Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Reaper paint conversion chart

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

257 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Reaper within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 99 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.4. The 63 gaps are not spread evenly: 15 of them are blue-greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Reaper does not answer.

TamiyaReaperΔE
Acrylic thinner Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Bare-metal silver Misty Grey 3.1
Base white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Black Brush-On Black Primer 0.0
Black Dragon Black 0.7
Black Grey Liner 1.0
Black green Ancient Oak 1.9
Blue Twilight Purple 4.5
Blue Twilight Purple 4.5
Blue violet Desna Blue 6.6
Bright mica red Magma Red 3.8
Bright orange Holly Berry 3.5
Bright red Clear Red 3.5
Bright red Holly Berry 4.2
Brilliant blue Brilliant Blue 4.2
Brilliant orange Highlight Orange 5.4
British green Ancient Oak 3.4
Bronze Wyvern Leather 4.1
Brown Brown Ink 6.1
Brown (JGSDF) Olive Skin Shadow 2.5
Brown (JGSDF) Rich Leather 4.7
Brown (JGSDF) Brown Sand 2.7
Buff Moldy Skin 4.1
Buff Golden Skin 1.7
Camel yellow Ogre Skin 2.8
Candy lime green Lini Green 4.8
Champagne gold Cairn Stone 1.6
Champagne gold Moldy Skin 3.9
Chrome silver Misty Grey 3.1
Chrome yellow Candlelight Yellow 0.4
Clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Clear blue Surf Aqua 7.5
Clear blue Marid Blue 3.3
Clear blue Surf Aqua 4.2
Clear green Viper Green 2.7
Clear orange Hearth Fire 3.4
Clear orange Marigold Yellow 2.7
Clear orange Sunrise Orange 3.5
Clear red Brilliant Red 2.3
Clear red Clear Magenta 0.9
Clear red Clear Magenta 3.1
Clear yellow Canary Yellow 1.4
Clear yellow Canary Yellow 1.3
Cockpit green (IJN) Olive Green 2.6
Copper Orange Brown 2.0
Coral blue Spectral Glow 3.7
Dark blue Deep Twilight 3.9
Dark copper Scorched Metal 3.6
Dark earth Basic Dirt 4.4
Dark ghost gray Hobgoblin Blue 4.4
Dark ghost grey Ashen Blue 7.1
Dark green Green Liner 4.1
Dark green Dragon Green 2.7
Dark green Adonese Green 3.8
Dark green Green Liner 4.1
Dark green (IJA) Adonese Green 3.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Adonese Green 3.9
Dark green (JGSDF) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Highland Moss 9.1
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Green Liner 3.4
Dark green 2 Ancient Oak 1.7
Dark green 2 Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Dark green 2 Pine Green 7.1
Dark green 2 Turf Green 9.7
Dark green 2 (IJN) Ancient Oak 3.7
Dark green 2 (IJN) Forest Green 5.8
Dark green 2 (RAF) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Dark grey Black Wash 2.7
Dark iron Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Dark iron Basic Dirt 4.1
Dark mica blue Nightmare Black 1.7
Dark sea grey Shadowed Stone 5.6
Dark yellow Olive Skin Highlight 5.1
Dark yellow Antique Gold 1.4
Dark yellow 2 Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Olive Skin Highlight 5.1
Deck tan Moldy Skin 4.5
Deep green Sepia Wash 3.6
Deep metallic blue Ultramarine Shadow 3.4
Desert yellow Bugbear Fur 2.2
Dull red Bloodstain Red 0.4
Dull red.jpeg Minotaur Hide 2.0
Field blue Black Wash 3.5
Field grey Pale Lichen 9.3
Field grey Muddy Olive 10.2
Flat aluminum Misty Grey 0.0
Flat aluminum Polished Silver 1.9
Flat base Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Flat base Anti-Shine Additive 0.5
Flat black Grey Liner 1.0
Flat black Dragon Black 0.7
Flat blue Ultramarine Blue 4.1
Flat blue Morning-After Blues 3.3
Flat brown Sepia Liner 4.8
Flat clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Flat clear Gargoyle Grey 1.5
Flat clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Flat earth Brown Wash 3.1
Flat earth Tarnished Copper 3.9
