Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Scale75 paint conversion chart

Every Tamiya paint with its closest Scale75 equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 320 rows, sorted by name.

246 of the 320 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Scale75 within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 98 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.0. The 74 gaps are not spread evenly: 23 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Scale75 does not answer.

TamiyaScale75ΔE
Acrylic thinner Medium Wet 0.0
Bare-metal silver Primer Surface White 2.7
Base white Medium Wet 0.0
Black Dark Stains 0.0
Black Dark Stains 1.6
Black Eclipse Grey 1.0
Black green Sap Green 4.5
Blue Light Ultramarine 3.8
Blue Light Ultramarine 3.8
Blue violet Mediterranean Blue 1.1
Bright mica red Red Label 1.4
Bright orange Red Ecstasy 1.6
Bright red Red Label 1.3
Bright red Red Ecstasy 1.1
Brilliant blue Cobalt Blue 3.9
Brilliant orange Permanent Orange 6.4
British green Sap Green 2.8
Bronze Demon Brown 2.0
Brown Burgundy Wine Red 5.1
Brown (JGSDF) Ss Camo Medium Brown 7.1
Brown (JGSDF) Gobi Brown 1.3
Brown (JGSDF) Raw Umber 3.5
Buff Zombie Skin 4.5
Buff Us Medium Brown 2.2
Camel yellow Rotten Pus 1.3
Candy lime green Spring Green 4.7
Champagne gold Panzer Yellow 3.4
Champagne gold Panzer Yellow 4.3
Chrome silver Primer Surface White 2.7
Chrome yellow Yellow Code 0.4
Clear Medium Wet 0.0
Clear Medium Wet 0.0
Clear Medium Wet 0.0
Clear blue Hiril Blue 3.6
Clear blue Sky Blue 6.0
Clear blue Hiril Blue 6.2
Clear green Alizarin Green 2.1
Clear orange Neon Orange 6.4
Clear orange Dwarven Gold 5.9
Clear orange Permanent Orange 2.9
Clear red Love Affair 3.8
Clear red Magenta 7.6
Clear red Magenta 10.2
Clear yellow Marduk Yellow 2.6
Clear yellow Marduk Yellow 2.9
Cockpit green (IJN) Slimer Green 8.2
Copper Orange 2.9
Coral blue Jade Green 3.5
Dark blue Deep Ocean 2.9
Dark copper Orange Leather 2.8
Dark earth Pale Earth 3.7
Dark ghost gray Cobalt Metal 1.6
Dark ghost grey Bering Blue 4.5
Dark green Ss Camo Dark Green 5.6
Dark green Sap Green 3.0
Dark green Ss Camo Italian Green 6.8
Dark green Ss Camo Dark Green 5.6
Dark green (IJA) Sap Green 6.3
Dark green (JGSDF) Sap Green 6.5
Dark green (JGSDF) Medium Wet 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Field Grey 1 1.4
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Ss Camo Dark Green 5.4
Dark green 2 Sap Green 5.0
Dark green 2 Medium Wet 0.0
Dark green 2 Field Grey 1 3.1
Dark green 2 Alizarin Green 11.1
Dark green 2 (IJN) Sap Green 2.5
Dark green 2 (IJN) Inktense Green 1.6
Dark green 2 (RAF) Medium Wet 0.0
Dark grey Titanium Grey 1.9
Dark iron Medium Wet 0.0
Dark iron Burnt Umber 2.5
Dark mica blue Primer Surface Black 6.0
Dark sea grey Dunkelgrau Gray 2.2
Dark yellow Dunkelgelb Yellow 1.9
Dark yellow Ss Camo Ocher Brown 1.9
Dark yellow 2 Medium Wet 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Dunkelgelb Yellow 0.7
Deck tan Zombie Skin 6.5
Deep green Slate Gray 4.4
Deep metallic blue Ocean Blue 4.4
Desert yellow Dwarven Gold 4.8
Dull red Deep Red 6.6
Dull red.jpeg Dark Rust 4.9
Field blue Panzer Grey 3.1
Field grey Dust In Summertime 10.7
Field grey Ardenes Green 6.6
Flat aluminum Speed Metal 2.2
Flat aluminum Odorless Thinner 1.3
