Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to AK Interactive paint conversion chart

Every Tamiya paint with its closest AK Interactive equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 320 rows, sorted by name.

288 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in AK Interactive within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 162 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 2.0. The 32 gaps are not spread evenly: 10 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range AK Interactive does not answer.

TamiyaAK InteractiveΔE
Acrylic thinner Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Bare-metal silver Light Grey Fs 36495 1.7
Base white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Black Flat Black, RAL 9005 0.0
Black Flat Black, RAL 9005 1.6
Black Schwarzgrau-black Grey RAL 7021 1.4
Black green Ijn D1 Deep Green Black 10ml 6.3
Blue Ultramarine 1.9
Blue Ultramarine 1.9
Blue violet Clear Blue 8.5
Bright mica red Deep Red 1.6
Bright orange Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 5.0
Bright red Deep Red 1.6
Bright red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 4.9
Brilliant blue Clear Blue 3.7
Brilliant orange Luminous Orange 4.7
British green Ijn D1 Deep Green Black 10ml 6.3
Bronze Dark Shadow Flesh 3.6
Brown Dark Rust 2.0
Brown (JGSDF) Rusty Gold 1.0
Brown (JGSDF) Grey-brown 1.4
Brown (JGSDF) Gelbbraun – Yellow Brown – RAL 8000 0.8
Buff Greyish Yellow 3.8
Buff French Army Desert Sand 3.3
Camel yellow Maize Yellow, RAL 1006 1.2
Candy lime green Luminous Green 5.5
Champagne gold Clear Doped Linen 3.1
Champagne gold Greyish Yellow 1.9
Chrome silver Light Grey Fs 36495 1.7
Chrome yellow Basic Intense Yellow 1.0
Clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Clear blue Deep Sky Blue 4.5
Clear blue Deep Sky Blue -78- 6.3
Clear blue Deep Sky Blue 7.3
Clear green Clear Green 1.8
Clear orange Luminous Orange 2.8
Clear orange Luminous Orange 0.8
Clear orange Orange / Strong Ochre 3.1
Clear red Minium Red Surface Primer 3.8
Clear red Magenta 10.2
Clear red Magenta 12.0
Clear yellow Lemon Yellow 1.8
Clear yellow Lemon Yellow 1.5
Cockpit green (IJN) Wwi German Light Green 0.8
Copper Light Rust 5.0
Coral blue Russian Cockpit Torquise 10ml 5.0
Dark blue Pla Sea Blue 6.7
Dark copper Beige Brown 3.4
Dark earth FS 30219 Dark Tan 1.5
Dark ghost gray Aii Light Blue 3.6
Dark ghost grey Pale Blue 1.2
Dark green Protective Green 1920s-1930s 3.7
Dark green Dark Green 4.9
Dark green Dark Green 3.2
Dark green Protective Green 1920s-1930s 3.7
Dark green (IJA) Dark Green 1.8
Dark green (JGSDF) Dark Green 1.5
Dark green (JGSDF) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Deep Green -51- 3.3
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Green Black / Waffen Spring/ Summer Dark Spots -40- 3.9
Dark green 2 Ijn D1 Deep Green Black 10ml 6.3
Dark green 2 Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Dark green 2 Deep Green -51- 1.3
Dark green 2 Western Appoaches Green 6.6
Dark green 2 (IJN) Ijn D1 Deep Green Black 10ml 6.2
Dark green 2 (IJN) Ija 27 Ao Midori Iro (blue-green) 3.9
Dark green 2 (RAF) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Dark grey French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) 2.2
Dark iron Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Dark iron Dunkelbraun – Dark Brown RAL 7017 2.1
Dark mica blue Russian Blue Base 3.4
Dark sea grey Grey Fs 36081 10ml 1.9
Dark yellow Zinc Chromate Yellow 10ml 2.7
Dark yellow Light Stone No.61 1.5
Dark yellow 2 Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Zinc Chromate Yellow 10ml 2.0
Deck tan Greyish Yellow 3.3
Deep green Burnt Umber 1.8
Deep metallic blue Pla Sea Blue 3.8
Desert yellow Tan Yellow 2.1
Dull red Wine Red 2.5
Dull red.jpeg Red Brown 1.9
Field blue FS 35164 Intermediate Blue 1.9
Field grey Raf Cockpit Grey-green 5.4
Field grey Dark Blue-grey 6.7
Flat aluminum Aluminium Chipping 1.0
Flat aluminum Satin Varnish 1.3
Flat base Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Flat base Flat White, RAL 9003 0.5
Flat black Schwarzgrau-black Grey RAL 7021 1.4
Flat black Flat Black, RAL 9005 1.6
Flat blue Deep Blue 4.4
Flat blue Intense Blue -77- 3.8
Flat brown Burnt Umber 5.0
Flat clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Flat clear WWI German Light Blue 1.7
Flat clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Flat earth Base Flesh -17- 1.9
Flat earth Medium Rust 1.5