Flat flesh Stark Naked 4.0
Flat flesh Stark Naked 2.6
Flat flesh Youthful Flesh 1.7
Flat green Adonese Green 3.7
Flat red Holly Berry 4.2
Flat red Clear Red 2.4
Flat white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Flat white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Flat yellow Candlelight Yellow 0.4
Flat yellow Canary Yellow 1.2
Fluorescent orange Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Fluorescent red Brilliant Red 4.0
French blue Cyan Blue 5.0
German gray Templar Blue 7.9
German grey Black Wash 4.2
German grey Black Wash 4.2
Gloss aluminum Polished Silver 1.9
Gloss aluminum Misty Grey 3.1
Gold Palomino Gold 5.3
Gold leaf Palomino Gold 5.3
Gray green Jungle Moss 2.2
Gray green (IJN) Pale Olive 5.6
Gray green (IJN) Pale Olive 5.6
Gray green (IJN) Pale Olive 5.5
Gray violet Templar Blue 4.6
Green Dragon Green 3.5
Green Jungle Moss 4.5
Gun metal Tempest Grey 5.3
Gun metal Stormy Grey 2.8
Gun metal Tempest Grey 5.3
Gunship gray 2 Templar Blue 4.7
Gunship grey Stormy Grey 2.5
Haze grey Pale Lichen 8.5
Hull red Red Liner 2.7
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Rainy Grey 6.3
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Rainy Grey 6.3
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Cloudy Grey 3.4
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Gozreh Gray 5.5
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Gozreh Gray 4.1
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Tempest Grey 5.5
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Cloudy Grey 6.1
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Cloudy Grey 3.4
Insignia white Skeleton White 1.3
Insignia white Polished Silver 3.1
Intermediate blue Ashen Blue 7.4
Italian red Phoenix Red 2.9
Italian red Holly Berry 4.2
J.A. green Military Green 4.7
J.A. grey Graveyard Bone 6.8
J.N. green Wilderness Green 5.2
J.N. grey Pale Olive 6.9
Khaki Hodag Green 4.9
Khaki Gnoll Pelt 2.0
Khaki drab Wilderness Green 6.3
Lacquer thinner Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Lavender Clear Purple 5.5
Lemon yellow Canary Yellow 1.4
Light blue Boggard Green 5.9
Light blue Boggard Green 6.0
Light blue Marid Blue 6.4
Light brown (DAK 1941) Bright Skin 3.9
Light ghost gray Gargoyle Grey 3.2
Light ghost grey Pale Lichen 7.4
Light gray Khaki Highlight 6.1
Light gray Vampiric Shadow 4.4
Light gray Skeleton Bone 2.8
Light gray (IJA) Boggard Green 2.5
Light gray (IJN) Undead Flesh 5.9
Light green Moth Green 1.9
Light green Moth Green 3.3
Light green (Luftwaffe) Muddy Olive 4.3
Light grey Cloudy Grey 7.3
Light gun metal Shadowed Steel 1.4
Light gun metal Shadowed Steel 3.6
Light metallic blue Marine Teal 3.5
Light sand Golden Skin 0.9
Light sand Amber Gold 2.1
Light sea grey Snow Shadow 3.6
Linoleum deck brown Ruddy Flesh 4.4
Linoleum deck brown Brown Ink 5.5
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Mountain Stone 3.7
Maroon Russet Brown 1.6
Matt black Grey Liner 1.0
Matt white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Medium blue Highland Moss 7.1
Medium gray Shadowed Steel 5.5
Medium grey Vampiric Shadow 4.4
Medium sea gray Ghoul Skin 5.9
Medium sea gray 2 Boggard Green 2.8
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Metallic black Carbon Grey 3.0
Metallic black Black Wash 1.4
Metallic blue Morning-After Blues 2.4
Metallic blue Oceanic Blue 3.8
Metallic brown Harvest Brown 2.7
Metallic gold Creamy Ivory 2.7
Metallic gray Cloudy Grey 1.4
Metallic gray Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Metallic green Clear Green 3.4
Metallic grey Shadowed Stone 5.7
Metallic orange Highlight Orange 2.4
Metallic orange Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Metallic red Clear Red 2.8
Metallic silver Foggy Grey 2.0
Mica blue Sapphire Blue 4.1
Mica blue Sapphire Blue 3.7
