Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Coat d'Arms paint conversion chart

Every Tamiya paint with its closest Coat d'Arms equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 320 rows, sorted by name.

150 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Coat d'Arms within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 62 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.3. The 170 gaps are not spread evenly: 34 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Coat d'Arms does not answer.

TamiyaCoat d'ArmsΔE
Acrylic thinner White 0.0
Bare-metal silver Elven Grey 4.7
Base white White 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 1.6
Black Angel Green 5.8
Black green Panzer Grey 15.7
Blue Royal Blue 7.7
Blue Royal Blue 7.7
Blue violet Light Blue 3.9
Bright mica red Blood Red 5.8
Bright orange Ruby Red 1.2
Bright red Blood Red 5.6
Bright red Ruby Red 0.2
Brilliant blue Marine Blue 2.9
Brilliant orange Leprous Brown 6.6
British green Panzer Grey 15.5
Bronze Rat Brown 10.2
Brown Wood Brown 6.8
Brown (JGSDF) Sandy Brown 9.5
Brown (JGSDF) British Khaki 6.1
Brown (JGSDF) Sandy Brown 3.1
Buff Khaki 2.0
Buff Brass 3.3
Camel yellow Golden Yellow 0.6
Candy lime green Scorpion Green 7.5
Champagne gold Buff 3.0
Champagne gold Dark Sand 2.7
Chrome silver Elven Grey 4.7
Chrome yellow Dusky Yellow 2.1
Clear White 0.0
Clear White 0.0
Clear White 0.0
Clear blue Hawk Turquoise 11.1
Clear blue Bavarian Blue 5.8
Clear blue Jade Green 12.4
Clear green Emerald Green 5.9
Clear orange Leprous Brown 9.3
Clear orange Tanned Flesh 10.3
Clear orange Leprous Brown 4.5
Clear red British Scarlet 3.6
Clear red Purple 8.3
Clear red Purple 8.3
Clear yellow Ink Wash Yellow 6.5
Clear yellow Ink Wash Yellow 6.8
Cockpit green (IJN) Grass Green 2.6
Copper Italian Red Earth 5.6
Coral blue Jade Green 8.7
Dark blue Black 14.5
Dark copper Barbarian Leather 4.2
Dark earth Magic Metal 5.0
Dark ghost gray Uniform Grey 8.5
Dark ghost grey Uniform Grey 2.9
Dark green Muddy Green 11.4
Dark green Muddy Green 11.7
Dark green Muddy Green 6.2
Dark green Muddy Green 11.4
Dark green (IJA) Muddy Green 10.2
Dark green (JGSDF) Muddy Green 9.9
Dark green (JGSDF) White 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Military Green 4.6
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Muddy Green 12.6
Dark green 2 Panzer Grey 15.6
Dark green 2 White 0.0
Dark green 2 Russian Green 6.0
Dark green 2 Camouflage Green 4.6
Dark green 2 (IJN) Panzer Grey 15.4
Dark green 2 (IJN) Military Green 10.8
Dark green 2 (RAF) White 0.0
Dark grey Deadly Nightshade 3.2
Dark iron White 0.0
Dark iron Chesnut Brown 3.8
Dark mica blue Black 10.0
Dark sea grey Slate Grey 7.5
Dark yellow Desert Yellow 7.3
Dark yellow Dark Sand 4.7
Dark yellow 2 White 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Desert Yellow 6.2
Deck tan Bright Gold 5.2
Deep green Wood Brown 11.7
Deep metallic blue Super Wash Blue 12.6
Desert yellow Desert Sand 6.0
Dull red Wood Brown 15.8
Dull red.jpeg Red Brown 1.8
Field blue Deadly Nightshade 3.4
Field grey Camouflage Green 4.6
Field grey Dark Green 3.1
Flat aluminum Elven Grey 5.3
Flat aluminum Elven Grey 4.1
Flat base White 0.0
Flat base White 0.5
Flat black Angel Green 5.8
Flat black Black 1.6
Flat blue Royal Blue 4.3
Flat blue Fester Blue 3.9
Flat brown Wood Brown 8.1
Flat clear White 0.0
Flat clear Enchanted Silver 7.4
Flat clear White 0.0
Flat earth Brick Red 3.7
Flat earth Vampire Red 7.0
Flat flesh Oriental Flesh 7.2
Flat flesh Oriental Flesh 2.4
Flat flesh Oriental Flesh 6.1
Flat green Muddy Green 7.9
Flat red Ruby Red 0.2
Flat red Blood Red 4.8
Flat white White 0.0
Flat white White 0.0
Flat yellow Dusky Yellow 2.1
Flat yellow Ink Wash Yellow 7.9
Fluorescent orange White 0.0
Fluorescent red Ruby Red 2.9
French blue Hawk Turquoise 4.5
German gray Iron Grey 5.4
German grey Deadly Nightshade 1.5
German grey Deadly Nightshade 1.5
Gloss aluminum Elven Grey 4.1
Gloss aluminum Elven Grey 4.7
Gold Japanese Uniform 5.2
Gold leaf Japanese Uniform 5.2
Gray green Panzer Grey 6.4
Gray green (IJN) Putrid Green 7.5
Gray green (IJN) Putrid Green 7.5
Gray green (IJN) Putrid Green 7.2
Gray violet Super Wash Blue 4.8
Green Dark Green 12.2
Green Panzer Grey 9.7
Gun metal Deadly Nightshade 4.7
Gun metal Deadly Nightshade 5.5
Gun metal Deadly Nightshade 4.7
Gunship gray 2 Deadly Nightshade 3.8
Gunship grey Deadly Nightshade 3.4
Haze grey Uniform Grey 4.7
Hull red Wood Brown 14.2
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Uniform Grey 6.8
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Uniform Grey 6.8
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) White 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) White 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Field Blue 5.4
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) White 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Uniform Grey 7.9
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Uniform Grey 10.1
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Deadly Nightshade 7.2
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Field Blue 7.4
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Field Blue 5.4
Insignia white Tank Light Grey 3.5
Insignia white Elven Grey 4.8
Intermediate blue Uniform Grey 5.5
Italian red Russet Red 4.4
Italian red Ruby Red 0.2
J.A. green Muddy Green 5.3
J.A. grey Putrid Green 7.0
J.N. green Muddy Green 8.1
J.N. grey Enchanted Green 7.7
Khaki Dark Sand 1.0
Khaki Japanese Uniform 7.6
Khaki drab Muddy Green 7.7
Lacquer thinner White 0.0
Lavender Deadly Nightshade 13.2
Lemon yellow Ink Wash Yellow 6.5
Light blue Sea Grey 5.5
Light blue Sea Grey 2.9
Light blue Hawk Turquoise 9.4
Light brown (DAK 1941) Desert Sand 3.3
Light ghost gray Horse Tone – Grey 8.7
Light ghost grey Uniform Grey 8.9
Light gray Unbleached Wool 5.6
Light gray Putrid Green 8.1
Light gray Bronze 6.4
Light gray (IJA) Horse Tone – Grey 7.1
Light gray (IJN) Elven Grey 5.5
Light green Scorpion Green 4.3
Light green Scorpion Green 5.3
Light green (Luftwaffe) Jungle Green 7.2
Light grey Field Blue 3.1
Light gun metal Armour 5.8
Light gun metal Armour 5.8
Light metallic blue Aquamarine 6.2
Light sand Brass 4.4
Light sand Horse Tone – Dun 4.8
Light sea grey Shadow Grey 5.9
Linoleum deck brown Magic Metal 6.1
Linoleum deck brown Wood Brown 8.6
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Dark Leather 4.1
Maroon Wood Brown 12.5
Matt black Angel Green 5.8
Matt white White 0.0
Medium blue Tank Blue Grey 2.5
Medium gray Armour 5.2
Medium grey Putrid Green 8.1
Medium sea gray Putrid Green 9.1
Medium sea gray 2 Horse Tone – Grey 3.5
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) White 0.0
Metallic black Dark Flesh 5.6
Metallic black Angel Green 2.7
Metallic blue Aquamarine 3.7
Metallic blue Wizard Blue 6.2
Metallic brown Vampire Red 10.6
