Revell to Tamiya paint conversion chart
Every Revell paint with its closest Tamiya equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 87 rows, sorted by name.
53 of the 87 Revell colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 13 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.6. The 34 gaps are not spread evenly: 8 of them are reds, so that is the corner of the Revell 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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| Revell | Tamiya | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | Wooden deck tan Spray | 4.9 | ||
| Aluminium Email Color - Metallic | Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray | 2.4 | ||
| Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt | Black Spray | 3.5 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Matt | Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint | 6.5 | ||
| Beige Email Color - Silk | Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat | 1.2 | ||
| Black Email Color - Gloss | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | 4.9 | ||
| Black Email Color - Matt | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | 5.3 | ||
| Black Email Color - Silk | Black Acrylics Mini Gloss | 4.9 | ||
| Black Green Email Color - Matt | Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint | 4.8 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Gloss | Pearl blue Spray | 2.4 | ||
| Blue Email Color - Matt | Brilliant blue Spray | 6.0 | ||
| Brass Email Color - Metallic | Gold Spray | 5.9 | ||
| Bronze Email Color - Metallic | Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat | 2.7 | ||
| Bronze Green Email Color - Matt | Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint | 1.6 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Matt | Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat | 3.0 | ||
| Brown Email Color - Silk | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | 6.9 | ||
| Carmine Red Email Color - Matt | Mixing red Lacquer Paint | 10.0 | ||
| Clear Email Color - Gloss | Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss | 0.0 | ||
| Clear Blue Email Color - Gloss | Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint | 11.5 | ||
| Clear Orange Email Color - Gloss | Brilliant orange Spray | 5.7 | ||
| Clear Red Email Color - Gloss | Clear red Acrylics Mini Gloss | 10.4 | ||
| Copper Email Color - Metallic | Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint | 7.5 | ||
| Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss | 0.5 | ||
| Dark Earth (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Brown (JGSDF) Spray | 3.9 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Matt | NATO green Lacquer Paint | 4.5 | ||
| Dark Green Email Color - Silk | Gray green Aircraft Spray | 5.7 | ||
| Dark Green (RAF) Email Color - Matt | Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint | 5.4 | ||
| Dark Grey Email Color - Silk | Ocean gray Aircraft Spray | 1.8 | ||
| Dust Grey Email Color - Matt | Ocean gray Aircraft Spray | 1.8 | ||
| Earth Brown Email Color - Matt | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | 8.5 | ||
| Emerald Green Email Color - Gloss | NATO green Lacquer Paint | 9.8 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss | Flat earth Lacquer Paint | 8.0 | ||
| Fiery Red Email Color - Silk | Mica red Lacquer Paint | 7.9 | ||
| Flesh Email Color - Matt | Flat flesh Spray | 7.6 | ||
| Gold Email Color - Metallic | Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat | 1.5 | ||
| Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat | 0.7 | ||
| Green Email Color - Silk | Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray | 7.2 | ||
| Greenish Grey Email Color - Matt | Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat | 5.6 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Matt | IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat | 2.8 | ||
| Grey Email Color - Silk | IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat | 3.7 | ||
| Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat | 2.1 | ||
| Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt | IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | 3.8 | ||
| Greyish Green Email Color - Silk | Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat | 8.1 | ||
| Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt | Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat | 2.7 | ||
| Italian Red Email Color - Gloss | Mica red Lacquer Paint | 3.1 | ||
| Leaf Green Email Color - Silk | Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray | 6.8 | ||
| Leather Brown Email Color - Matt | Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint | 4.6 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | French blue Spray | 5.9 | ||
| Light Blue Email Color - Matt | Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat | 3.1 | ||
| Light Green Email Color - Matt | Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat | 6.4 | ||
| Light Grey Email Color - Silk | Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray | 1.2 | ||
| Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat | 6.4 | ||
| Light Olive Email Color - Matt | Light gun metal Lacquer Paint | 5.8 | ||
| Luminous Orange Email Color - Matt | Bright red Spray | 1.0 | ||
| Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | Mica red Lacquer Paint | 2.1 | ||
| Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk | Pure yellow Lacquer Paint | 4.6 | ||
| Mouse Grey Email Color - Matt | IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat | 3.1 | ||
| Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat | 4.7 | ||
| NATO Olive Email Color - Matt | Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint | 5.2 | ||
| Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | Mixing blue Lacquer Paint | 2.7 | ||
| Ochre Brown Email Color - Matt | Tan Aircraft Spray | 2.2 | ||
| Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | 5.3 | ||
| Olive Green Email Color - Silk | Olive drab Lacquer Paint | 2.0 | ||
| Olive Grey Email Color - Matt | Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss | 2.5 | ||
| Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | Olive drab Lacquer Paint | 7.6 | ||
| Orange Email Color - Gloss | Orange Spray | 5.0 | ||
| Patina Green Email Color - Silk | Field grey Spray | 8.0 | ||
| Purple Red Email Color - Silk | Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss | 6.1 | ||
| Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss | 2.9 | ||
| Rust Email Color - Matt | Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint | 5.6 | ||
| Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt | Light sand Spray | 4.7 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Gloss | Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint | 1.6 | ||
| Sea Green Email Color - Matt | Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint | 7.9 | ||
| Silver Email Color - Metallic | Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat | 4.8 | ||
| Sky (RAF) Email Color - Matt | J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat | 3.7 | ||
| Steel Email Color - Metallic | IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint | 2.5 | ||
| Stone Grey Email Color - Matt | Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss | 1.7 | ||
| Tank Grey Email Color - Matt | Rubber black Spray | 3.4 | ||
| Tar Black Email Color - Matt | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | 4.5 | ||
| Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss | Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss | 2.7 | ||
| White Email Color - Gloss | Pearl clear Lacquer Paint | 2.6 | ||
| White Email Color - Matt | Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss | 0.0 | ||
| White Email Color - Silk | Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray | 2.4 | ||
| Wood Brown Email Color - Silk | Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat | 5.6 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Gloss | Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint | 2.2 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Matt | Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint | 2.1 | ||
| Yellow Email Color - Silk | Camel yellow Spray | 4.9 | ||