Mica red Rach Red 4.4
Mica red Magma Red 4.6
Mica silver Foggy Grey 2.2
Mica silver Misty Grey 0.0
Mixing blue Twilight Purple 2.8
Mixing red Fire Red 2.1
Mixing yellow Pale Saffron 2.1
NATO black Steel Wash 1.9
NATO black Brush-On Black Primer 0.0
NATO black Steel Wash 1.9
NATO brown Brown Ink 4.4
NATO brown Earth Brown 3.9
NATO brown Brown Ink 4.4
NATO green Shadow Green 2.3
NATO green Forest Green 6.0
NATO green Shadow Green 2.3
Navy blue Twilight Blue 3.6
Neutral gray Tarnished Steel 5.3
Neutral grey Shadowed Steel 5.9
Ocean gray Tempest Grey 6.9
Ocean gray 2 Glacial Mist 5.7
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Olive drab Military Green 2.6
Olive drab Military Green 2.6
Olive drab Skeleton Key 6.8
Olive drab Military Green 2.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Military Green 5.3
Olive drab (JGSDF) Forest Green 6.0
Olive drab (JGSDF) Wilderness Green 5.1
Olive drab 2 Military Green 7.8
Olive drab 2 Lone Star Leather 4.5
Olive green Wilderness Green 2.3
Olive green Adonese Green 3.7
Orange Highlight Orange 5.4
Orange Cavalier Orange 3.4
Park green Clear Green 3.2
Park green Clear Green 2.2
Pearl blue Sapphire Blue 3.7
Pearl blue Sapphire Blue 3.9
Pearl clear Anti-Shine Additive 1.8
Pearl clear Vampiric Highlight 3.2
Pearl green LED Blue 7.6
Pearl light blue Snow Shadow 4.3
Pearl light red Braaaains Pink 2.0
Pearl white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pearl white Skeleton White 1.3
Pearl yellow Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pink Tendril Pink 5.7
Pink Tendril Pink 3.5
Pure blue Oceanic Blue 4.0
Pure blue Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pure metallic red Clear Red 3.5
Pure metallic red Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pure orange Hearth Fire 2.0
Pure orange Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pure red Magma Red 3.7
Pure red Magma Red 3.8
Pure white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Pure yellow Lemon Yellow 1.5
Purple Clear Blue 3.7
Purple Clear Blue 3.7
RLM grey Pale Lichen 4.5
Racing blue Sapphire Blue 3.7
Racing blue Violet Light 3.8
Racing green Adonese Green 3.9
Racing white Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Racing white Polished Silver 0.4
Red Holly Berry 4.2
Red brown Brown Ink 3.6
Red brown Brown Ink 3.6
Red brown 2 Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Red brown 2 Dusky Skin Shadow 5.0
Royal blue Twilight Purple 3.5
Royal light gray Brush-On Grey Primer 2.7
Royal light gray Brush-On Grey Primer 2.7
Rubber black Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Rubber black Brush-On Black Primer 0.0
Rubber black Stormy Grey 1.5
Sea blue Black Wash 4.3
Semi gloss black Grey Liner 1.0
Semi gloss black Dragon Black 0.7
Semi gloss black Grey Liner 1.0
Semi gloss clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.5
Semi gloss clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Semi-gloss clear Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Silver Polished Silver 1.1
Silver leaf Misty Grey 0.0
Sky Graveyard Bone 3.0
Sky blue Glacier Blue 4.1
Sky grey Sparkling Blue 3.3
Smoke Tarnished Steel 3.3
Smoke Misty Grey 1.6
Smoke Ancient Wood 3.7
Sparkling silver Polished Silver 1.6
Tan Driftwood Brown 1.8
Titanium gold Yellowed Ivory 4.2
Titanium gold Cairn Stone 2.1
Titanium gold Cairn Stone 3.1
Titanium silver Khaki Highlight 3.7
Titanium silver Undead Flesh 1.9
Titanium silver Undead Flesh 5.9
White Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
White Anti-Shine Additive 0.0
Wooden deck tan Yellowed Ivory 3.7
Wooden deck tan Khaki Shadow 4.0
Wooden deck tan Stained Ivory 1.3
Yellow Canary Yellow 1.4
Yellow green Dungeon Slime 9.9
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Tanned Leather 2.2

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