Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Golden paint conversion chart

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

174 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Golden within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 81 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.6. The 146 gaps are not spread evenly: 34 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Golden does not answer.

TamiyaGoldenΔE
Acrylic thinner Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Bare-metal silver N7 Neutral Gray 6.4
Base white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Black Carbon Black 4.6
Black Carbon Black 4.4
Black Carbon Black 1.4
Black green Jenkins Green 4.5
Blue Phthalo Blue (green Shade) 0.5
Blue Phthalo Blue (green Shade) 0.5
Blue violet Azurite Hue 6.0
Bright mica red Naphthol Red Light 1.7
Bright orange Pyrrole Orange 2.0
Bright red Naphthol Red Light 2.0
Bright red Pyrrole Orange 2.2
Brilliant blue Manganese Blue Hue 1.2
Brilliant orange Fluorescent Orange 2.7
British green Jenkins Green 5.2
Bronze Red Oxide 2.1
Brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 7.4
Brown (JGSDF) Raw Sienna 10.3
Brown (JGSDF) Raw Sienna 10.2
Brown (JGSDF) Raw Sienna 9.9
Buff Naples Yellow Hue 9.4
Buff Naples Yellow Hue 9.1
Camel yellow Permanent Yellow Deep 1.5
Candy lime green Light Green (blue Shade) 10.2
Champagne gold Titan Buff 6.8
Champagne gold Naples Yellow Hue 6.9
Chrome silver N7 Neutral Gray 6.4
Chrome yellow Primary Yellow 1.6
Clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Clear blue Cobalt Teal 6.5
Clear blue Manganese Blue Hue 8.2
Clear blue Teal 4.1
Clear green Phthalo Green (yellow Shade) 7.5
Clear orange Fluorescent Orange 3.3
Clear orange Fluorescent Orange 3.6
Clear orange Fluorescent Orange 0.9
Clear red Naphthol Red Light 5.5
Clear red Medium Magenta 4.2
Clear red Medium Magenta 5.5
Clear yellow Permanent Yellow 0.9
Clear yellow Permanent Yellow 1.2
Cockpit green (IJN) Terre Verte Hue 7.0
Copper Nickel Azo Yellow 5.7
Coral blue Cobalt Teal 9.5
Dark blue Turquoise (phthalo) 3.5
Dark copper Raw Sienna 2.4
Dark earth Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 8.6
Dark ghost gray Cobalt Teal 7.1
Dark ghost grey Cobalt Teal 10.3
Dark green Jenkins Green 4.0
Dark green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 6.4
Dark green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.3
Dark green Jenkins Green 4.0
Dark green (IJA) Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.0
Dark green (JGSDF) Chromium Oxide Green Dark 6.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Dark Green 1.5
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Jenkins Green 3.0
Dark green 2 Jenkins Green 4.5
Dark green 2 Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Dark green 2 Chromium Oxide Green Dark 2.4
Dark green 2 Terre Verte Hue 8.1
Dark green 2 (IJN) Jenkins Green 5.4
Dark green 2 (IJN) Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) 3.7
Dark green 2 (RAF) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Dark grey Graphite Gray 4.8
Dark iron Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Dark iron Raw Umber 6.0
Dark mica blue Turquoise (phthalo) 5.1
Dark sea grey N5 Neutral Gray 5.9
Dark yellow Yellow Oxide 6.9
Dark yellow Yellow Oxide 4.7
Dark yellow 2 Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Yellow Oxide 7.2
Deck tan Titan Green Pale 5.9
Deep green Sepia 4.1
Deep metallic blue Turquoise (Phthalo) 3.6
Desert yellow Yellow Oxide 3.5
Dull red Pyrrole Red Dark 6.4
Dull red.jpeg Burnt Sienna 4.3
Field blue Viridian Green Hue 5.6
Field grey Terre Verte Hue 7.1
Field grey Cobalt Green 5.2
Flat aluminum N8 Neutral Gray 5.0
Flat aluminum N8 Neutral Gray 3.1
Flat base Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Flat base Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.5
Flat black Carbon Black 1.4
Flat black Carbon Black 4.4
Flat blue Cerulean Blue Deep 5.1
Flat blue Manganese Blue Hue 6.9
Flat brown Sepia 4.3
Flat clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Flat clear Zinc White 5.1
Flat clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Flat earth Burnt Sienna 4.1
Flat earth Mars Yellow 2.6
Flat flesh Naples Yellow Hue 10.3
Flat flesh Naples Yellow Hue 6.4
