Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Foundry paint conversion chart

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

239 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Foundry within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 100 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.2. The 81 gaps are not spread evenly: 19 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Foundry does not answer.

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

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