Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to FolkArt paint conversion chart

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

235 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in FolkArt within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 70 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.6. The 85 gaps are not spread evenly: 28 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range FolkArt does not answer.

TamiyaFolkArtΔE
Acrylic thinner Wicker White 1.4
Bare-metal silver Medium Gray 1.9
Base white Wicker White 1.4
Black Look At Me Blue 0.8
Black Pink Melon 0.8
Black Licorice 2.2
Black green Christmas Green 8.5
Blue Brilliant Blue 2.7
Blue Brilliant Blue 2.7
Blue violet Deep Ocean Blue 7.8
Bright mica red Autumn Leaves 6.5
Bright orange Hot Saffron 5.1
Bright red Autumn Leaves 6.6
Bright red Hot Saffron 5.0
Brilliant blue Sterling Blue 3.7
Brilliant orange Mandarin Satin 8.2
British green Christmas Green 7.8
Bronze Fiery Red 3.6
Brown Nutmeg 5.2
Brown (JGSDF) Solid Bronze 6.2
Brown (JGSDF) Butter Pecan 4.2
Brown (JGSDF) Yellow Ochre 2.6
Buff Lemonade 5.4
Buff Golden Glow 4.2
Camel yellow Marigold 7.0
Candy lime green Apple Orchard 4.9
Champagne gold Sahara Gold 4.2
Champagne gold Lemonade 2.9
Chrome silver Medium Gray 1.9
Chrome yellow Bumblebee 4.5
Clear Wicker White 1.4
Clear Wicker White 1.4
Clear Wicker White 1.4
Clear blue Calypso Sky 6.9
Clear blue Medium Blue 4.4
Clear blue Calypso Sky 2.5
Clear green Jade Shimmer 7.6
Clear orange Mandarin Satin 6.3
Clear orange Dijon 5.9
Clear orange Pure Orange 9.5
Clear red Autumn Leaves 7.8
Clear red Bright Pink 9.4
Clear red Burgundy 9.1
Clear yellow Yellow Light 2.1
Clear yellow Yellow Light 2.1
Cockpit green (IJN) Hauser Green Light 4.7
Copper Glazed Carrots 6.4
Coral blue Viridian 3.1
Dark blue Ink Spot 2.7
Dark copper Pumpkin 1.6
Dark earth Coffee Latte 2.2
Dark ghost gray Dolphin 0.9
Dark ghost grey Sea Mist 4.4
Dark green Olive Green 6.6
Dark green Christmas Green 6.2
Dark green Olive Green 6.4
Dark green Olive Green 6.6
Dark green (IJA) Bright Green 6.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Bright Green 6.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Wicker White 1.4
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Sap Green 4.2
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Christmas Green 7.6
Dark green 2 Christmas Green 8.7
Dark green 2 Wicker White 1.4
Dark green 2 Bright Green 4.7
Dark green 2 Mossy Meadow 3.7
Dark green 2 (IJN) Christmas Green 7.6
Dark green 2 (IJN) Emerald Green 2.6
Dark green 2 (RAF) Wicker White 1.4
Dark grey Payne Gray 5.4
Dark iron Wicker White 1.4
Dark iron Raw Umber 5.1
Dark mica blue Galaxy Blue 3.0
Dark sea grey Chunky Silver 3.9
Dark yellow Sunny Yellow 2.6
Dark yellow Daybreak 3.0
Dark yellow 2 Wicker White 1.4
Dark yellow 2 Sunny Yellow 2.4
Deck tan Buttermint 1.9
Deep green Lemon Custard 5.5
Deep metallic blue Indigo Night 4.3
Desert yellow Medium Yellow 3.2
Dull red Apple Red 2.8
Dull red.jpeg Copper 3.5
Field blue Grotto 4.8
Field grey Kelly Green 3.0
Field grey Sap Green 5.0
Flat aluminum Licorice 1.4
Flat aluminum Dove 1.5
Flat base Wicker White 1.4
Flat base Wicker White 1.5
Flat black Licorice 2.2
Flat black Pink Melon 0.8
Flat blue Sapphire 2.3
Flat blue Azure Blue 2.5
Flat brown Nutmeg 6.8
Flat clear Wicker White 1.4
Flat clear Baby Blue 5.2
Flat clear Wicker White 1.4
Flat earth Burnt Sienna 2.3