Flat flesh Naples Yellow Hue 10.0
Flat green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.1
Flat red Pyrrole Orange 2.2
Flat red Naphthol Red Light 3.2
Flat white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Flat white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Flat yellow Primary Yellow 1.6
Flat yellow Permanent Yellow 2.2
Fluorescent orange Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Fluorescent red Naphthol Red Light 3.5
French blue Cobalt Teal 6.4
German gray Cobalt Turquoise 5.6
German grey N4 Neutral Gray 5.3
German grey N4 Neutral Gray 5.3
Gloss aluminum N8 Neutral Gray 3.1
Gloss aluminum N7 Neutral Gray 6.4
Gold Yellow Oxide 5.3
Gold leaf Yellow Oxide 5.3
Gray green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 5.5
Gray green (IJN) Titan Green Pale 3.4
Gray green (IJN) Titan Green Pale 3.4
Gray green (IJN) Titan Green Pale 2.9
Gray violet Cobalt Turquoise 7.8
Green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 8.0
Green Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) 5.1
Gun metal N4 Neutral Gray 4.8
Gun metal N4 Neutral Gray 1.5
Gun metal N4 Neutral Gray 4.8
Gunship gray 2 Viridian Green Hue 4.7
Gunship grey N4 Neutral Gray 2.7
Haze grey N5 Neutral Gray 8.3
Hull red Permanent Maroon 5.5
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 5.1
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 5.1
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 5.2
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 6.2
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 2.6
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) N4 Neutral Gray 7.9
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) N5 Neutral Gray 7.3
IJN graySasebo Arsenal N5 Neutral Gray 5.2
Insignia white Teal 5.2
Insignia white N8 Neutral Gray 3.1
Intermediate blue Cobalt Teal 7.4
Italian red Naphthol Red Light 1.7
Italian red Pyrrole Orange 2.2
J.A. green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 5.1
J.A. grey Titan Green Pale 6.9
J.N. green Sap Green Hue 4.6
J.N. grey Titan Green Pale 6.7
Khaki Green Gold 5.9
Khaki Green Gold 7.1
Khaki drab Sap Green Hue 4.0
Lacquer thinner Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Lavender Red Violet 10.6
Lemon yellow Permanent Yellow 0.9
Light blue Teal 13.0
Light blue Titan Green Pale 13.2
Light blue Cobalt Teal 5.2
Light brown (DAK 1941) Naples Yellow Hue 6.1
Light ghost gray Zinc White 6.9
Light ghost grey Cobalt Teal 10.7
Light gray Transparent Shading Gray 6.0
Light gray Terre Verte Hue 7.0
Light gray Transparent Shading Gray 5.4
Light gray (IJA) Titan Green Pale 9.3
Light gray (IJN) Transparent Shading Gray 5.8
Light green Fluorescent Green 8.8
Light green Fluorescent Green 8.2
Light green (Luftwaffe) Chromium Oxide Green 6.4
Light grey N5 Neutral Gray 10.1
Light gun metal N5 Neutral Gray 5.0
Light gun metal N5 Neutral Gray 6.0
Light metallic blue Cobalt Turquoise 1.8
Light sand Naples Yellow Hue 7.9
Light sand Yellow Oxide 3.1
Light sea grey Manganese Blue Hue 9.2
Linoleum deck brown Burnt Sienna 3.5
Linoleum deck brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 5.4
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Raw Umber 6.1
Maroon Red Oxide 7.8
Matt black Carbon Black 1.4
Matt white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Medium blue Cobalt Turquoise 7.9
Medium gray N5 Neutral Gray 7.2
Medium grey Terre Verte Hue 7.0
Medium sea gray Terre Verte Hue 5.3
Medium sea gray 2 Transparent Shading Gray 10.1
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Metallic black Carbon Black 3.0
Metallic black Carbon Black 3.0
Metallic blue Azurite Hue 6.8
Metallic blue Primary Cyan 1.8
Metallic brown Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold 7.3
Metallic gold Naples Yellow Hue 7.6
Metallic gray N5 Neutral Gray 2.3
Metallic gray Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Metallic green Phthalo Green (yellow Shade) 8.3
Metallic grey N5 Neutral Gray 6.5
Metallic orange Fluorescent Orange 3.4
Metallic orange Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Metallic red Naphthol Red Light 2.7
Metallic silver N8 Neutral Gray 3.4
Mica blue Primary Cyan 1.7
Mica blue Primary Cyan 1.4
Mica red Cadmium Red Medium 1.5
Mica red Naphthol Red Light 0.3
Mica silver N8 Neutral Gray 4.8
Mica silver N8 Neutral Gray 5.0
Mixing blue Ultramarine Violet 3.8
Mixing red Transparent Quinacridone Red 3.5
Mixing yellow Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium 0.7
NATO black Hookers Green Hue 1.3
NATO black Carbon Black 4.6
NATO black Hookers Green Hue 1.3
NATO brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 3.9
NATO brown Burnt Umber Light 8.0
NATO brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 3.9
NATO green Chromium Oxide Green 6.5
NATO green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 4.1
NATO green Chromium Oxide Green 6.5
Navy blue Cerulean Blue Deep 5.2
Neutral gray N5 Neutral Gray 4.5
Neutral grey N5 Neutral Gray 8.2
Ocean gray N4 Neutral Gray 7.3
Ocean gray 2 Cobalt Teal 7.5
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Olive drab Green Gold 7.6
Olive drab Green Gold 7.6
Olive drab Sap Green Hue 4.4
Olive drab Green Gold 7.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Sap Green Hue 8.0
Olive drab (JGSDF) Chromium Oxide Green Dark 4.1
Olive drab (JGSDF) Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.5
Olive drab 2 Dark Green 4.1
Olive drab 2 Green Gold 3.9
Olive green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 6.1
Olive green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.7
Orange Fluorescent Orange 2.7
Orange Cadmium Orange 2.9
Park green Light Green (blue Shade) 9.9
Park green Light Green (blue Shade) 10.9
Pearl blue Primary Cyan 1.4
Pearl blue Primary Cyan 2.8
Pearl clear Teal 1.1
Pearl clear Titan Buff 6.4
Pearl green Light Green (yellow Shade) 8.1
Pearl light blue Manganese Blue Hue 4.2
Pearl light red Light Magenta 10.1
Pearl white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pearl white Teal 5.2
Pearl yellow Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pink Light Magenta 5.2
Pink Light Magenta 5.8
Pure blue Cerulean Blue Hue 1.3
Pure blue Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pure metallic red Cadmium Red Medium Hue 2.6
Pure metallic red Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pure orange Fluorescent Orange 2.9
Pure orange Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pure red Naphthol Red Light 1.5
Pure red Naphthol Red Light 1.7
Pure white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Pure yellow Cadmium Primrose 0.6
Purple Ultramarine Blue 3.2
Purple Ultramarine Blue 3.2
RLM grey Terre Verte Hue 8.9
Racing blue Primary Cyan 1.4
Racing blue Ultramarine Blue 1.6
Racing green Chromium Oxide Green Dark 7.0
Racing white Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Racing white N8 Neutral Gray 2.4
Red Pyrrole Orange 2.2
Red brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 6.9
Red brown Transparent Brown Iron Oxide 6.9
Red brown 2 Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Red brown 2 Vandyke Brown Hue 2.5
Royal blue Prussian Blue Hue 1.4
Royal light gray N7 Neutral Gray 7.9
Royal light gray N7 Neutral Gray 7.9
Rubber black Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Rubber black Carbon Black 4.6
Rubber black Graphite Gray 2.8
Sea blue Viridian Green Hue 5.7
Semi gloss black Carbon Black 1.4
Semi gloss black Carbon Black 4.4
Semi gloss black Carbon Black 1.4
Semi gloss clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.5
Semi gloss clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Semi-gloss clear Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Silver N8 Neutral Gray 1.9
Silver leaf N8 Neutral Gray 5.0
Sky Titan Green Pale 7.9
Sky blue Cobalt Teal 4.2
Sky grey Zinc White 4.6
Smoke N6 Neutral Gray 4.7
Smoke N7 Neutral Gray 5.3
Smoke N7 Neutral Gray 5.1
Sparkling silver N8 Neutral Gray 3.1
Tan Raw Sienna 4.7
Titanium gold Naples Yellow Hue 5.2
Titanium gold Naples Yellow Hue 5.2
Titanium gold Naples Yellow Hue 6.2
Titanium silver Transparent Shading Gray 3.0
Titanium silver Titan Buff 6.7
Titanium silver Transparent Shading Gray 5.8
White Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
White Benzimidazolone Yellow Light 0.0
Wooden deck tan Naples Yellow Hue 5.0
Wooden deck tan Transparent Shading Gray 9.7
Wooden deck tan Yellow Oxide 7.1
Yellow Permanent Yellow 0.9
Yellow green Fluorescent Chartreuse 8.2
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Raw Sienna 3.3

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