Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Mr. Hobby paint conversion chart

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

262 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Mr. Hobby within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 114 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.0. The 58 gaps are not spread evenly: 18 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Mr. Hobby does not answer.

TamiyaMr. HobbyΔE
Acrylic thinner Chalky White 0.0
Bare-metal silver Light Gray Fs36495 1.4
Base white Chalky White 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Black Russianircraft Blueii 1.5
Black MS Red 0.3
Black green IJN Green 5.6
Blue Metal Dark Blue 4.3
Blue Metal Dark Blue 4.3
Blue violet A.E.U.G'.s MS Blue 5.1
Bright mica red Clear Red 0.2
Bright orange RX-78 Blue 4.1
Bright red Clear Red 0.4
Bright red Orange 4.1
Brilliant blue Blue 4.4
Brilliant orange Orange Yellow 3.3
British green IJN Green 4.2
Bronze Red Brown 3.9
Brown Red Brown Ii 5.4
Brown (JGSDF) Dark Yellow Shadow 5.7
Brown (JGSDF) Earth Brown 3.7
Brown (JGSDF) Earth Brown 6.0
Buff Sail Color 4.0
Buff Flesh 5.8
Camel yellow RLM04 Yellow 2.2
Candy lime green Yellow Green 6.8
Champagne gold Sail Color 5.3
Champagne gold Sail Color 0.8
Chrome silver Light Gray Fs36495 1.4
Chrome yellow MS Blue 3.4
Clear Chalky White 0.0
Clear Chalky White 0.0
Clear Chalky White 0.0
Clear blue Light Blue 6.4
Clear blue Light Blue 0.7
Clear blue Gray Fs36375 5.0
Clear green Bright Green 1.2
Clear orange Character Yellow 3.1
Clear orange Character Yellow 2.1
Clear orange Orange Yellow 4.1
Clear red RX-78 Blue 4.6
Clear red Magenta 0.2
Clear red Magenta 2.9
Clear yellow Chiara Yellow 1.5
Clear yellow Chiara Yellow 1.2
Cockpit green (IJN) Hemp Bs4800/10b21 5.4
Copper Rust Red 2.7
Coral blue Light Blue 1.4
Dark blue Gloss Seablue Fs151042 5.6
Dark copper Brass 3.6
Dark earth Wood Brown 3.5
Dark ghost gray Rlm78 Light Blue 2.1
Dark ghost grey Gray Fs36320 1.1
Dark green IJN Green 7.9
Dark green IJN Green 4.5
Dark green Russian Green "4bo" 7.4
Dark green IJN Green 7.9
Dark green (IJA) Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 4.7
Dark green (JGSDF) Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 4.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Chalky White 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Dark Green 2.1
Dark green (Luftwaffe) IJN Green 8.9
Dark green 2 IJN Green 5.9
Dark green 2 Chalky White 0.0
Dark green 2 Field Green Fs34097 4.6
Dark green 2 Aircraft Gray Green Bs283 3.7
Dark green 2 (IJN) IJN Green 3.9
Dark green 2 (IJN) Khaki Green 1.6
Dark green 2 (RAF) Chalky White 0.0
Dark grey JMSDF Cleated Deck Color 2.7
Dark iron Chalky White 0.0
Dark iron Brown 3606 3.7
Dark mica blue MS Light Blue 5.5
Dark sea grey Metal Black 2.0
Dark yellow Dark Yellow 1.8
Dark yellow Dark Yellow 3.1
Dark yellow 2 Chalky White 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Dark Yellow 1.9
Deck tan Sail Color 3.8
Deep green Smoke Gray 5.0
Deep metallic blue Blue Fs15044 4.7
Desert yellow Clear Brown 3.3
Dull red Red Brown Ii 7.5
Dull red.jpeg Red Brown (2) 2.7
Field blue Gray Fs36081 4.6
Field grey Hemp Bs4800/10b21 3.7
Field grey Dark Green (Nakajima) 3.2
Flat aluminum Super Stainless 2 0.9
Flat aluminum Silver 0.8
Flat base Chalky White 0.0
Flat base Chalky White 0.5
Flat black MS Red 0.3
Flat black Russianircraft Blueii 1.5
Flat blue Metallic Blue 4.2
Flat blue Blue Gray 3.0
Flat brown Smoke Gray 6.3
Flat clear Chalky White 0.0
Flat clear IJN Gray (Mitsubishi) 2.3
Flat clear Chalky White 0.0
Flat earth Dust Brown 3.5
Flat earth Red Brown (1) 3.1
Flat flesh Clear Pale Orange 3.8
Flat flesh Clear Pale Orange 2.9
Flat flesh Flesh 4.7
Flat green Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 6.8
Flat red Orange 4.1
