zinc Chromate Yellow 7.7
Vivid Red Orange Heavy Body Acrylix Suco De Laranja 8.9
Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer 5.5
Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix FS 13655 1.9
Yellow Orange Azo Heavy Body Acrylix Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 2.4
Yellow Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix FS 10266 5.7

One side of this chart is a craft or fine-art range: what these matches promise, and where a craft bottle belongs on a model

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Tom Color → Liquitex

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions