Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Duncan paint conversion chart

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

179 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Duncan within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 60 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.5. The 141 gaps are not spread evenly: 35 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Duncan does not answer.

TamiyaDuncanΔE
Acrylic thinner Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Bare-metal silver Matt Varnish 5.8
Base white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Black Doom Death Black 15.6
Black Doom Death Black 15.4
Black Doom Death Black 3.2
Black green Traitor Green 17.3
Blue Abyss Blue 8.8
Blue Abyss Blue 8.8
Blue violet Blue Glaze 2.9
Bright mica red Demon Red 3.7
Bright orange Fanatic Orange 6.4
Bright red Demon Red 3.7
Bright red Fanatic Orange 6.8
Brilliant blue Elder Robe 3.4
Brilliant orange Solar Flare 3.1
British green Merald Green 16.1
Bronze Red Rage 4.2
Brown Berserker Red 8.2
Brown (JGSDF) Noble Steed Brown 9.5
Brown (JGSDF) Dust Bowl 4.2
Brown (JGSDF) Ancient Gold 4.9
Buff Zombie Rot 4.0
Buff Batle Axe Brass 2.1
Camel yellow Yellow Flame 2.6
Candy lime green Talisman Green 7.1
Champagne gold Platinum Crown 4.5
Champagne gold Zombie Rot 5.2
Chrome silver Matt Varnish 5.8
Chrome yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 3.8
Clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Clear blue Ray Gun Glow 3.7
Clear blue Seafarer Blue 5.3
Clear blue Ray Gun Glow 4.1
Clear green Carapace Green 5.9
Clear orange Solar Flare 4.8
Clear orange Solar Flare 5.3
Clear orange Solar Flare 4.4
Clear red Centurion Red 3.3
Clear red Cyber Pink 6.7
Clear red Cyber Pink 7.9
Clear yellow Sun Bleach Yellow 4.4
Clear yellow Sun Bleach Yellow 4.5
Cockpit green (IJN) Orc Hide 3.1
Copper Steampunk Copper 8.3
Coral blue Ghoul Green 5.3
Dark blue Von Evile Pimple 14.6
Dark copper Boot Strap Brown 5.3
Dark earth Noble Steed Brown 5.0
Dark ghost gray Frost Blue 5.0
Dark ghost grey Frost Blue 4.6
Dark green Wyvern Green 14.8
Dark green Merald Green 12.7
Dark green Merald Green 11.0
Dark green Wyvern Green 14.8
Dark green (IJA) Merald Green 11.1
Dark green (JGSDF) Merald Green 11.1
Dark green (JGSDF) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Merald Green 1.4
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Wyvern Green 14.9
Dark green 2 Traitor Green 17.4
Dark green 2 Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Dark green 2 Merald Green 4.1
Dark green 2 RC Flesh Wash 6.0
Dark green 2 (IJN) Merald Green 15.9
Dark green 2 (IJN) Traitor Green 9.2
Dark green 2 (RAF) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Dark grey War Master Green 3.7
Dark iron Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Dark iron Cuirass Leather 3.1
Dark mica blue Oxidation Green 16.3
Dark sea grey Dungeon Stone Grey 2.1
Dark yellow Flak Gun Yellow 5.2
Dark yellow Flak Gun Yellow 1.6
Dark yellow 2 Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Dark yellow 2 Flak Gun Yellow 4.8
Deck tan Green Beret 3.4
Deep green Druid Flesh 12.3
Deep metallic blue Abyss Blue 13.2
Desert yellow Manticore Ochre 2.1
Dull red Berserker Red 8.1
Dull red.jpeg Boar Hide 2.3
Field blue Oxidation Green 2.2
Field grey Necrosis Green Wash 5.9
Field grey Merald Green 6.2
Flat aluminum Matt Varnish 3.8
Flat aluminum Matt Varnish 1.7
Flat base Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Flat base Smoke Grey Wash 0.8
Flat black Doom Death Black 3.2
Flat black Doom Death Black 15.4
Flat blue Abyss Blue 4.5
Flat blue Enchantment Blue 7.7
Flat brown Druid Flesh 11.7
Flat clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Flat clear Aztec Turquoise Wash 7.7
Flat clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Flat earth Boar Hide 3.8
Flat earth Rust Orange 7.1
Flat flesh Overlord Brass 8.4
Flat flesh Ares Flesh 6.1
Flat flesh Overlord Brass 7.7
Flat green Merald Green 11.3
Flat red Fanatic Orange 6.8
Flat red Centurion Red 3.9
Flat white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Flat white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Flat yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 3.8
Flat yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 4.0
Fluorescent orange Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Fluorescent red Centurion Red 4.9
French blue Seafarer Blue 4.2
German gray Shadow Blue 4.6
German grey War Master Green 3.2
German grey War Master Green 3.2
Gloss aluminum Matt Varnish 1.7
Gloss aluminum Matt Varnish 5.8
Gold Dragon's Gold 6.7
Gold leaf Dragon's Gold 6.7
Gray green Wyvern Green 8.3
Gray green (IJN) Green Beret 7.8
Gray green (IJN) Green Beret 7.8
Gray green (IJN) Green Beret 7.8
Gray violet Tempest Blue Wash 0.7
Green Merald Green 11.3
Green Wyvern Green 11.6
Gun metal Sir Coates Silver 2.6
Gun metal Sir Coates Silver 0.8
Gun metal Sir Coates Silver 2.6
Gunship gray 2 Faust Blue 2.3
Gunship grey Sir Coates Silver 2.2
Haze grey Blue Steel 3.0
Hull red Berserker Red 4.0
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Gravestone Blue 4.1
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Gravestone Blue 4.1
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Incubus Purple 3.4
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Wolf Grey 4.8
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Mythril Blade 3.9
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Cold Corpse Blue 1.7
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Incubus Purple 4.8
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Incubus Purple 3.4
Insignia white Trooper White 2.1
Insignia white Matt Varnish 3.1
Intermediate blue Frost Blue 6.0
Italian red Hellspawn Red 2.2
Italian red Fanatic Orange 6.8
J.A. green Merald Green 9.0
J.A. grey Troll Snot Green 5.3
J.N. green Wyvern Green 14.9
J.N. grey Elixir Green 10.9
Khaki Ranger Cloak 5.8
Khaki Panzer Yellow 4.7
Khaki drab Wyvern Green 14.2
Lacquer thinner Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Lavender Enchantress Purple 11.0
Lemon yellow Sun Bleach Yellow 4.4
Light blue Omega Blue 9.2
Light blue Ion Blue 9.7
Light blue Ray Gun Glow 4.6
Light brown (DAK 1941) Cerberus Brown 3.5
Light ghost gray Aztec Turquoise Wash 8.4
Light ghost grey Frost Blue 3.8
Light gray Trooper White 9.1
Light gray Green Beret 5.9
Light gray Ivory Tusk 4.7
Light gray (IJA) Contagion Green 10.1
Light gray (IJN) Trooper White 8.0
Light green Talisman Green 3.5
Light green Talisman Green 4.0
Light green (Luftwaffe) Ethereal Green 7.4
Light grey Plate Armour 7.1
Light gun metal Plate Armour 1.0
Light gun metal Plate Armour 3.0
Light metallic blue Shadow Blue 9.7
Light sand Overlord Brass 1.6
Light sand Dragon's Gold 1.6
Light sea grey Gravestone Blue 6.4
Linoleum deck brown Noble Steed Brown 5.8
Linoleum deck brown Berserker Red 8.2
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Cuirass Leather 5.2
Maroon Berserker Red 4.1
Matt black Doom Death Black 3.2
Matt white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Medium blue Shadow Blue 3.5
Medium gray Mythril Blade 4.6
Medium grey Green Beret 5.9
Medium sea gray Contagion Green 4.5
Medium sea gray 2 Ion Blue 7.0
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Metallic black Doom Death Black 1.8
Metallic black War Master Green 2.6
Metallic blue Enchantment Blue 5.5
Metallic blue Elder Robe 3.0
Metallic brown Rust Orange 11.7
Metallic gold Twin Suns Yellow 5.6
Metallic gray Wizard Grey 1.9
Metallic gray Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Metallic green Carapace Green 5.2
Metallic grey Dungeon Stone Grey 2.4
Metallic orange Solar Flare 1.9
Metallic orange Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Metallic red Demon Red 3.2