Flat base Medium Wet 0.0
Flat base Medium Wet 0.5
Flat black Eclipse Grey 1.0
Flat black Dark Stains 1.6
Flat blue Replenish Blue 4.7
Flat blue Flight Blue 2.4
Flat brown Slate Gray 4.7
Flat clear Medium Wet 0.0
Flat clear Artic Blue 1.3
Flat clear Medium Wet 0.0
Flat earth Bosh Chesnut 3.1
Flat earth Kalahari Orange 4.7
Flat flesh Golden Skin 3.7
Flat flesh Ss Camo Top Lights 2.5
Flat flesh Ss Camo Top Lights 5.1
Flat green Ss Camo Italian Green 7.7
Flat red Red Ecstasy 1.1
Flat red Red Label 1.6
Flat white Medium Wet 0.0
Flat white Medium Wet 0.0
Flat yellow Yellow Code 0.4
Flat yellow Sulfur Yellow 3.8
Fluorescent orange Medium Wet 0.0
Fluorescent red Neon Red 2.8
French blue Sky Blue 2.3
German gray Pastel Blue 4.6
German grey Titanium Grey 2.6
German grey Titanium Grey 2.6
Gloss aluminum Odorless Thinner 1.3
Gloss aluminum Primer Surface White 2.7
Gold Naples Yellow 3.2
Gold leaf Naples Yellow 3.2
Gray green Riff Green 5.7
Gray green (IJN) Undead Dragon 6.4
Gray green (IJN) Undead Dragon 6.4
Gray green (IJN) Undead Dragon 6.9
Gray violet Graphene Gray 5.1
Green Sap Green 5.6
Green Riff Green 4.8
Gun metal Dunkelgrau Gray 2.6
Gun metal Black Metal 2.2
Gun metal Dunkelgrau Gray 2.6
Gunship gray 2 Graphene Gray 4.5
Gunship grey Rlyeh Grey 1.3
Haze grey Bering Blue 5.1
Hull red Grizzly Brown 6.0
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Bering Blue 6.4
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Bering Blue 6.4
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Medium Wet 0.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Medium Wet 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Winter Grey 2.8
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Medium Wet 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Violet Grey 5.9
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Violet Grey 5.8
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Graphene Gray 2.7
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Winter Grey 5.0
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Winter Grey 2.8
Insignia white Vanilla White 3.8
Insignia white Odorless Thinner 2.6
Intermediate blue Bering Blue 6.5
Italian red Primary Red 2.8
Italian red Red Ecstasy 1.1
J.A. green Ss Camo Italian Green 4.6
J.A. grey Undead Flesh 7.3
J.N. green Ss Camo Dark Green 6.0
J.N. grey Undead Dragon 6.3
Khaki Sherwood Green 6.4
Khaki Green Ochre 5.1
Khaki drab Ss Camo Dark Green 5.3
Lacquer thinner Medium Wet 0.0
Lavender Inktense Violet 7.8
Lemon yellow Marduk Yellow 2.6
Light blue Hellbound Flesh 5.2
Light blue Caribbean Blue 6.8
Light blue Hiril Blue 3.4
Light brown (DAK 1941) Desert Yellow 2.9
Light ghost gray Artic Blue 2.4
Light ghost grey Pastel Green 6.5
Light gray Mojave White 5.1
Light gray Nacar 3.9
Light gray City Dust 4.8
Light gray (IJA) Hellbound Flesh 4.9
Light gray (IJN) Undead Dragon 4.7
Light green Goblin Flesh 3.0
Light green Goblin Flesh 5.0
Light green (Luftwaffe) Green Moss 4.7
Light grey Field Gray 5.5
Light gun metal Winter Grey 3.9
Light gun metal Winter Grey 5.6
Light metallic blue Leviathan Blue 2.9
Light sand Us Medium Brown 2.0
Light sand Ss Camo Ocher Brown 3.2
Light sea grey Grey Spell 2.1
Linoleum deck brown Endurance Brown 2.8
Linoleum deck brown Burgundy Wine Red 3.3
