Revell to Humbrol paint conversion chart

Every Revell paint with its closest Humbrol equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 88 rows, sorted by name.

47 of the 88 Revell colours below have an equivalent in Humbrol 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 4.7. The 41 gaps are not spread evenly: 9 of them are oranges, so that is the corner of the Revell range Humbrol does not answer.

		ΔE
Africa Brown	Sand	2.6
Aluminium	Aluminium	3.9
Anthracite Grey	White Matt	3.4
Beige	Khaki Drill	2.5
Beige	Desert Tan	6.3
Black	Black Matt	3.5
Black	Black Matt	3.4
Black	Black Matt	4.1
Black Green	Brunswick Green	10.3
Blue	French Blue	2.0
Blue	WWI Blue	9.7
Brass	Desert Yellow	6.7
Bronze	Antique Bronze	2.1
Bronze Green	US Light Green	5.8
Brown	Antique Bronze	3.8
Brown	Dark Earth	5.3
Carmine Red	Crimson	1.7
Clear	Gloss Varnish	0.0
Clear	Gloss Varnish	0.0
Clear Blue	Pastel Blue	9.1
Clear Orange	Flesh	3.6
Clear Red	Red	13.9
Copper	US Tan	3.9
Dark Blue	Midnight Blue	2.5
Dark Earth (RAF)	Dark Earth	6.2
Dark Green	Dark Green	5.7
Dark Green	Brunswick Green	8.1
Dark Green (RAF)	Brunswick Green	7.0
Dark Grey	Primer	2.9
Dust Grey	Primer	2.9
Earth Brown	Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	7.5
Emerald Green	Dark Green	3.2
Fiery Red	Insignia Red	3.5
Fiery Red	Insignia Red	3.3
Flesh	Flesh	7.1
Gold	Desert Tan	6.0
Granite Grey	Matt Tank Grey	3.1
Green	Grass Green	6.4
Greenish Grey	Sea Grey	2.8
Grey	Grey	9.2
Grey	Grey	3.9
Grey (USAF)	Grey	5.8
Greyish Blue	Primer	7.0
Greyish Green	Ocean Grey	3.1
Gunship Grey	Primer	5.1
Italian Red	Italian Racing Red	2.0
Leaf Green	Dark Green	5.0
Leather Brown	Service Brown	13.2
Light Blue	Mediterranean Blue	6.2
Light Blue	US Ghost Grey	13.3
Light Green	US Ghost Grey	14.3
Light Grey	Light Grey	3.4
Light Grey (USAF)	Medium Sea Grey	2.0
Light Olive	Dark Camouflage Grey Satin	8.6
Luminous Orange	Fire Orange	6.0
Luminous Red	Scarlet	1.6
Luminous Yellow	Lemon	5.8
Mouse Grey	Extra Dark Sea Grey	6.5
Mud Brown	Brown	4.5
NATO Olive	Sea Grey	4.8
Night Blue	Midnight Blue	3.8
Ochre Brown	Desert Yellow	5.4
Olive Brown	Olive Green	2.2
Olive Green	Olive Drab	6.2
Olive Grey	Primer	1.4
Olive Yellow	Gun Metal	7.9
Orange	Orange	4.7
Patina Green	Dark Green	7.0
Purple Red	Crimson	10.9
Reddish Brown	German Camouflage Red	8.8
Rust	Brown	8.6
Sandy Yellow	Desert Yellow	3.7
Sea Green	US Light Green	5.8
Sea Green	Primer	10.5
Silver	Medium Sea Grey	3.0
Sky (RAF)	Lime Green	3.8
Steel	Extra Dark Sea Grey	6.0
Stone Grey	Grey	9.1
Tank Grey	Dark Grey	2.4
Tar Black	Black Satin	3.0
Ultramarine Blue	Blue	2.8
White	White Gloss	3.0
White	Gloss Varnish	0.0
White	Aluminium	3.9
Wood Brown	Antique Bronze	4.7
Yellow	Yellow	2.0
Yellow	Yellow	2.0
Yellow	Brass Metallic	6.2

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