Paint Equivalents

Mig to Tamiya paint conversion chart

Every Mig paint with its closest Tamiya equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 252 rows, sorted by name.

153 of the 252 Mig colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 29 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.5. The 99 gaps are not spread evenly: 38 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Mig range Tamiya 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.

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MigTamiyaΔE
3b Au Basic Protector Alkidno-uretanovaya Acrylics Flat brown Acrylics Mini Flat 6.1
4bo Russian Green Acrylics Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 5.3
6k Russian Brown Acrylics Metallic black Lacquer Paint 6.1
7k Russian Tan Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 4.5
Afrika Korps Wash Washes Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 5.7
Apc Interior Light Green Acrylics Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray 2.7
Basic Skin Tone Acrylics Flat flesh Acrylics Mini Flat 11.4
Black Wash Washes Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.3
Blood Red Acrylics Mica red Lacquer Paint 5.2
Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat 2.4
Blue Green Acrylics Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat 5.2
Blue Wash For Panzer Grey Washes NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.0
Bluish Titanium Acrylics Field grey Acrylics Mini Flat 7.9
Bone Acrylics Insignia white Aircraft Spray 2.3
Brass Acrylics Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 8.5
Bright Green Amt-4 Acrylics Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray 8.3
Brown Soil Acrylics Flat earth Acrylics Mini Flat 2.2
Brown Wash For German Dark Yellow Washes Dark iron Lacquer Paint 5.6
Burnt Brown Red Acrylics Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 3.2
Burnt Sand Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 5.0
Chipping Acrylics Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 9.6
Cinnamon Acrylics Tan Aircraft Spray 11.1
Clay Brown Acrylics Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat 4.0
Cold Gray Acrylics Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat 1.7
Copper Acrylics Mixing red Lacquer Paint 8.4
Crystal Black Blue Acrylics Deep metallic blue Spray 5.9
Crystal Glass Acrylics Smoke Spray 5.5
Crystal Green Acrylics Dark green Aircraft Spray 1.4
Crystal Light Blue Acrylics French blue Spray 4.8
Crystal Orange Acrylics Clear orange Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.8
Crystal Periscope Green Acrylics Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray 4.3
Crystal Red Acrylics Maroon Spray 3.3
Crystal Smoke Acrylics NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 7.6
Cyan Acrylics French blue Spray 8.3
Dark Brown Wash For Green Vehicles Washes Black Lacquer Paint 7.4
Dark Green (bs 241) Acrylics Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 3.8
Dark Rust Acrylics Flat earth Lacquer Paint 4.5
Dark Tracks Acrylics Black Lacquer Paint 3.9
Dark Wash Washes Black Lacquer Paint 4.0
Deep Green Acrylics NATO green Lacquer Paint 4.9
Desert Yellow Acrylics Wooden deck tan Spray 4.8
Duck Egg Green (bs 216) Acrylics Sky Acrylics Mini Flat 4.5
Dull Green Acrylics Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 4.1
Dunkelgelb Base Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 4.8
Dunkelgelb Dark Base Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Spray 5.0
Dunkelgelb High Light Acrylics Metallic gold Spray 3.5
Dunkelgelb Light Base Acrylics Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat 3.2
Dunkelgelb Shadow Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 9.7
Dunkelgelb Shine Acrylics Pearl clear Spray 2.0
Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics Black Spray 7.6
Dunkelgrau Dark Base Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 5.4
Dunkelgrau Light Base Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 1.7
Dunkelgrau Shadow Acrylics Black Spray 1.4
Dust Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 6.8
Earth Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 2.6
Earth Brown Acrylics Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat 2.9
Faded Sinai Grey Acrylics Light gun metal Lacquer Paint 9.3
Faded Yellow Acrylics Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss 5.2
Forest Green Acrylics J.A. green Acrylics Mini Flat 4.5
French Blue Acrylics Gray violet Aircraft Spray 1.4
Fs 15102 Dark Gray Blue Acrylics French blue Spray 2.7