Metallic silver Matt Varnish 1.6
Mica blue Abyss Blue 8.6
Mica blue Abyss Blue 8.2
Mica red Demon Red 2.4
Mica red Demon Red 4.9
Mica silver Matt Varnish 2.5
Mica silver Matt Varnish 3.8
Mixing blue Marine Blue 10.8
Mixing red Scarab Red 5.8
Mixing yellow Serpent Eye Yellow 1.7
NATO black Doom Death Black 7.8
NATO black Doom Death Black 15.6
NATO black Doom Death Black 7.8
NATO brown Red Rage 10.0
NATO brown Noble Steed Brown 3.3
NATO brown Red Rage 10.0
NATO green Merald Green 11.2
NATO green Merald Green 4.2
NATO green Merald Green 11.2
Navy blue Abyss Blue 2.8
Neutral gray Blue Steel 3.1
Neutral grey Plate Armour 5.3
Ocean gray Cold Corpse Blue 2.7
Ocean gray 2 Frost Blue 4.4
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Olive drab Merald Green 12.8
Olive drab Merald Green 12.8
Olive drab Eidolon Grey 5.0
Olive drab Merald Green 12.8
Olive drab (JGSDF) Merald Green 12.9
Olive drab (JGSDF) Merald Green 4.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) Merald Green 12.1
Olive drab 2 Merald Green 5.0
Olive drab 2 Fury Green 12.3
Olive green Merald Green 12.2
Olive green Merald Green 10.6
Orange Solar Flare 3.1
Orange Orange Flare 6.2
Park green Carapace Green 6.6
Park green Carapace Green 7.7
Pearl blue Abyss Blue 8.3
Pearl blue Abyss Blue 7.0
Pearl clear Smoke Grey Wash 0.8
Pearl clear Trooper White 5.1
Pearl green Elixir Green 4.5
Pearl light blue Celestial Blue 2.8
Pearl light red Hot Pink 4.1
Pearl white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pearl white Trooper White 2.1
Pearl yellow Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pink Hot Pink 4.0
Pink Hot Pink 6.4
Pure blue Elder Robe 2.0
Pure blue Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pure metallic red Demon Red 2.5
Pure metallic red Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pure orange Skulker Yellow 5.8
Pure orange Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pure red Demon Red 4.2
Pure red Demon Red 3.7
Pure white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Pure yellow Sun Bleach Yellow 5.2
Purple Elder Robe 9.3
Purple Elder Robe 9.3
RLM grey Kobold Grey 5.2
Racing blue Abyss Blue 8.3
Racing blue Abyss Blue 14.1
Racing green Merald Green 11.1
Racing white Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Racing white Matt Varnish 2.3
Red Fanatic Orange 6.8
Red brown Spartan Bronze 9.6
Red brown Spartan Bronze 9.6
Red brown 2 Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Red brown 2 Druid Flesh 4.0
Royal blue Marine Blue 9.8
Royal light gray Matt Varnish 6.8
Royal light gray Matt Varnish 6.8
Rubber black Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Rubber black Doom Death Black 15.6
Rubber black Oblivion Black Wash 2.5
Sea blue Oxidation Green 3.0
Semi gloss black Doom Death Black 3.2
Semi gloss black Doom Death Black 15.4
Semi gloss black Doom Death Black 3.2
Semi gloss clear Smoke Grey Wash 0.8
Semi gloss clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Semi-gloss clear Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Silver Matt Varnish 0.9
Silver leaf Matt Varnish 3.8
Sky Zombie Rot 2.8
Sky blue Seafarer Blue 3.5
Sky grey Gloss Varnish 7.6
Smoke Dwarven Iron 3.4
Smoke Matt Varnish 4.9
Smoke Bone Wash 2.4
Sparkling silver Matt Varnish 1.8
Tan Dragon Fang 3.8
Titanium gold Ambush Yellow 5.4
Titanium gold Ares Flesh 3.7
Titanium gold Ares Flesh 5.5
Titanium silver Platinum Crown 6.2
Titanium silver Trooper White 3.9
Titanium silver Trooper White 8.2
White Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
White Smoke Grey Wash 1.1
Wooden deck tan Pale Skin 3.3
Wooden deck tan Green Beret 6.1
Wooden deck tan Pale Skin 2.8
Yellow Sun Bleach Yellow 4.4
Yellow green Septric Green 6.0
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Dry Rust Brown 5.0

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