Revell to Duncan paint conversion chart
Every Revell paint with its closest Duncan equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 87 rows, sorted by name.
52 of the 87 Revell colours below have an equivalent in Duncan 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 4.3. The 35 gaps are not spread evenly: 9 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Revell range Duncan 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 Duncan setShop Revell set
| Revell | Duncan | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | Satyr Brown Wave 2 | 2.1 | ||
| Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | 7.6 | ||
| Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Matt | Temple Stone Wave 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Silk | Pale Skin Wave 3 | 3.0 | ||
| Black Email Color - Gloss | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | 11.7 | ||
| Black Email Color - Matt | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | 9.9 | ||
| Black Email Color - Silk | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | 12.5 | ||
| Black Green Email Color - Matt | Traitor Green Wave 3 | 9.6 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Gloss | Abyss Blue Wave 2 | 7.0 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Matt | Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 | 5.0 | ||
| Brass Email Color - Metallic | Dragon's Gold Wave 1 | 7.5 | ||
| Bronze Email Color - Metallic | Boot Strap Brown Wave 3 | 5.0 | ||
| Bronze Green Email Color - Matt | Merald Green Wave 1 | 6.5 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Matt | Steampunk Copper Wave 2 | 4.6 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Silk | Ancient Forest Wave 1 | 2.9 | ||
| Carmine Red Email Color - Matt | Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 | 4.5 | ||
| Clear Email Color - Gloss | Smoke Grey Wash Wave 3 | 1.1 | ||
| Clear Blue Email Color - Gloss | Ion Blue Wave 3 | 8.8 | ||
| Clear Orange Email Color - Gloss | Orange Glaze Wave 2 | 5.5 | ||
| Clear Red Email Color - Gloss | Apocalypse Sky Wave 3 | 7.2 | ||
| Copper Email Color - Metallic | Dwarven Skin Wave 1 | 3.9 | ||
| Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | Marine Blue Wave 1 | 9.7 | ||
| Dark Earth (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Boot Strap Brown Wave 3 | 5.5 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Matt | Merald Green Wave 1 | 6.0 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Silk | Wyvern Green Wave 1 | 5.6 | ||
| Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Merald Green Wave 1 | 7.1 | ||
| Dark Grey Email Color - Silk | Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 | 3.0 | ||
| Dust Grey Email Color - Matt | Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 | 3.0 | ||
| Earth Brown Email Color - Matt | Battle Mud Wash Wave 1 | 1.9 | ||
| Emerald Green Email Color - Gloss | Jade Green Wave 2 | 9.8 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss | Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 | 4.3 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Silk | Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 | 3.9 | ||
| Flesh Email Color - Matt | Orange Glaze Wave 2 | 5.7 | ||
| Gold Email Color - Metallic | Pale Skin Wave 3 | 2.6 | ||
| Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | 2.7 | ||
| Green Email Color - Silk | Ethereal Green Wave 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt | Ashen Grey Wave 2 | 4.2 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Matt | Gravestone Blue Wave 1 | 2.6 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Silk | Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 | 4.6 | ||
| Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | Blue Steel Wave 3 | 4.0 | ||
| Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt | Shadow Blue Wave 3 | 4.0 | ||
| Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | Field Grey Wave 2 | 4.4 | ||
| Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt | Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 | 3.4 | ||
| Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | Hellspawn Red Wave 2 | 5.0 | ||
| Leaf Green Email Color - Silk | Merald Green Wave 1 | 9.3 | ||
| Leather Brown Email Color - Matt | Royal Cloak Wave 1 | 2.4 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | Relic Blue Wave 3 | 1.0 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Matt | Omega Blue Wave 3 | 6.5 | ||
| Light Green Email Color - Matt | Omega Blue Wave 3 | 4.3 | ||
| Light Grey Email Color - Silk | Matt Varnish Wave 3 | 5.6 | ||
| Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | 3.4 | ||
| Light Olive Email Color - Matt | Rodent Grey Wave 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Luminous Orange Email Color - Matt | Fanatic Orange Wave 1 | 6.4 | ||
| Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | Demon Red Wave 1 | 4.3 | ||
| Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk | Craven Yellow Wave 2 | 3.8 | ||
| Mouse Grey Email Color - Matt | Wizard Grey Wave 1 | 4.2 | ||
| Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | Noble Steed Brown Wave 2 | 4.0 | ||
| NATO Olive Email Color - Matt | Eidolon Grey Wave 2 | 3.7 | ||
| Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | Marine Blue Wave 1 | 10.7 | ||
| Ochre Brown Email Color - Matt | Top Brass Wave 2 | 4.6 | ||
| Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | Ancient Gold Wave 3 | 1.4 | ||
| Olive Green Email Color - Silk | Eidolon Grey Wave 2 | 4.6 | ||
| Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | Dungeon Stone Grey Wave 1 | 2.6 | ||
| Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | Wyvern Green Wave 1 | 5.4 | ||
| Orange Email Color - Gloss | Orange Flare Wave 1 | 6.9 | ||
| Patina Green Email Color - Silk | Jade Green Wave 2 | 1.5 | ||
| Purple Red Email Color - Silk | Berserker Red Wave 1 | 8.8 | ||
| Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | Red Rage Wave 3 | 1.9 | ||
| Rust Email Color - Matt | Ur Cloak Wave 1 | 2.1 | ||
| Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt | Top Brass Wave 2 | 2.9 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Gloss | Merald Green Wave 1 | 6.5 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Matt | Traitor Green Wave 3 | 2.3 | ||
| Silver Email Color - Metallic | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | 3.5 | ||
| Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Twin Suns Yellow Wave 3 | 9.2 | ||
| Steel Email Color - Metallic | Plate Armour Wave 1 | 3.5 | ||
| Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | Dwarven Iron Wave 2 | 3.5 | ||
| Tank Grey Email Color - Matt | Cold Corpse Blue Wave 1 | 3.5 | ||
| Tar Black Email Color - Matt | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | 8.6 | ||
| Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss | Abyss Blue Wave 2 | 10.0 | ||
| White Email Color - Gloss | Smoke Grey Wash Wave 3 | 2.9 | ||
| White Email Color - Matt | Smoke Grey Wash Wave 3 | 1.1 | ||
| White Email Color - Silk | Gloss Varnish Wave 3 | 7.6 | ||
| Wood Brown Email Color - Silk | Boot Strap Brown Wave 3 | 6.5 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Gloss | Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 | 2.4 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Matt | Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 | 2.3 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Silk | Skulker Yellow Wave 1 | 2.1 | ||