Flat earth Pueblo 3.7
Flat flesh Sunflower 8.1
Flat flesh Sunflower 5.0
Flat flesh Turner Yellow 8.5
Flat green Olive Green 6.5
Flat red Hot Saffron 5.0
Flat red Autumn Leaves 7.1
Flat white Wicker White 1.4
Flat white Wicker White 1.4
Flat yellow Bumblebee 4.5
Flat yellow Yellow Light 2.4
Fluorescent orange Wicker White 1.4
Fluorescent red Autumn Leaves 6.8
French blue Aqua Moire 5.4
German gray Teal Topaz 2.6
German grey Ash 4.4
German grey Ash 4.4
Gloss aluminum Dove 1.5
Gloss aluminum Medium Gray 1.9
Gold Moon Yellow 2.9
Gold leaf Moon Yellow 2.9
Gray green Christmas Green 4.1
Gray green (IJN) Villa Green 4.2
Gray green (IJN) Villa Green 4.2
Gray green (IJN) Soft Apple 4.4
Gray violet Skyline 2.2
Green Bright Green 7.1
Green Sap Green 5.6
Gun metal Ash 3.4
Gun metal Ash 3.0
Gun metal Ash 3.4
Gunship gray 2 Skyline 3.8
Gunship grey Ash 3.0
Haze grey Silver Marlin 4.0
Hull red Cinnamon 4.1
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Blue Echo 4.6
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Blue Echo 4.6
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Wicker White 1.4
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Wicker White 1.4
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Classic French Gray 1.9
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Wicker White 1.4
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Sequin Silver 3.5
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Platinum 4.9
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Wrought Iron 3.4
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Classic French Gray 2.8
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Classic French Gray 1.9
Insignia white Vintage White 3.5
Insignia white Titanium White 1.2
Intermediate blue Teal 3.3
Italian red Calico Red 4.2
Italian red Hot Saffron 5.0
J.A. green Olive Green 5.4
J.A. grey Soft Apple 5.2
J.N. green Peridot 3.7
J.N. grey Villa Green 3.7
Khaki Alfalfa 2.2
Khaki Inca Gold 6.5
Khaki drab Peridot 2.8
Lacquer thinner Wicker White 1.4
Lavender Royal Purple 6.7
Lemon yellow Yellow Light 2.1
Light blue Adrift 4.5
Light blue Smoky Jade 3.9
Light blue Aqua 6.1
Light brown (DAK 1941) Buttercup 3.5
Light ghost gray Blue Lullaby 4.9
Light ghost grey Ice Blue 3.3
Light gray Faded Jade 2.5
Light gray Green Sea 4.6
Light gray Titanium White 2.6
Light gray (IJA) Green Sea 2.9
Light gray (IJN) Faded Jade 1.4
Light green Apple Orchard 4.0
Light green Lime Green 6.0
Light green (Luftwaffe) Fresh Fern 5.8
Light grey Sequin Silver 4.4
Light gun metal Parchment 2.8
Light gun metal Sequin Silver 3.9
Light metallic blue Turquoise Shimmer 2.1
Light sand Golden Glow 3.8
Light sand Golden Glow 3.2
Light sea grey Cloudy Day 6.4
Linoleum deck brown Burnt Sienna 2.1
Linoleum deck brown Toasted Terra Cotta 4.3
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Raw Umber 2.5
Maroon Toasted Terra Cotta 3.6
Matt black Licorice 2.2
Matt white Wicker White 1.4
Medium blue Teal Topaz 3.1
Medium gray Sky Blue 4.8
Medium grey Green Sea 4.6
Medium sea gray Bayberry 3.7
Medium sea gray 2 Turquoise 2.0
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Wicker White 1.4
Metallic black Boulder 2.4
Metallic black Payne Gray 4.0
Metallic blue Castaway 2.9
Metallic blue Ultramarine Blue 2.8
Metallic brown Pueblo 4.8
Metallic gold French Vanilla 5.0
Metallic gray Steel Gray 3.2
Metallic gray Wicker White 1.4
Metallic green Jade Shimmer 6.8
