Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Foundry paint conversion chart

Every Tamiya paint with its closest Foundry equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 298 rows, sorted by name.

222 of the 298 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Foundry within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 90 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.2. The 76 gaps are not spread evenly: 17 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Foundry 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.

Shop Foundry setShop Tamiya set

TamiyaFoundryΔE
Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss White Paint System 0.0
Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray Armour Light Paint System 1.3
Base white Spray White Paint System 0.0
Black Acrylics Mini Gloss Charcoal Black Shade Paint System 0.0
Black Lacquer Paint Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 1.6
Black Spray Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 0.3
Black green Acrylics Mini Flat Forest Green Shade Paint System 5.2
Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss British Royal Blue Light Paint System 3.2
Blue violet Spray Union Trouser Blue Shade Paint System 5.1
Bright mica red Spray British Redcoat Paint System 0.9
Bright orange Spray Bright Red Paint System 5.2
Bright red Lacquer Paint British Redcoat Paint System 1.2
Bright red Spray Bright Red Paint System 5.1
Brilliant blue Spray French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 3.8
Brilliant orange Spray Orange Shade Paint System 5.5
British green Spray Forest Green Shade Paint System 5.0
Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss Teracotta Shade Paint System 2.7
Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss Tan Shade Paint System 4.1
Brown (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Burnished Copper Shade Paint System 2.3
Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint German Splinter Brown Light Paint System 2.1
Brown (JGSDF) Spray Bronze Barrel Paint System 5.4
Buff Acrylics Mini Flat Soviet Helmet Green Light Paint System 4.1
Buff Lacquer Paint German Pea Pattern Tan Light Paint System 3.4
Camel yellow Spray Yellow Shade Paint System 1.9
Candy lime green Spray Bright Green Paint System 10.1
Champagne gold Lacquer Paint American Tan Light Paint System 3.9
Champagne gold Spray British Equipment Canvas Paint System 3.0
Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss Armour Light Paint System 1.3
Chrome yellow Spray Yellow Paint System 3.3
Clear Acrylics Mini Gloss White Paint System 0.0
Clear blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Tomb Blue Paint System 6.9
Clear blue Lacquer Paint Vivid Blue Paint System 0.6
Clear blue Spray Tomb Blue Light Paint System 9.2
Clear green Acrylics Mini Gloss Bright Green Paint System 1.0
Clear orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Orange Paint System 3.3
Clear orange Lacquer Paint Orange Paint System 3.0
Clear orange Spray Orange Shade Paint System 6.5
Clear red Acrylics Mini Gloss Bright Red Paint System 5.8
Clear red Lacquer Paint Wine Stain Red Paint System 7.9
Clear red Spray Wine Stain Red Paint System 8.6
Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Lemon Paint System 1.8
Clear yellow Lacquer Paint Lemon Paint System 2.0
Cockpit green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Russian Gun Apple Green Light Paint System 7.5
Copper Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Red Light Paint System 0.8
Coral blue Spray Teal Blue Light Paint System 9.6
Dark blue Spray Prussian Blue Paint System 3.2
Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat Spearshaft Paint System 1.9
Dark earth Aircraft Spray German Splinter Brown Light Paint System 4.3
Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint British Gun Grey Paint System 3.3
Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray British Gun Grey Shade Paint System 5.7
Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat Forest Green Shade Paint System 6.3
Dark green Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Paint System 5.1
Dark green Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Paint System 5.7
Dark green (IJA) Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Paint System 2.0
Dark green (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Bottle Green Paint System 2.3
Dark green (JGSDF) Spray White Paint System 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint German Splinter Green Paint System 1.9
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Shade Paint System 5.8
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Bottle Green Shade Paint System 5.1
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Dark green 2 Aircraft Spray German Splinter Green Paint System 5.2
Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint German Splinter Green Light Paint System 1.5
Dark green 2 (IJN) Aircraft Spray Forest Green Shade Paint System 4.9
Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint French Chasseur A Cheval Green Paint System 5.9
Dark green 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat Slate Grey Shade Paint System 3.2