Metallic gold Buff 0.7
Metallic gray Armour 7.6
Metallic gray White 0.0
Metallic green Emerald Green 6.8
Metallic grey Slate Grey 4.2
Metallic orange Leprous Brown 6.9
Metallic orange White 0.0
Metallic red Blood Red 5.4
Metallic silver Silver 3.2
Mica blue Nauseous Blue 6.9
Mica blue Nauseous Blue 6.6
Mica red Vampire Red 4.0
Mica red Ruby Red 5.2
Mica silver Elven Grey 4.1
Mica silver Elven Grey 5.3
Mixing blue Royal Blue 9.6
Mixing red Russet Red 6.0
Mixing yellow Dusky Yellow 5.1
NATO black Black 8.6
NATO black Black 0.0
NATO black Black 8.6
NATO brown Wood Brown 8.8
NATO brown Magic Metal 2.8
NATO brown Wood Brown 8.8
NATO green Russian Green 8.7
NATO green Dark Green 4.9
NATO green Russian Green 8.7
Navy blue Super Wash Blue 3.6
Neutral gray Uniform Grey 7.2
Neutral grey Field Blue 4.4
Ocean gray Tank Blue Grey 4.7
Ocean gray 2 Uniform Grey 1.6
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) White 0.0
Olive drab Muddy Green 3.4
Olive drab Muddy Green 3.4
Olive drab Army Green 2.3
Olive drab Muddy Green 3.4
Olive drab (JGSDF) Muddy Green 4.3
Olive drab (JGSDF) Dark Green 4.9
Olive drab (JGSDF) Muddy Green 5.5
Olive drab 2 Army Green 3.1
Olive drab 2 Muddy Green 6.5
Olive green Muddy Green 10.1
Olive green Muddy Green 6.8
Orange Leprous Brown 6.6
Orange Leprous Brown 6.6
Park green Emerald Green 9.0
Park green Forest Green 9.7
Pearl blue Nauseous Blue 6.7
Pearl blue Royal Blue 6.2
Pearl clear White 1.8
Pearl clear Linen 5.7
Pearl green Pale Green 6.2
Pearl light blue Shadow Grey 8.1
Pearl light red Shocking Pink 9.3
Pearl white White 0.0
Pearl white Tank Light Grey 3.5
Pearl yellow White 0.0
Pink Shocking Pink 11.3
Pink Shocking Pink 7.9
Pure blue Wizard Blue 4.1
Pure blue White 0.0
Pure metallic red Blood Red 6.0
Pure metallic red White 0.0
Pure orange Tanned Flesh 10.4
Pure orange White 0.0
Pure red Ruby Red 5.5
Pure red Blood Red 5.8
Pure white White 0.0
Pure yellow Ink Wash Yellow 3.8
Purple Nauseous Blue 3.2
Purple Nauseous Blue 3.2
RLM grey Russian Brown 8.0
Racing blue Nauseous Blue 6.7
Racing blue Nauseous Blue 13.1
Racing green Muddy Green 10.2
Racing white White 0.0
Racing white Tank Light Grey 5.1
Red Ruby Red 0.2
Red brown Wood Brown 5.4
Red brown Wood Brown 5.4
Red brown 2 White 0.0
Red brown 2 Chesnut Brown 5.5
Royal blue Royal Blue 8.1
Royal light gray Elven Grey 3.2
Royal light gray Elven Grey 3.2
Rubber black White 0.0
Rubber black Black 0.0
Rubber black Angel Green 4.4
Sea blue Deadly Nightshade 5.8
Semi gloss black Angel Green 5.8
Semi gloss black Black 1.6
Semi gloss black Angel Green 5.8
Semi gloss clear White 0.5
Semi gloss clear White 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal White 0.0
Semi-gloss clear White 0.0
Silver Elven Grey 5.3
Silver leaf Elven Grey 5.3
Sky Khaki 3.8
Sky blue Hawk Turquoise 3.0
Sky grey Enchanted Silver 3.5
Smoke Faded Khaki 8.0
Smoke Elven Grey 4.6
Smoke Mid Grey 3.2
Sparkling silver Elven Grey 4.3
Tan Festering Brown 6.4
Titanium gold Dark Sand 1.6
Titanium gold Buff 2.2
Titanium gold Dark Sand 2.5
Titanium silver Elven Grey 8.1
Titanium silver Elven Grey 5.7
Titanium silver Elven Grey 4.4
White White 0.0
White White 0.0
Wooden deck tan Dark Sand 5.9
Wooden deck tan Bright Gold 4.7
Wooden deck tan Horse Tone – Dun 3.5
Yellow Ink Wash Yellow 6.5
Yellow green Khaki 12.3
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Leather Brown 5.2

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