Flat flesh Highlight Flesh 1.3
Flat flesh Usmc Sand Fs 33711 1.9
Flat flesh Basic Skin Tone 2.8
Flat green Dark Green 1.6
Flat red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 4.9
Flat red Deep Red 2.2
Flat white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Flat white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Flat yellow Basic Intense Yellow 1.0
Flat yellow Lemon Yellow 0.8
Fluorescent orange Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Fluorescent red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 4.4
French blue Deep Sky Blue -78- 3.2
German gray Amt-11 Blue-grey 1.7
German grey French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) 0.8
German grey French Army Grey-blue (gris/bleu Moyen Clair A625) 0.8
Gloss aluminum Satin Varnish 1.3
Gloss aluminum Light Grey Fs 36495 1.7
Gold Ocher Khaki / M-44 Uniform Green Ocher Khaki -24- 3.1
Gold leaf Ocher Khaki / M-44 Uniform Green Ocher Khaki -24- 3.1
Gray green Ija 27 Ao Midori Iro (blue-green) 10ml 2.3
Gray green (IJN) Wwi German Grey-green Primer 0.6
Gray green (IJN) Wwi German Grey-green Primer 0.6
Gray green (IJN) Wwi German Grey-green Primer 1.0
Gray violet FS 36118 Medium Gunship Grey 3.1
Green Dark Green 4.7
Green Ija 27 Ao Midori Iro (blue-green) 10ml 1.7
Gun metal Raf Ocean Grey 1.3
Gun metal Gun Metal 0.8
Gun metal Raf Ocean Grey 1.3
Gunship gray 2 French Greyish Blue 2.2
Gunship grey Ocean Gray 5o 1.3
Haze grey RAL 7012 Basalt Grey 1.1
Hull red Ral 8013 Rotbraun 4.8
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Raf Medium Sea Grey Bs381c/637 0.4
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Raf Medium Sea Grey Bs381c/637 0.4
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Neutral Grey 43 0.4
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) F-15 Dark Grey (mod Eagle) Fs 36176 1.3
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Dark Gull Grey Fs 36231 2.7
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Dark Eggplant Grey Fs 36076 10ml 1.8
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 – 10ml 0.0
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Neutral Grey 43 0.4
Insignia white Offwhite 1.9
Insignia white Faded White -3- 2.2
Intermediate blue Blue Fs 35190 3.4
Italian red Foundry Red 0.3
Italian red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 4.9
J.A. green Amt-4 (a-24m) Green 3.5
J.A. grey Pastel Green 4.2
J.N. green Dark Olive Green 1.8
J.N. grey Raf Sky 3.9
Khaki J3 Sp (amber Grey) 1.7
Khaki Dunkelgelb Light Base 3.5
Khaki drab Dark Olive Green 1.2
Lacquer thinner Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Lavender Violet -70- 7.4
Lemon yellow Lemon Yellow 1.8
Light blue A-18f Light Grey-blue 4.5
Light blue Grey-blue 1920s-1930s 5.8
Light blue Deep Sky Blue 5.5
Light brown (DAK 1941) RAL 8020 Gelbbraun 3.4
Light ghost gray Air Superiority Blue Fs 35450 10ml 3.3
Light ghost grey Rlm 65 (1938) 0.4
Light gray Light Grey 5 L 4.0
Light gray Ija 1 Hairyokushoku (grey-green) 2.8
Light gray Camouflage Grey Fs 36622 10ml 3.4
Light gray (IJA) Grey-blue 1920s-1930s 1.8
Light gray (IJN) Duck Egg Blue Fs 35622 2.6
Light green Luminous Green 1.7
Light green Luminous Green 4.0
Light green (Luftwaffe) Pure Green, RAL 6037 4.9
Light grey A-14 Interior Steel Grey 2.0
Light gun metal Dark Aluminium 0.7
Light gun metal Grey Blue 1.5
Light metallic blue Ijn/ija Aotake 2.9
Light sand French Army Desert Sand 2.9
Light sand Buff 2.4
Light sea grey Raf Azure Blue 6.8
Linoleum deck brown Base Flesh 2.7
Linoleum deck brown Dark Rust 2.8
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Bsc. Nº61 Khaki Drab 1.4
Maroon Rot (rotbraun) – Red (red Brown) RAL 8013 2.2
Matt black Schwarzgrau-black Grey RAL 7021 1.4
Matt white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Medium blue Amt-11 Blue-grey 1.8
Medium gray FS 36320 Dark Ghost Green 1.8
Medium grey Ija 1 Hairyokushoku (grey-green) 2.8
Medium sea gray RLM 76 2.9
Medium sea gray 2 RLM 76 Version 2 10ml 3.1
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Metallic black Rubber / Tires 2.7
Metallic black Dunkelgrau Dark Base 1.8
Metallic blue Raf Azure Blue 7.0
Metallic blue Intense Blue -77- 8.1
Metallic brown Rusty Brass 4.7
Metallic gold Bsc. Nº64 Portland Stone 2.2
Metallic gray Neutral Grey 43 10ml 1.5
Metallic gray Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Metallic green Clear Green 3.8
Metallic grey Basaltgrau-basalt Grey RAL 7012 10ml 1.9
Metallic orange Clear Orange 3.6