Fs 23070 Dark Olive Drab Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 8.1
Fs 24277 Green Acrylics RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.4
Fs 25042 Sea Blue (ana 606) Acrylics NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.0
Fs 26231 (bs 638) Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 4.8
Fs 26373 Silver Grey Acrylics Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray 3.8
Fs 30219 Tan Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 4.7
Fs 33446 US Modern Vehicles Acrylics Buff Lacquer Paint 1.7
Fs 33481 Zinc Chromate Yellow Acrylics Khaki Lacquer Paint 6.1
Fs 33531 Middlestone Acrylics Light gray Lacquer Paint 5.2
Fs 34086 (ana 613) Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 7.9
Fs 34092 Medium Green Acrylics Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint 2.5
Fs 34151 Zinc Chromate Green (interior Green) Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 8.1
Fs 34226 (bs283) Interior Green Acrylics RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.2
Fs 34424 Light Gray Green Acrylics J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat 1.0
Fs 35164 Intermediate Blue (ana 608) Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 1.7
Fs 36118 Medium Gunship Gray Acrylics Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.8
Fs 36122 NeutRAL Gray Acrylics IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 2.7
Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 5.3
Fs 36293 Acrylics Neutral gray Aircraft Spray 2.3
Fs 36314 (bs 626) Acrylics RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.1
Fs 36320 Dark Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray 2.2
Fs 36375 Light Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.2
Fs 36440 Light Gull Gray Acrylics Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 3.2
Fs 36495 Light Gray Acrylics Medium sea gray 2 Aircraft Spray 3.0
Fs 36622 Gray Acrylics Titanium silver Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Fs 37886 Acrylics Pearl clear Spray 2.2
Fs35237 Blue Gray Amt-11 Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 2.3
Fs35260 Sky Line Blue A II Acrylics Clear blue Acrylics Mini Gloss 6.8
Fs36152 Dark Grey AMT-12 Acrylics Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.6
Gold Acrylics Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 4.7
Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 6.0
Green Base Acrylics Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 6.5
Green Khaki Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 6.9
Green Moss Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 6.8
Green Slate (RLM 02) Acrylics Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat 4.4
Grey Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 2.1
Grey Brown Amt-1 Acrylics Light gun metal Lacquer Paint 5.6
Grey High Light Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 0.0
Grey Shine Acrylics Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat 5.6
Gun Metal Acrylics Gun metal Lacquer Paint 6.0
Idf Green Acrylics Olive drab 2 Spray 6.9
Interior Turquoise Green Acrylics Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint 9.0
Interiors Wash Washes Metallic black Lacquer Paint 5.9
Jet Exhaust Burnt Iron Acrylics Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss 6.7
Khaki Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 3.1
Khaki Brown Acrylics Tan Aircraft Spray 5.1
Khaki Green Nº3 (british 1939-42) Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 8.1
Light Blue Acrylics Flat clear Lacquer Paint 7.0
Light Brown-gray Acrylics Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat 2.9
Light Green Acrylics J.A. grey Acrylics Mini Flat 7.7
Light Green Khaki Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 3.4
Light Green Khv-553m Acrylics J.A. grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.5
Light Rust Acrylics Pure orange Lacquer Paint 3.6
Light Rust Wash Washes Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss 4.0
Light Sand Grey Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 3.8
Light Skin Tone Acrylics Flat flesh Acrylics Mini Flat 3.7
Light Wood Acrylics Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat 4.5
Lime Green Acrylics Metallic green Spray 1.8
Marine Blue Acrylics Pure blue Lacquer Paint 3.5
Matt Aluminum Acrylics Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray 2.7
Matt Black Acrylics Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 3.5
Matt Varnish Acrylics Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.2