Dark iron Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Dark iron Lacquer Paint German Splinter Brown Paint System 1.8
Dark mica blue Spray French Blue Shade Paint System 5.2
Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat Slate Grey Paint System 3.1
Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Bronze Barrel Light Paint System 6.1
Dark yellow Spray Bronze Barrel Light Paint System 3.1
Dark yellow 2 Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Lacquer Paint Palomino Light Paint System 5.7
Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat Soviet Helmet Green Light Paint System 3.4
Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat Deep Brown Leather Shade Paint System 6.0
Deep metallic blue Spray French Blue Shade Paint System 1.1
Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Buff Leather Shade Paint System 4.3
Dull red Spray Madder Red Shade Paint System 4.4
Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint North African Flesh Shade Paint System 5.4
Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat American Olive Green Paint System 1.4
Field grey Acrylics Mini Flat British Blanco Green Light Paint System 3.5
Field grey Spray Storm Green Light Paint System 2.2
Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat Armour Paint System 2.0
Flat aluminum Lacquer Paint Austrian White Light Paint System 2.3
Flat base Acrylics Mini Gloss White Paint System 0.0
Flat base Lacquer Paint White Paint System 0.5
Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 0.3
Flat black Lacquer Paint Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 1.6
Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat French Blue Light Paint System 4.2
Flat blue Lacquer Paint Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System 7.3
Flat brown Acrylics Mini Flat Deep Brown Leather Shade Paint System 3.3
Flat clear Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Flat clear Lacquer Paint British Gun Grey Light Paint System 2.6
Flat earth Acrylics Mini Flat Dusky Flesh Shade Paint System 4.8
Flat earth Lacquer Paint Bright Red Shade Paint System 7.3
Flat flesh Acrylics Mini Flat Flesh Light Paint System 1.2
Flat flesh Lacquer Paint Canvas Paint System 1.6
Flat flesh Spray Expert Flesh Ultra Light Paint System 4.0
Flat green Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Bottle Green Paint System 4.1
Flat red Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Red Paint System 5.1
Flat red Lacquer Paint British Redcoat Paint System 2.6
Flat white Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Flat yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Yellow Paint System 3.3
Flat yellow Lacquer Paint Lemon Paint System 2.9
Fluorescent orange Spray White Paint System 0.0
Fluorescent red Spray Bright Red Paint System 4.7
French blue Spray Vivid Blue Shade Paint System 2.3
German gray Lacquer Paint Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 5.3
German grey Acrylics Mini Flat Slate Grey Shade Paint System 3.3
Gloss aluminum Lacquer Paint Austrian White Light Paint System 2.3
Gloss aluminum Spray Armour Light Paint System 1.3
Gold Spray Raw Linen Paint System 2.0
Gold leaf Acrylics Mini Gloss Raw Linen Paint System 2.0
Gray green Aircraft Spray Russian Green Paint System 2.0
Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Soviet Summer Drab Light Paint System 6.9
Gray green (IJN) Lacquer Paint Soviet Summer Drab Light Paint System 6.8
Gray violet Aircraft Spray Equipment Black Light Paint System 2.5
Green Acrylics Mini Gloss Bright Bottle Green Paint System 2.9
Green Aircraft Spray Russian Green Paint System 3.2
Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss Slate Grey Shade Paint System 3.0
Gun metal Lacquer Paint Dark African Flesh Shade Paint System 1.4
Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray Equipment Black Light Paint System 3.9
Gunship grey Spray Slate Grey Shade Paint System 2.1
Haze grey Spray German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 4.4
Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat Madder Red Shade Paint System 5.9
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 1.9
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Rebel Grey Paint System 2.7
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Rebel Grey Light Paint System 1.5
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Slate Grey Light Paint System 3.3
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Stone Shade Paint System 3.2
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Rebel Grey Paint System 2.5
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray Rebel Grey Paint System 2.7
Insignia white Aircraft Spray Canvas Light Paint System 5.6
Insignia white Lacquer Paint Austrian White Paint System 2.9
Intermediate blue Aircraft Spray British Gun Grey Shade Paint System 6.9
Italian red Lacquer Paint Madder Red Light Paint System 7.0
Italian red Spray Bright Red Paint System 5.1
J.A. green Acrylics Mini Flat Storm Green Shade Paint System 6.4
J.A. grey Acrylics Mini Flat French Gun Olive Green Light Paint System 3.1