Metallic grey Wrought Iron 3.8
Metallic orange Dijon 6.7
Metallic orange Wicker White 1.4
Metallic red Autumn Leaves 7.0
Metallic silver Dove 2.1
Mica blue Blue Ribbon 4.8
Mica blue Ultramarine Blue 4.4
Mica red Lipstick Red 6.1
Mica red Autumn Leaves 6.1
Mica silver Dove 2.6
Mica silver Licorice 1.4
Mixing blue Perfect Purple 3.2
Mixing red Red Light 4.5
Mixing yellow Bumblebee 2.9
NATO black Skyline 2.0
NATO black Look At Me Blue 0.8
NATO black Skyline 2.0
NATO brown Pueblo 7.0
NATO brown Coffee Latte 2.1
NATO brown Pueblo 7.0
NATO green Bright Green 5.7
NATO green Holly Leaf 5.6
NATO green Bright Green 5.7
Navy blue Cobalt Blue 4.5
Neutral gray Platinum 4.5
Neutral grey Sequin Silver 3.4
Ocean gray Wrought Iron 1.1
Ocean gray 2 Silver Marlin 2.5
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Wicker White 1.4
Olive drab Olive Green 7.2
Olive drab Olive Green 7.2
Olive drab Old Ivy 3.6
Olive drab Olive Green 7.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) Peridot 3.8
Olive drab (JGSDF) Holly Leaf 5.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Olive Green 4.4
Olive drab 2 Old Ivy 3.6
Olive drab 2 Pure Gold 8.3
Olive green Christmas Green 6.3
Olive green Bright Green 6.1
Orange Mandarin Satin 8.2
Orange Orange 4.4
Park green Jade Shimmer 7.5
Park green Jade Shimmer 8.3
Pearl blue Blue Ribbon 4.3
Pearl blue Ultramarine Blue 2.0
Pearl clear Wicker White 1.2
Pearl clear White 4.7
Pearl green Green 7.5
Pearl light blue Light Periwinkle 3.1
Pearl light red Parisian Pink 4.3
Pearl white Wicker White 1.4
Pearl white Vintage White 3.5
Pearl yellow Wicker White 1.4
Pink Pink 2.6
Pink Pink Rouge 4.4
Pure blue Prussian Blue 2.9
Pure blue Wicker White 1.4
Pure metallic red Autumn Leaves 7.1
Pure metallic red Wicker White 1.4
Pure orange Dijon 6.5
Pure orange Wicker White 1.4
Pure red Autumn Leaves 6.3
Pure red Autumn Leaves 6.5
Pure white Wicker White 1.4
Pure yellow Yellow Light 3.5
Purple Lavender 4.3
Purple Lavender 4.3
RLM grey Dutch Aqua 4.6
Racing blue Blue Ribbon 4.3
Racing blue Perfect Purple 4.8
Racing green Bright Green 6.9
Racing white Wicker White 1.4
Racing white Titanium White 1.4
Red Hot Saffron 5.0
Red brown Royal Gold 3.2
Red brown Royal Gold 3.2
Red brown 2 Wicker White 1.4
Red brown 2 Maple Syrup 5.4
Royal blue Ink Spot 1.1
Royal light gray Succulent 2.1
Royal light gray Succulent 2.1
Rubber black Wicker White 1.4
Rubber black Look At Me Blue 0.8
Rubber black Medium Gray 3.9
Sea blue Midnight Garden 3.9
Semi gloss black Licorice 2.2
Semi gloss black Pink Melon 0.8
Semi gloss black Licorice 2.2
Semi gloss clear Wicker White 1.5
Semi gloss clear Wicker White 1.4
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Wicker White 1.4
Semi-gloss clear Wicker White 1.4
Silver Dove 1.1
Silver leaf Licorice 1.4
Sky Wild Wasabi 6.0
Sky blue Aqua Moire 4.4
Sky grey Medium Gray 4.6
Smoke Winter White 3.1
Smoke Licorice 1.5
Smoke Gray Owl 2.8
Sparkling silver Dove 1.8
Tan Mushroom 4.4
Titanium gold Lemonade 3.7
Titanium gold Sahara Gold 4.9
Titanium gold Lemonade 2.8
Titanium silver Faded Jade 3.0
Titanium silver White 2.0
Titanium silver Dove Gray 2.8
White Wicker White 1.4
White Wicker White 1.4
Wooden deck tan Camel 2.5
Wooden deck tan Thunder Gray 5.2
Wooden deck tan Golden Glow 1.7
Yellow Yellow Light 2.1
Yellow green Happy Green 2.6
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Iced Coffee 5.5

Reverse: FolkArt → Tamiya