Flat red Clear Red 1.7
Flat white Chalky White 0.0
Flat white Chalky White 0.0
Flat yellow MS Blue 3.4
Flat yellow Chiara Yellow 0.2
Fluorescent orange Chalky White 0.0
Fluorescent red RX-78 Blue 3.5
French blue RX-78 White 3.6
German gray Dark Gray (2) 3.8
German grey JMSDF Cleated Deck Color 4.3
German grey JMSDF Cleated Deck Color 4.3
Gloss aluminum Silver 0.8
Gloss aluminum Light Gray Fs36495 1.4
Gold Gold 3.6
Gold leaf Gold 3.6
Gray green Olive Drab Fs34087 3.9
Gray green (IJN) Gray Fs26440 3.6
Gray green (IJN) Gray Fs26440 3.6
Gray green (IJN) Sky Bs381c/210 3.7
Gray violet Dark Gray "Dunkel Grau" 2.2
Green Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 3.2
Green Russian Green Shadow 4.9
Gun metal Burnt Iron 2.7
Gun metal Japanese Navalrsenal Color Sasebo 2.2
Gun metal Burnt Iron 2.7
Gunship gray 2 Dark Gray "Dunkel Grau" 2.8
Gunship grey Burnt Iron 2.7
Haze grey Medium Seagray Bs637 2.6
Hull red Red Brown Ii 4.9
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Medium Seagray Bs637 3.1
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Medium Seagray Bs637 3.1
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Chalky White 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Chalky White 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Gray Fs36270 2.1
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Chalky White 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Japanese Navalrsenal Color Kure 2.8
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 3.2
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) MS Purple 3.3
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Gray 4.9
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Gray Fs36270 2.1
Insignia white Gray Fs36622 2.2
Insignia white Silver 2.6
Intermediate blue Barley Gray Bs4800/18b21 A 3.1
Italian red Deep Clear Red 2.6
Italian red Orange 4.1
J.A. green Russian Green "4bo" 6.3
J.A. grey Cockpit Color (Nakajima) 5.6
J.N. green Dark Green 3414 10.4
J.N. grey Gray Fs16440 3.7
Khaki Zinc-chromate Type I Fs34151 2.6
Khaki Khaki Brown 7.3
Khaki drab Dark Green 3414 9.7
Lacquer thinner Chalky White 0.0
Lavender Clear Violet 7.1
Lemon yellow Chiara Yellow 1.5
Light blue Light Gray 2.9
Light blue Light Gray 4.9
Light blue Interior Blue (Soviet) 5.9
Light brown (DAK 1941) Flesh 2.4
Light ghost gray IJN Gray (Mitsubishi) 3.3
Light ghost grey Gray Fs36375 1.8
Light gray Light Gray Fs36495 A 5.9
Light gray Gray Fs26440 3.6
Light gray Clear Silver 4.6
Light gray (IJA) Gray Fs26440 3.3
Light gray (IJN) Light Gray Fs36495 A 3.8
Light green IJN Type22 Camoflage Color 10.7
Light green Lime Green 11.5
Light green (Luftwaffe) RLM82 Light Green A 4.7
Light grey Medium Seagray Bs381c 637 3.2
Light gun metal Dark Gray (2) 3.0
Light gun metal JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 2.6
Light metallic blue Air Superiority Blue 4.8
Light sand Flesh 4.6
Light sand Dark Yellow Highlight 1 1.8
Light sea grey Clear Black 4.0
Linoleum deck brown Red Brown (2) 4.6
Linoleum deck brown Red Brown Ii 5.4
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Dark Earth 3.5
Maroon Red Brown Ii 2.8
Matt black MS Red 0.3
Matt white Chalky White 0.0
Medium blue Dark Seagray Bs381c 638 3.1
Medium gray JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 3.7
Medium grey Gray Fs26440 3.6
Medium sea gray Ija Gray 5.1
Medium sea gray 2 Light Gray 4.4
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Chalky White 0.0
Metallic black Rlm66 Black Gray 0.3
Metallic black JMSDF Cleated Deck Color 3.1
Metallic blue Blue Gray 4.4
Metallic blue Blue 0.7
Metallic brown Brass 7.7
Metallic gold Duck Egg Green 7.0
Metallic gray Dark Gray (2) 2.5
Metallic gray Chalky White 0.0
Metallic green Emerald Green 1.4
Metallic grey German Gray Highlight 2 1.6
Metallic orange Orange Yellow 0.2