Matt White Acrylics Pearl clear Lacquer Paint 1.4
Medium Blue Acrylics Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat 3.0
Medium Brown Dark Earth (bs 450) Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 5.2
Medium Rust Acrylics Flat earth Lacquer Paint 8.0
Medium Sea Grey (bs 637) Acrylics IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 2.2
Metallic Orange Acrylics Copper Acrylics Mini Flat 3.9
Metallic Red Acrylics Italian red Lacquer Paint 3.3
Nato Brown Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 4.0
Nato Green Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 5.2
Neutral Wash Washes Gun metal Lacquer Paint 1.3
New Wood Acrylics Titanium gold Spray 4.7
New Iraqui Army Sand Acrylics Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat 3.5
Night Blue Grey Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 1.6
Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 2.3
Ochre Brown Acrylics Tan Aircraft Spray 2.7
Ochre Earth Acrylics Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint 4.7
Oil Ochre Acrylics Dark yellow Spray 1.9
Old Brass Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Spray 5.2
Old Rust Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 5.8
Old Wood Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 5.1
Olive Drab Base Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 7.4
Olive Drab High Lights Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 5.7
Olive Drab Light Base Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 9.0
Olive Drab Shadow Acrylics Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 6.7
Olive Drab Shine Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 7.7
One Shot Primer - Black Primers NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 3.9
One Shot Primer - Brown Oxide Primers Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 5.7
One Shot Primer - Green Primers Gray green Aircraft Spray 3.1
One Shot Primer - Grey Primers Metallic gray Lacquer Paint 2.6
One Shot Primer - Sand Flesh Primers Wooden deck tan Spray 6.1
One Shot Primer - White Primers Racing white Spray 0.4
Orange Acrylics Metallic orange Lacquer Paint 3.4
Pale Green Acrylics NATO green Acrylics Mini Flat 2.3
Polished Metal Acrylics Field grey Spray 4.6
Protective Green Acrylics Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray 8.5
Protective Mc 1200 Acrylics Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat 3.9
Purple Acrylics Lavender Spray 13.3
RAL 6003 Olivgrün Opt.1 Acrylics Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 5.9
RAL 6003 Olivgrün Opt.2 Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 3.8
RAL 6011 B Resedagrün Acrylics Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 6.2
RAL 6011 Resedagrün Acrylics Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint 6.9
RAL 6014 Gelboliv Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 5.7
RAL 7008 Graugrün Acrylics Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 7.2
RAL 7008 Graugrün Opt.2 Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 5.0
RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun Acrylics Dark iron Lacquer Paint 0.6
RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau Acrylics NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 6.2
RAL 7027 Sandgrau Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 5.3
RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb (mid War) Acrylics Khaki Lacquer Paint 2.7
RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb AUS ’44 Dg I Acrylics Titanium gold Spray 1.2
RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb AUS ’44 Dg IIi Acrylics Champagne gold Lacquer Paint 2.1
RAL 8000 Gelbbraun Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 6.8
RAL 8012 Rotbraun Acrylics NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat 4.1
RAL 8017 Schokobraun Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 3.1
RAL 8020 Gelbbraun Acrylics Titanium gold Lacquer Paint 5.7
RAL 8031 F9 Sand Brown Acrylics Buff Lacquer Paint 7.7
RAL 9001 Cremeweiss Acrylics Pearl clear Spray 6.6
RAL1039 F9 German Sand Beige Acrylics Titanium gold Spray 3.8
RAL7050 F7 German Grey Beige Acrylics Light gun metal Lacquer Paint 9.4
RLM 65 Hellblau Acrylics Mica silver Lacquer Paint 5.6
RLM 66 Schwartzgrau Acrylics Black Spray 6.2
RLM 70 Schwartzgrün Acrylics Gray green Aircraft Spray 5.5
RLM 71 Dunkelgrün Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 2.0
RLM 74 Graugrün Acrylics Gunship grey Spray 6.1
RLM 75 Grauviolett Acrylics Light gun metal Lacquer Paint 3.1