J.N. green Acrylics Mini Flat Storm Green Shade Paint System 5.8
J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat Cadaverous Green Light Paint System 5.6
Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat Raw Linen Shade Paint System 3.4
Khaki Lacquer Paint Moss Paint System 3.8
Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat Storm Green Shade Paint System 5.2
Lacquer thinner Lacquer Paint White Paint System 0.0
Lavender Spray Royal Purple Paint System 9.2
Lemon yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Lemon Paint System 1.8
Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat German Early Field Grey Light Paint System 8.6
Light blue Aircraft Spray Cadaverous Green Light Paint System 10.7
Light blue Spray Tomb Blue Paint System 5.9
Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint Base Sand Shade Paint System 3.2
Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint British Gun Grey Light Paint System 3.1
Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray British Gun Grey Paint System 3.3
Light gray Aircraft Spray Austrian White Shade Paint System 6.3
Light gray Aircraft Spray Soviet Summer Drab Shade Paint System 4.9
Light gray Lacquer Paint Austrian White Shade Paint System 5.3
Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray German Early Field Grey Light Paint System 8.4
Light gray (IJN) Lacquer Paint Austrian White Shade Paint System 3.2
Light green Acrylics Mini Gloss French Gun Olive Green Paint System 10.6
Light green Spray Austrian Gun Ochre Shade Paint System 10.8
Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Light Paint System 2.7
Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat German Late Field Grey Paint System 1.8
Light gun metal Lacquer Paint Slate Grey Light Paint System 2.4
Light gun metal Spray Slate Grey Light Paint System 3.3
Light metallic blue Spray Night Sky Paint System 3.2
Light sand Lacquer Paint Base Sand Shade Paint System 3.5
Light sand Spray Bone yard Shade Paint System 1.9
Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat British Blue Grey Light Paint System 6.2
Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat Dusky Flesh Shade Paint System 3.6
Linoleum deck brown Spray Spearshaft Shade Paint System 5.4
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint Dark African Flesh Paint System 2.7
Maroon Spray Madder Red Shade Paint System 4.1
Matt black Spray Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 0.3
Matt white Spray White Paint System 0.0
Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 5.2
Medium gray Aircraft Spray German Late Field Grey Paint System 3.1
Medium grey Acrylics Mini Flat Soviet Summer Drab Shade Paint System 4.9
Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray German Early Field Grey Light Paint System 4.5
Medium sea gray 2 Aircraft Spray British Gun Grey Light Paint System 6.4
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Metallic black Lacquer Paint Charcoal Black Paint System 1.8
Metallic black Spray Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 4.1
Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System 6.3
Metallic blue Spray Sky Blue Shade Paint System 2.2
Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss Bay Brown Light Paint System 5.5
Metallic gold Spray Bone yard Paint System 3.3
Metallic gray Lacquer Paint American Green Paint System 4.1
Metallic gray Spray White Paint System 0.0
Metallic green Spray Bright Green Paint System 3.7
Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat German Late Field Grey Shade Paint System 1.6
Metallic orange Lacquer Paint Orange Shade Paint System 2.8
Metallic orange Spray White Paint System 0.0
Metallic red Spray British Redcoat Paint System 1.9
Metallic silver Spray Austrian White Light Paint System 3.4
Mica blue Lacquer Paint British Royal Blue Light Paint System 5.0
Mica blue Spray British Royal Blue Light Paint System 4.6
Mica red Lacquer Paint Madder Red Light Paint System 4.0
Mica red Spray British Redcoat Paint System 1.3
Mica silver Lacquer Paint Armour Paint System 2.6
Mica silver Spray Armour Paint System 2.0
Mixing blue Lacquer Paint French Blue Paint System 4.9
Mixing red Lacquer Paint British Redcoat Shade Paint System 8.9
Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint Yellow Paint System 0.6
NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat Blackened Barrel Paint System 3.6
NATO black Lacquer Paint Charcoal Black Shade Paint System 0.0
NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat Dusky Flesh Shade Paint System 5.0
NATO brown Lacquer Paint British Uniform Brown Paint System 4.1
NATO green Acrylics Mini Flat French Dragoon Green Paint System 4.8
NATO green Lacquer Paint French Chasseur A Cheval Green Light Paint System 5.4
Navy blue Aircraft Spray British Royal Blue Paint System 2.9
Neutral gray Aircraft Spray German Late Field Grey Light Paint System 1.5
Neutral grey Acrylics Mini Flat Stone Paint System 2.5
Ocean gray Aircraft Spray Rebel Grey Shade Paint System 1.1
Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray British Gun Grey Shade Paint System 4.0
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat Phlegm Green Shade Paint System 5.6
