Revell to Mr. Hobby paint conversion chart
Every Revell paint with its closest Mr. Hobby equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 87 rows, sorted by name.
71 of the 87 Revell colours below have an equivalent in Mr. Hobby within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 18 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.2. The 16 gaps are not spread evenly: 6 of them are oranges, so that is the corner of the Revell range Mr. Hobby 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 Mr. Hobby setShop Revell set
| Revell | Mr. Hobby | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | Dark Yellow Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set | 5.6 | ||
| Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color | 1.5 | ||
| Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | MS Red Gundam Color Spray | 3.4 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Matt | Light Brown Mr Color | 5.9 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Silk | IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color | 2.1 | ||
| Black Email Color - Gloss | German Gray Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set | 3.8 | ||
| Black Email Color - Matt | German Gray Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set | 4.9 | ||
| Black Email Color - Silk | German Gray Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set | 3.4 | ||
| Black Green Email Color - Matt | Russian Green Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set | 2.2 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Gloss | MS White Gundam Color Spray | 2.4 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Matt | Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX | 3.2 | ||
| Brass Email Color - Metallic | Clear Gold Mr Clear Color GX | 5.2 | ||
| Bronze Email Color - Metallic | Brass Mr Metal Color | 4.6 | ||
| Bronze Green Email Color - Matt | Grass Color Mr Color | 2.6 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Matt | Brass Mr Metal Color | 3.9 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Silk | Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color | 4.8 | ||
| Carmine Red Email Color - Matt | Red Fs11136 Mr Color | 2.2 | ||
| Clear Email Color - Gloss | Chalky White Aqueous Hobby Color | 0.0 | ||
| Clear Blue Email Color - Gloss | Tourmaline Green Mr Crystal Color | 6.9 | ||
| Clear Orange Email Color - Gloss | Clear Pale Brown Mr Color Lascivus | 6.5 | ||
| Clear Red Email Color - Gloss | Salmon Pink Aqueous Hobby Color | 5.5 | ||
| Copper Email Color - Metallic | Copper Mr Metal Color | 8.1 | ||
| Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | Phthalo Cyanine Blue Aqueous Hobby Color | 1.0 | ||
| Dark Earth (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Japanese Brown Mr Color | 6.2 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Matt | Russian Green (2) Mr Color | 1.3 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Silk | Bronzegrun Mr Color | 2.3 | ||
| Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Dark Green Aqueous Hobby Color | 2.9 | ||
| Dark Grey Email Color - Silk | JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color | 1.9 | ||
| Dust Grey Email Color - Matt | JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color | 1.9 | ||
| Earth Brown Email Color - Matt | Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color | 3.5 | ||
| Emerald Green Email Color - Gloss | Green Mr Color | 4.4 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss | Red Fs11136 A Aqueous Hobby Color | 1.2 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Silk | Red Fs11136 A Aqueous Hobby Color | 1.1 | ||
| Flesh Email Color - Matt | Clear Pale Brown Mr Color Lascivus | 3.2 | ||
| Gold Email Color - Metallic | IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color | 2.0 | ||
| Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | Gray Fs36081 Mr Color | 4.6 | ||
| Green Email Color - Silk | IJN Type21 Camoflage Color Mr Color | 4.1 | ||
| Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt | Rlm71 Dark Green Mr Color | 2.9 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Matt | Neutral Gray Mr Color | 1.8 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Silk | IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color | 4.1 | ||
| Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | IJN Hull Color/Kure Mr Color | 2.7 | ||
| Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt | Ocean Gray Mr Color | 2.2 | ||
| Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | Dark Seagray Mr Color | 3.6 | ||
| Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt | JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color | 3.2 | ||
| Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | Deep Clear Red Mr Clear Color GX | 2.5 | ||
| Leaf Green Email Color - Silk | Green Mr Color | 3.2 | ||
| Leather Brown Email Color - Matt | Mud Aqueous Hobby Color | 4.5 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX | 2.7 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Matt | Light Gray Aqueous Hobby Color | 5.3 | ||
| Light Green Email Color - Matt | RLM65 Light Blue Aqueous Hobby Color | 5.2 | ||
| Light Grey Email Color - Silk | Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color | 1.9 | ||
| Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | Aluminium Mr Metal Color | 2.8 | ||
| Light Olive Email Color - Matt | IJN Hull Color/Sasebo Mr Color | 5.7 | ||
| Luminous Orange Email Color - Matt | Fluorescent Orange Acrysion | 3.2 | ||
| Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | Character Red Mr Color | 2.0 | ||
| Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk | Fluorescent Yellow Acrysion | 4.6 | ||
| Mouse Grey Email Color - Matt | IJN Hull Color/Sasebo Mr Color | 1.4 | ||
| Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | Brass Mr Metal Color | 5.8 | ||
| NATO Olive Email Color - Matt | Dark Earth Acrysion | 3.2 | ||
| Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | Phthalo Cyanine Blue Aqueous Hobby Color | 4.5 | ||
| Ochre Brown Email Color - Matt | RLM79 Sandy Brown Aqueous Hobby Color | 3.3 | ||
| Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | Earth Green Mr Color | 5.0 | ||
| Olive Green Email Color - Silk | Khaki Acrysion | 2.4 | ||
| Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 Mr Color | 2.6 | ||
| Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | Brown Fs30219 Aqueous Hobby Color | 2.7 | ||
| Orange Email Color - Gloss | Clear Orange Mr Clear Color GX | 2.8 | ||
| Patina Green Email Color - Silk | Dark Gray (1) Mr Color Spray | 2.9 | ||
| Purple Red Email Color - Silk | Metal Bloody Red Mr Metallic Color GX | 3.6 | ||
| Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | Red Brown Acrysion | 3.6 | ||
| Rust Email Color - Matt | Red Brown (2) Aqueous Hobby Color | 7.9 | ||
| Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt | Rough Gold Mr Metallic Color GX | 1.8 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Gloss | Grass Color Mr Color | 2.6 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Matt | Rlm83 Dark Green Mr Color | 1.6 | ||
| Silver Email Color - Metallic | Aluminium Mr Metal Color | 2.7 | ||
| Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Sky Bs381c/210 Mr Color | 5.8 | ||
| Steel Email Color - Metallic | JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 Mr Color | 2.9 | ||
| Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | Dark Gray (1) Mr Color | 4.2 | ||
| Tank Grey Email Color - Matt | German Gray Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set | 1.9 | ||
| Tar Black Email Color - Matt | RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color | 4.7 | ||
| Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss | Cobalt Blue Acrysion | 5.9 | ||
| White Email Color - Gloss | Off White Acrysion | 1.3 | ||
| White Email Color - Matt | Chalky White Aqueous Hobby Color | 0.0 | ||
| White Email Color - Silk | Light Gray Fs36495 Mr Color | 1.5 | ||
| Wood Brown Email Color - Silk | Brass Mr Metal Color | 5.9 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Gloss | Clear Yellow Acrysion | 2.1 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Matt | Clear Yellow Acrysion | 2.1 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Silk | Yellow Fs13538 Mr Color | 1.7 | ||