Metallic orange Chalky White 0.0
Metallic red Clear Red 1.1
Metallic silver Super Fine Silver 2 1.6
Mica blue MS Sazabi Red 1.8
Mica blue MS Sazabi Red 1.9
Mica red Character Red 0.3
Mica red Fluorescent Orange 2.1
Mica silver Silver 2.4
Mica silver Super Stainless 2 0.9
Mixing blue Phthalo Cyanine Blue 4.3
Mixing red RLM23 Red 0.0
Mixing yellow Clear Yellow 0.5
NATO black Teerschwarz 2.5
NATO black Black 0.0
NATO black Teerschwarz 2.5
NATO brown Red Brown (2) 8.2
NATO brown Wood Brown 0.0
NATO brown Red Brown (2) 8.2
NATO green Russian Green "4bo" 5.7
NATO green Field Green Fs34097 1.5
NATO green Russian Green "4bo" 5.7
Navy blue Rlm70 Black Green 4.0
Neutral gray JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 2.9
Neutral grey Japanese Navalrsenal Color Kure 2.8
Ocean gray JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 2.6
Ocean gray 2 IJN Gray 2.0
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Chalky White 0.0
Olive drab RLM80 Olive Green A 7.2
Olive drab RLM80 Olive Green A 7.2
Olive drab Olive Drab Highlight 1 2.9
Olive drab RLM80 Olive Green A 7.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) RLM80 Olive Green A 8.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Field Green Fs34097 1.5
Olive drab (JGSDF) RLM80 Olive Green A 9.0
Olive drab 2 Grass Color 2.2
Olive drab 2 Russian Green "4bo" 1947 5.3
Olive green IJN Green 6.2
Olive green Russian Green "4bo" 5.6
Orange Orange Yellow 3.3
Orange Clear Orange 3.5
Park green Yellow Green 2.8
Park green Yellow Green 1.9
Pearl blue MS Sazabi Red 1.3
Pearl blue Metal Dark Blue 3.1
Pearl clear Super Clear Gray Tone 0.7
Pearl clear Gray Fs36622 1.3
Pearl green Lime Green 6.4
Pearl light blue Azure Blue 6.5
Pearl light red Pink 8.5
Pearl white Chalky White 0.0
Pearl white Gray Fs36622 2.2
Pearl yellow Chalky White 0.0
Pink Pink 5.6
Pink Pink 10.3
Pure blue Blue 2.5
Pure blue Chalky White 0.0
Pure metallic red Clear Red 1.5
Pure metallic red Chalky White 0.0
Pure orange Character Yellow 3.4
Pure orange Chalky White 0.0
Pure red Clear Red 0.2
Pure red Clear Red 0.2
Pure white Chalky White 0.0
Pure yellow Fluorescent Yellow 0.3
Purple Clear Purple 4.0
Purple Clear Purple 4.0
RLM grey Dark Seagray 5.8
Racing blue MS Sazabi Red 1.3
Racing blue Cobalt Blue 2.1
Racing green Dark Green (Mitsubishi) 4.7
Racing white Chalky White 0.0
Racing white Plate Silver Next 0.6
Red Orange 4.1
Red brown Lederbraun 8.0
Red brown Lederbraun 8.0
Red brown 2 Chalky White 0.0
Red brown 2 Mud 2.8
Royal blue Phthalo Cyanine Blue 0.8
Royal light gray Jasdf Radome Gray 1.2
Royal light gray Jasdf Radome Gray 1.2
Rubber black Chalky White 0.0
Rubber black Black 0.0
Rubber black JMSDF Cleated Deck Color 1.1
Sea blue Gray Fs36081 3.5
Semi gloss black MS Red 0.3
Semi gloss black Russianircraft Blueii 1.5
Semi gloss black MS Red 0.3
Semi gloss clear Chalky White 0.5
Semi gloss clear Chalky White 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Chalky White 0.0
Semi-gloss clear Chalky White 0.0
Silver Silver 0.7
Silver leaf Super Stainless 2 0.9
Sky Cockpit Color (Nakajima) 3.7
Sky blue Interior Blue (Soviet) 3.5
Sky grey Gun Chrome 3.3
Smoke Dark Gray (1) 2.7
Smoke Super Stainless 2 1.0
Smoke Aluminium 5.5
Sparkling silver Silver 1.0
Tan Japanese Khaki 1.8
Titanium gold Sail Color 4.1
Titanium gold Yellow Fs33531 5.2
Titanium gold Sail Color 1.7
Titanium silver Gray Green 6.4
Titanium silver Gray Fs36622 4.7
Titanium silver Jasdf Radome Gray 3.4
White Chalky White 0.0
White Chalky White 0.0
Wooden deck tan IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) 2.6
Wooden deck tan Cement Gray 3.0
Wooden deck tan Dark Yellow Highlight 1 3.0
Yellow Chiara Yellow 1.5
Yellow green Interior Green 10.2
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Rough Sand 4.0

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