Metallic orange Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Metallic red Deep Red 1.5
Metallic silver Varnish Matt 1.0
Mica blue Ultramarine 3.5
Mica blue Ultramarine 3.2
Mica red Clear Red 1.5
Mica red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 2.4
Mica silver Gloss Medium 2.5
Mica silver Aluminium Chipping 1.0
Mixing blue Clear Blue 3.1
Mixing red Foundry Red 7.4
Mixing yellow Radiant Yellow 1.2
NATO black Dunkelgrau – Dark Gray RAL 7021 1.2
NATO black Flat Black, RAL 9005 0.0
NATO black Dunkelgrau – Dark Gray RAL 7021 1.2
NATO brown Mahogany Brown 3.8
NATO brown Nato Brown 1.6
NATO brown Mahogany Brown 3.8
NATO green Radome &amp; Wheel Hub Green 4.5
NATO green Deep Green -51- 2.5
NATO green Radome &amp; Wheel Hub Green 4.5
Navy blue Blue, RAL 5001 2.7
Neutral gray Medium Grey Fs 35237 10ml 2.1
Neutral grey A-14 Interior Steel Grey 3.0
Ocean gray Raf Extra Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/640 2.1
Ocean gray 2 Amt-7 (a-28m) Light Blue 2.9
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Olive drab Medium Olive Green 2.9
Olive drab Medium Olive Green 2.9
Olive drab Medium Green 42 1.7
Olive drab Medium Olive Green 2.9
Olive drab (JGSDF) Aii Green 3.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) Deep Green -51- 2.5
Olive drab (JGSDF) Aii Green 3.9
Olive drab 2 Medium Green 42 2.7
Olive drab 2 Alga Green 2.8
Olive green Dark Green 3.6
Olive green Medium Olive Green 2.9
Orange Luminous Orange 4.7
Orange Deep Orange 1.1
Park green Clear Green 4.8
Park green Clear Green 4.0
Pearl blue Ultramarine 3.9
Pearl blue Deep Blue 3.9
Pearl clear FS 17875 White 1.3
Pearl clear Pearl 3.4
Pearl green Pastel Green 2.8
Pearl light blue Raf Azure Blue 2.6
Pearl light red Purple 7.1
Pearl white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pearl white Offwhite 1.9
Pearl yellow Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pink Intense Pink 6.2
Pink Intense Pink 9.7
Pure blue Clear Blue 5.7
Pure blue Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pure metallic red Deep Red 1.4
Pure metallic red Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pure orange Volcanic Yellow 1.4
Pure orange Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pure red Deep Red 1.8
Pure red Deep Red 1.6
Pure white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Pure yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.2
Purple Pure Blue, RAL 5005 8.5
Purple Pure Blue, RAL 5005 8.5
RLM grey Wwi German Fokker Grey 0.4
Racing blue Ultramarine 3.9
Racing blue Ultramarine 7.3
Racing green Dark Green 1.8
Racing white Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Racing white Gloss Varnish 0.2
Red Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. 4.9
Red brown Wwi German Red Brown 2.9
Red brown Wwi German Red Brown 2.9
Red brown 2 Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Red brown 2 Bsc. Nº49 Purple Brown 2.6
Royal blue Dark Blue 2.0
Royal light gray Blue Grey 1.5
Royal light gray Blue Grey 1.5
Rubber black Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Rubber black Flat Black, RAL 9005 0.0
Rubber black A-14 Interior Steel Grey 2.1
Sea blue Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 1.7
Semi gloss black Schwarzgrau-black Grey RAL 7021 1.4
Semi gloss black Flat Black, RAL 9005 1.6
Semi gloss black Schwarzgrau-black Grey RAL 7021 1.4
Semi gloss clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.5
Semi gloss clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Semi-gloss clear Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Silver Metal Medium 0.2
Silver leaf Aluminium Chipping 1.0
Sky Greyish Yellow 5.8
Sky blue Deep Sky Blue -78- 1.6
Sky grey RAL 7001 Silver Grey (silbergrau) 2.2
Smoke Light Sea Grey Fs 36307 10ml 2.5
Smoke Light Grey Fs 36495 1.2
Smoke Pale Grey 4.9
Sparkling silver Metal Medium 1.3
Tan Ral 8020 Braun 2.1
Titanium gold Vampiric Flesh 3.1
Titanium gold Grimy Grey 2.3
Titanium gold Vampiric Flesh 2.1
Titanium silver Light Grey 5 L 1.9
Titanium silver Insignia White Fs 17875 2.5
Titanium silver Duck Egg Blue Fs 35622 10ml 1.5
White Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
White Flat White, RAL 9003 0.0
Wooden deck tan Wooden Deck 1.4
Wooden deck tan Warm Grey 2.7
Wooden deck tan French Army Desert Sand 1.1
Yellow Lemon Yellow 1.8
Yellow green Luminous Green 5.1
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Ral 8020 Braun 2.0

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