Olive drab Lacquer Paint British Denison Green Paint System 3.7
Olive drab (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Storm Green Shade Paint System 5.5
Olive drab (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint French Chasseur A Cheval Green Light Paint System 5.4
Olive drab (JGSDF) Spray Storm Green Shade Paint System 6.0
Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint German Splinter Green Paint System 3.4
Olive drab 2 Spray Phlegm Green Shade Paint System 3.3
Olive green Acrylics Mini Flat Bright Bottle Green Paint System 4.8
Olive green Aircraft Spray Bright Bottle Green Paint System 6.7
Orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Orange Shade Paint System 5.5
Orange Spray Scarlet Light Paint System 2.7
Park green Acrylics Mini Gloss Bright Green Paint System 5.2
Park green Spray Bright Green Paint System 4.8
Pearl blue Lacquer Paint British Royal Blue Light Paint System 5.0
Pearl blue Spray Deep Blue Paint System 2.8
Pearl clear Lacquer Paint White Paint System 1.8
Pearl clear Spray Burning Gold Light Paint System 5.5
Pearl green Spray Cadaverous Green Paint System 2.2
Pearl light blue Spray Sky Blue Light Paint System 2.8
Pearl light red Spray Wine Stain Red Light Paint System 4.3
Pearl white Lacquer Paint White Paint System 0.0
Pearl white Spray Canvas Light Paint System 5.6
Pearl yellow Spray White Paint System 0.0
Pink Acrylics Mini Gloss Shadow Pink Light Paint System 9.0
Pink Spray Nipple Pink Paint System 10.6
Pure blue Lacquer Paint French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 3.0
Pure blue Spray White Paint System 0.0
Pure metallic red Lacquer Paint British Redcoat Paint System 1.8
Pure metallic red Spray White Paint System 0.0
Pure orange Lacquer Paint Orange Paint System 2.1
Pure orange Spray White Paint System 0.0
Pure red Lacquer Paint British Redcoat Paint System 0.9
Pure red Spray British Redcoat Paint System 0.9
Pure white Spray White Paint System 0.0
Pure yellow Lacquer Paint Lemon Paint System 1.9
Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss Violet Paint System 5.6
RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat British Blanco Green Paint System 1.2
Racing blue Lacquer Paint British Royal Blue Light Paint System 5.0
Racing blue Spray Violet Shade Paint System 6.2
Racing green Spray Bright Bottle Green Paint System 2.0
Racing white Lacquer Paint White Paint System 0.0
Racing white Spray Austrian White Light Paint System 0.0
Red Acrylics Mini Gloss Bright Red Paint System 5.1
Red brown Acrylics Mini Flat Conker Brown Paint System 2.0
Red brown 2 Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint Peaty Brown Paint System 2.1
Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Prussian Blue Light Paint System 2.6
Royal light gray Acrylics Mini Flat Austrian White Shade Paint System 3.8
Rubber black Acrylics Mini Flat White Paint System 0.0
Rubber black Lacquer Paint Charcoal Black Shade Paint System 0.0
Rubber black Spray Slate Grey Shade Paint System 2.8
Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat American Olive Green Paint System 1.6
Semi gloss black Acrylics Mini Gloss Blackened Barrel Light Paint System 0.3
Semi gloss black Lacquer Paint Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 1.6
Semi gloss clear Acrylics Mini Gloss White Paint System 0.0
Semi gloss clear Lacquer Paint White Paint System 0.5
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Spray White Paint System 0.0
Silver Lacquer Paint Austrian White Light Paint System 1.5
Silver leaf Spray Armour Paint System 2.0
Sky Acrylics Mini Flat Austrian Gun Ochre Paint System 3.3
Sky blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Union Trouser Blue Paint System 4.5
Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat British Gun Grey Light Paint System 4.8
Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss Armour Shade Paint System 3.2
Smoke Lacquer Paint Armour Light Paint System 2.1
Smoke Spray Gun Metal Paint System 7.0
Sparkling silver Lacquer Paint Austrian White Light Paint System 1.9
Tan Aircraft Spray Rich Butternut Light Paint System 2.1
Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss British Equipment Canvas Paint System 3.7
Titanium gold Lacquer Paint Bone yard Paint System 1.9
Titanium gold Spray British Equipment Canvas Paint System 2.9
Titanium silver Acrylics Mini Gloss Soviet Summer Drab Light Paint System 5.0
Titanium silver Lacquer Paint Austrian White Shade Paint System 4.0
Titanium silver Spray Austrian White Shade Paint System 2.2
White Acrylics Mini Gloss White Paint System 0.0
Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat American Tan Paint System 4.6
Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint American Tan Shade Paint System 2.6
Wooden deck tan Spray Base Sand Shade Paint System 2.6
Yellow Spray Lemon Paint System 1.8
Yellow green Acrylics Mini Flat Austrian Gun Ochre Paint System 9.0
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint German Pea Pattern Tan Paint System 3.6

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Foundry → Tamiya

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions