Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Monument paint conversion chart

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

152 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Monument within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 13 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.4. The 168 gaps are not spread evenly: 34 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Monument does not answer.

TamiyaMonumentΔE
Acrylic thinner Transparent White 2.0
Bare-metal silver Vince Venturella White Blue 5.9
Base white Transparent White 2.0
Black Black Wash 1.5
Black Black Wash 0.8
Black Black Brown 4.2
Black green Dark Camo Green 11.8
Blue Dark Grey Blue 7.0
Blue Dark Grey Blue 7.0
Blue violet Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine 7.1
Bright mica red Fluorescent Red 6.9
Bright orange Fluorescent Orange 4.7
Bright red Fluorescent Red 6.8
Bright red Fluorescent Orange 5.4
Brilliant blue Blue 4.0
Brilliant orange Orange 8.2
British green Dark Camo Green 11.7
Bronze Burnt Red 4.6
Brown Ben Komets Petroleum Brown 6.9
Brown (JGSDF) Flameon Dark Orange Brown 7.5
Brown (JGSDF) Flameon Caramel Brown 4.5
Brown (JGSDF) Flameon Caramel Brown 5.7
Buff Khaki 7.6
Buff Bright Gold 4.9
Camel yellow Transparent Yellow 7.7
Candy lime green Fluorescent Green 5.0
Champagne gold Ivory 5.3
Champagne gold Khaki 7.4
Chrome silver Vince Venturella White Blue 5.9
Chrome yellow Warm Yellow 4.2
Clear Transparent White 2.0
Clear Transparent White 2.0
Clear Transparent White 2.0
Clear blue Bright Jade 15.4
Clear blue Sky Blue 8.5
Clear blue Bright Jade 11.6
Clear green Rogue Hobbies Bright Green 6.2
Clear orange Orange 11.2
Clear orange Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre 10.8
Clear orange Orange 5.7
Clear red Fluorescent Red 3.2
Clear red Fluorescent Pink 6.2
Clear red Fluorescent Pink 4.0
Clear yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.8
Clear yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.7
Cockpit green (IJN) Yellow Green 8.0
Copper Orange 6.6
Coral blue Rogue Hobbies Bright Green 14.4
Dark blue Dark Blue 4.0
Dark copper Ben Komets Advanced Flesh Tone 6.7
Dark earth Flameon Dark Green Brown 2.4
Dark ghost gray Silver 10.7
Dark ghost grey Bright Jade 9.6
Dark green Dark Camo Green 8.3
Dark green Camo Green 9.6
Dark green Camo Green 8.2
Dark green Dark Camo Green 8.3
Dark green (IJA) Camo Green 8.2
Dark green (JGSDF) Camo Green 8.1
Dark green (JGSDF) Transparent White 2.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Camo Green 2.3
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Dark Camo Green 8.4
Dark green 2 Dark Camo Green 11.8
Dark green 2 Transparent White 2.0
Dark green 2 Camo Green 2.0
Dark green 2 Green 9.1
Dark green 2 (IJN) Dark Camo Green 11.6
Dark green 2 (IJN) Matt Cexwish Dark Emerald 9.7
Dark green 2 (RAF) Transparent White 2.0
Dark grey Dark Warm Grey 3.7
Dark iron Transparent White 2.0
Dark iron AdeptiCon Spray-Team Drab Brown 3.7
Dark mica blue Dark Blue 5.6
Dark sea grey Neutral Grey 2.4
Dark yellow Transparent Yellow 7.9
Dark yellow Golden Brown 7.1
Dark yellow 2 Transparent White 2.0
Dark yellow 2 Transparent Yellow 8.3
Deck tan Khaki 6.4
Deep green Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze 5.8
Deep metallic blue Dark Blue 3.2
Desert yellow Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre 3.5
Dull red Burnt Red 2.9
Dull red.jpeg Flesh Wash 2.2
Field blue PRIME Dark Neutral Grey 3.7
Field grey Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green 10.7
Field grey Black Green 5.5
Flat aluminum Metallic Medium 4.6
Flat aluminum Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 2.3
Flat base Transparent White 2.0
Flat base Transparent White 2.1
Flat black Black Brown 4.2
Flat black Black Wash 0.8
Flat blue Dark Grey Blue 4.7
Flat blue Blue Black 9.1
Flat brown Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze 5.6
Flat clear Transparent White 2.0
Flat clear Vince Venturella White Blue 7.7
Flat clear Transparent White 2.0
Flat earth Ninjon Warm Brown 3.6
Flat earth Burnt Sienna 4.7
Flat flesh Ben Komets Heavy Warm White 5.0
Flat flesh Warm Flesh 2.8
Flat flesh Warm Flesh 6.1
Flat green Camo Green 8.3
Flat red Fluorescent Orange 5.4
Flat red Fluorescent Red 6.0
Flat white Transparent White 2.0
Flat white Transparent White 2.0
Flat yellow Warm Yellow 4.2
Flat yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.6
Fluorescent orange Transparent White 2.0
Fluorescent red Fluorescent Red 4.4
French blue Sky Blue 3.2
German gray Vince Venturella Dark Jade 5.8
German grey Dark Warm Grey 2.7
German grey Dark Warm Grey 2.7
Gloss aluminum Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 2.3
Gloss aluminum Vince Venturella White Blue 5.9
Gold Transparent Yellow 6.4
Gold leaf Transparent Yellow 6.4
Gray green Dark Camo Green 4.5
Gray green (IJN) Bright Warm Grey 3.7
Gray green (IJN) Bright Warm Grey 3.7
Gray green (IJN) Bright Warm Grey 4.2
Gray violet Vince Venturella Dark Jade 7.1
Green Camo Green 8.8
Green Dark Camo Green 7.4
Gun metal Dark Warm Grey 3.6
Gun metal Matt Cexwish Brown Grey 2.8
Gun metal Dark Warm Grey 3.6
Gunship gray 2 Vince Venturella Dark Jade 4.1
Gunship grey Dark Warm Grey 1.5
Haze grey Silver 8.7
Hull red Matt Cexwish Dark Crimson 3.8
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Silver 7.3
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Silver 7.3
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Transparent White 2.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Transparent White 2.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Neutral Grey 6.2
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Transparent White 2.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Blue Black 8.6
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Ninjon Red Grey 8.0
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Neutral Grey 5.7
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Neutral Grey 7.3
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Neutral Grey 6.2
Insignia white Pale Yellow 3.9
Insignia white Metallic Medium 2.8
Intermediate blue Bright Jade 6.4
Italian red Rogue Hobbies Orange Red 6.8
Italian red Fluorescent Orange 5.4
J.A. green Camo Green 6.1
J.A. grey Faded Green 11.6
J.N. green Dark Camo Green 8.9
J.N. grey Bright Warm Grey 7.4
Khaki Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green 7.0
Khaki Yellow Green 7.3
Khaki drab Dark Camo Green 8.3
Lacquer thinner Transparent White 2.0
Lavender Purple 8.0
Lemon yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.8
Light blue Vince Venturella White Blue 8.8
Light blue Vince Venturella White Blue 9.4
Light blue Sky Blue 14.4
Light brown (DAK 1941) Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre 3.8
Light ghost gray Vince Venturella White Blue 7.9
Light ghost grey Silver 8.6
Light gray Bright Warm Grey 5.1
Light gray Faded Green 5.9
Light gray Metallic Medium 3.2
Light gray (IJA) Vince Venturella White Blue 7.0
Light gray (IJN) Bright Warm Grey 4.8
Light green Bright Yellow Green 5.6
Light green Bright Yellow Green 4.6
Light green (Luftwaffe) Green 10.9
Light grey Blue Black 7.1
Light gun metal Ninjon Red Grey 5.8
Light gun metal Matt Cexwish Bone 9.7
Light metallic blue Rogue Hobbies Dark Turquoise 8.2
Light sand Bright Gold 5.8
Light sand Golden Brown 3.5
Light sea grey Faded Ultramarine 7.0
Linoleum deck brown AdeptiCon Spray-Team Orange Oxide 2.5
Linoleum deck brown Burnt Red 7.1
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg AdeptiCon Spray-Team Magnesium 4.8
Maroon Burnt Red 5.1
Matt black Black Brown 4.2
Matt white Transparent White 2.0
Medium blue Dark Warm Grey 6.9
Medium gray Blue Black 10.4
Medium grey Faded Green 5.9
Medium sea gray Faded Green 5.3
Medium sea gray 2 Vince Venturella White Blue 2.5
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Transparent White 2.0
Metallic black PRIME Black Brown 4.5
Metallic black PRIME Black Brown 2.7
Metallic blue Rogue Hobbies Dark Turquoise 6.1
Metallic blue Blue 1.8
Metallic brown Transparent Orange 8.2
Metallic gold Ivory 6.5
Metallic gray Ninjon Red Grey 5.9
Metallic gray Transparent White 2.0
Metallic green Rogue Hobbies Bright Green 3.6
Metallic grey Neutral Grey 3.4
Metallic orange Orange 6.1
Metallic orange Transparent White 2.0
Metallic red Fluorescent Red 6.8
Metallic silver Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 3.4
Mica blue Dark Grey Blue 7.0
Mica blue Dark Grey Blue 6.7
Mica red Bold Pyrrole Red 6.6
Mica red Fluorescent Red 8.1
Mica silver Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 4.0
Mica silver Metallic Medium 4.6
Mixing blue Dark Purple 6.6
Mixing red Rogue Hobbies Dark Hot Pink 7.7
Mixing yellow Fluorescent Yellow 4.5
NATO black Dark Silver 2.6
NATO black Black Wash 1.5
NATO black Dark Silver 2.6
NATO brown Burnt Orange 7.3
NATO brown Ninjon Warm Brown 2.6
NATO brown Burnt Orange 7.3
NATO green Camo Green 10.5
NATO green Camo Green 3.2
NATO green Camo Green 10.5
Navy blue Dark Grey Blue 2.9
Neutral gray Silver 8.4
Neutral grey Blue Black 8.2
Ocean gray Neutral Grey 4.8
Ocean gray 2 Blue Black 10.3
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Transparent White 2.0
Olive drab Camo Green 10.6
Olive drab Camo Green 10.6
Olive drab Warm Grey 6.9
Olive drab Camo Green 10.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Dark Camo Green 9.7
Olive drab (JGSDF) Camo Green 3.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) Camo Green 9.1
Olive drab 2 Camo Green 4.7
Olive drab 2 Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green 12.3
Olive green Camo Green 9.0
Olive green Camo Green 8.4
Orange Orange 8.2
Orange Orange 5.5
Park green Rogue Hobbies Bright Green 4.7
Park green Fluorescent Green 5.7
Pearl blue Dark Grey Blue 6.6
Pearl blue Dark Grey Blue 5.0
Pearl clear Transparent White 1.4
Pearl clear Pale Yellow 0.9
Pearl green Faded Green 13.0
Pearl light blue Faded Ultramarine 5.0
Pearl light red Pink 14.6
Pearl white Transparent White 2.0
Pearl white Pale Yellow 3.9
Pearl yellow Transparent White 2.0
Pink Fluorescent Pink 13.7
Pink Pink 11.6
Pure blue Blue 2.3
Pure blue Transparent White 2.0
Pure metallic red Fluorescent Red 7.8
Pure metallic red Transparent White 2.0
Pure orange Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre 10.1
Pure orange Transparent White 2.0
Pure red Fluorescent Red 6.6
Pure red Fluorescent Red 6.9
Pure white Transparent White 2.0
Pure yellow Fluorescent Yellow 4.5
Purple Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine 7.7
Purple Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine 7.7
RLM grey Faded Green 10.5
Racing blue Dark Grey Blue 6.6
Racing blue Transparent Blue 5.5
Racing green Camo Green 8.2
Racing white Transparent White 2.0
Racing white Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 0.0
Red Fluorescent Orange 5.4
Red brown Flameon Dark Green Brown 7.5
Red brown Flameon Dark Green Brown 7.5
Red brown 2 Transparent White 2.0
Red brown 2 Ninjon Dark Plum 3.9
Royal blue Dark Purple 4.1
Royal light gray Vince Venturella White Blue 4.3
Royal light gray Vince Venturella White Blue 4.3
Rubber black Transparent White 2.0
Rubber black Black Wash 1.5
Rubber black PRIME Black Brown 3.0
Sea blue Vince Venturella Payne's Grey 3.1
Semi gloss black Black Brown 4.2
Semi gloss black Black Wash 0.8
Semi gloss black Black Brown 4.2
Semi gloss clear Transparent White 2.1
Semi gloss clear Transparent White 2.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Transparent White 2.0
Semi-gloss clear Transparent White 2.0
Silver Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 1.5
Silver leaf Metallic Medium 4.6
Sky Khaki 10.7
Sky blue Sky Blue 7.5
Sky grey Vince Venturella White Blue 7.0
Smoke Silver 4.7
Smoke Metallic Medium 4.3
Smoke Silver 9.0
Sparkling silver Matt Cexwish Heavy Titanium White 1.9
Tan Copper 6.3
Titanium gold Khaki 9.1
Titanium gold Ben Komets Heavy Warm White 6.6
Titanium gold Khaki 7.9
Titanium silver Olive Flesh 3.1
Titanium silver Metallic Medium 3.1
Titanium silver Metallic Medium 3.8
White Transparent White 2.0
White Transparent White 2.0
Wooden deck tan Ben Komets Heavy Warm White 6.9
Wooden deck tan White Gold 5.5
Wooden deck tan Bright Gold 3.9
Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.8
Yellow green Bright Yellow Green 8.8
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Copper 3.3

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