RLM 76 Pale Grey Acrylics Light blue Aircraft Spray 0.6
RLM 78 Hellblau Acrylics Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray 1.9
RLM 79 Sandgelb Acrylics Light sand Spray 3.6
RLM 80 Olivgrün Acrylics Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 4.7
RLM 81 Acrylics Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 5.2
RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 1.8
RLM 81 Olive Drab Dark Acrylics Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 8.0
RLM 82 Camo Green Acrylics Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 5.7
RLM 84 Graublau Acrylics Sky Acrylics Mini Flat 2.5
Real Idf Sand Grey 73 Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 3.4
Real Idf Sinai Grey 82 Acrylics Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 7.2
Red Acrylics Mica red Lacquer Paint 3.3
Red Brown Base Acrylics Linoleum deck brown Spray 5.4
Red Brown Light Acrylics Flat earth Lacquer Paint 4.1
Red Brown Shadow Acrylics Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 4.3
Red Leather Acrylics Flat earth Acrylics Mini Flat 4.5
Red Primer High Lights Primers NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat 4.2
Red Primer Shine Primers Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat 4.8
Red Primer Base Primers Maroon Spray 1.3
Red Primer Dark Base Primers NATO brown Lacquer Paint 5.2
Red Primer Light Base Primers Linoleum deck brown Spray 1.7
Red Primer Shadow Primers Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 8.6
Reddish Earth Acrylics NATO brown Lacquer Paint 5.7
Rubber &amp; Tires Acrylics Metallic black Lacquer Paint 3.5
Russian Blue Amt-7 Acrylics Light metallic blue Spray 6.0
Russian Dark Base Acrylics Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 4.4
Russian Green Base Acrylics Olive drab 2 Spray 4.4
Russian High Light Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 5.9
Russian Light Base Acrylics Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 3.3
Russian Shadow Acrylics Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 4.6
Russian Shine Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 5.9
Rust Tracks Acrylics Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 6.2
Sand Yellow Acrylics Light sand Spray 3.3
Satin Black Acrylics NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 2.7
Satin White Acrylics Racing white Spray 0.4
Scc 15 (british 1944-45 Olive Drab) Acrylics Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 3.3
Scc 1a (british Brown 1941-42) Acrylics Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 7.0
Scc 2 (british 1941-44 Service Drab) Acrylics Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 3.0
Shadow Rust Acrylics Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 7.2
Signal Green Acrylics Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray 6.2
Silver Acrylics Light gray (IJN) Lacquer Paint 1.3
Sky Type S (bs 210) Acrylics Light gray Aircraft Spray 5.0
Spanish Green-khaki Acrylics Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 6.9
Starship Wash Washes Black Lacquer Paint 1.8
Steel Acrylics Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat 3.8
Stone Grey Acrylics Smoke Spray 5.5
Tracks Wash Washes Black Lacquer Paint 4.9
US Modern Vehicles Wash Washes Dark iron Lacquer Paint 2.6
US Olive Drab Vietnam Era (fs 24087) Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 4.1
Violet Acrylics Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss 4.6
Waffen Ss Acrylics Field grey Spray 4.7
Warhead Metallic Blue Acrylics Blue violet Spray 8.3
Warm Sand-yellow Acrylics Dark yellow Spray 2.8
Warm Skin Tone Acrylics Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint 8.3
Washable Black Acrylics Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Washable Dust (RAL 8000) Acrylics Tan Aircraft Spray 2.7
Washable Earth Acrylics NATO brown Lacquer Paint 2.1
Washable Mud Acrylics Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 4.2
Washable Rust Acrylics Flat earth Lacquer Paint 2.4
Washable Sand (RAL 8020) Acrylics Light sand Spray 3.7
Washable White Camo Acrylics Pearl clear Lacquer Paint 2.0
Xb-518 Zashchitniy Zeleno (russian Postwar Green) Acrylics Olive drab Lacquer Paint 5.7
Yellow Acrylics Chrome yellow Spray 3.7
Yellow Grey Acrylics Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat 3.6
Zimmerit Ochre Color Acrylics Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 7.9

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

Reverse: Tamiya → Mig

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