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Burnt Umber 4.2
Maroon Burgundy Wine Red 4.2
Matt black Eclipse Grey 1.0
Matt white Medium Wet 0.0
Medium blue Basilisk Green 4.1
Medium gray Field Gray 5.9
Medium grey Nacar 3.9
Medium sea gray Nacar 5.3
Medium sea gray 2 Hellbound Flesh 3.7
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Medium Wet 0.0
Metallic black Eclipse Grey 3.1
Metallic black Titanium Grey 2.3
Metallic blue Magic Blue 2.0
Metallic blue Replenish Blue 3.0
Metallic brown Inktense Chesnut 5.8
Metallic gold Panzer Yellow 3.1
Metallic gray Winter Grey 1.5
Metallic gray Medium Wet 0.0
Metallic green Alizarin Green 3.3
Metallic grey Primer Surface Gray 3.4
Metallic orange Tiamat Orange 4.9
Metallic orange Medium Wet 0.0
Metallic red Red Label 0.7
Metallic silver Speed Metal 1.7
Mica blue Light Ultramarine 2.8
Mica blue Light Ultramarine 2.4
Mica red Antares Red 1.4
Mica red Red Label 3.4
Mica silver Speed Metal 2.6
Mica silver Speed Metal 2.2
Mixing blue Inktense Blue 3.8
Mixing red Crimsom 3.3
Mixing yellow Sulfur Yellow 0.6
NATO black Inktense Black 2.2
NATO black Dark Stains 0.0
NATO black Inktense Black 2.2
NATO brown Burnt Sienna 2.6
NATO brown Ss Camo Gray Brown 1.7
NATO brown Burnt Sienna 2.6
NATO green Zucchini Green 6.5
NATO green Field Grey 1 3.7
NATO green Zucchini Green 6.5
Navy blue Cantabric Blue 4.6
Neutral gray Graphite 5.4
Neutral grey Field Gray 6.1
Ocean gray Dunkelgrau Gray 3.6
Ocean gray 2 Bering Blue 1.5
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Medium Wet 0.0
Olive drab Ss Camo Medium Green 4.3
Olive drab Ss Camo Medium Green 4.3
Olive drab Toad Green 2.3
Olive drab Ss Camo Medium Green 4.3
Olive drab (JGSDF) Ss Camo Medium Green 6.9
Olive drab (JGSDF) Field Grey 1 3.7
Olive drab (JGSDF) Ss Camo Italian Green 7.4
Olive drab 2 Merm Green 2.3
Olive drab 2 Ss Camo Medium Green 5.1
Olive green Sap Green 4.8
Olive green Zucchini Green 5.8
Orange Permanent Orange 6.4
Orange Orange Neon 2.9
Park green Alizarin Green 5.6
Park green Spring Green 5.2
Pearl blue Light Ultramarine 2.8
Pearl blue Light Ultramarine 3.5
Pearl clear White Ink 1.3
Pearl clear Vanilla White 2.8
Pearl green Spring Green 9.8
Pearl light blue Light Sky 3.6
Pearl light red Ruby Alchemy 7.8
Pearl white Medium Wet 0.0
Pearl white Vanilla White 3.8
Pearl yellow Medium Wet 0.0
Pink Pastel Pink 8.9
Pink Tourmaline Alchemy 6.7
Pure blue Cobalt Blue 5.0
Pure blue Medium Wet 0.0
Pure metallic red Red Label 0.7
Pure metallic red Medium Wet 0.0
Pure orange Neon Orange 4.8
Pure orange Medium Wet 0.0
Pure red Red Label 1.8
Pure red Red Label 1.4
Pure white Medium Wet 0.0
Pure yellow Full Healing 0.2
Purple Oxford Blue 1.8
Purple Oxford Blue 1.8
RLM grey Peridot Alchemy 6.3
Racing blue Light Ultramarine 2.8
Racing blue Dark Ultramarine 4.7
Racing green Sap Green 6.3
Racing white Medium Wet 0.0
Racing white Odorless Thinner 1.5
Red Red Ecstasy 1.1
Red brown Burnt Skin 5.0
Red brown Burnt Skin 5.0
Red brown 2 Medium Wet 0.0
Red brown 2 Werewolf Brown 2.3
Royal blue Ocean Blue 4.5
Royal light gray Primer Surface White 5.0
Royal light gray Primer Surface White 5.0
Rubber black Medium Wet 0.0
Rubber black Dark Stains 0.0
Rubber black Black Metal 1.7
Sea blue Panzer Grey 3.1
Semi gloss black Eclipse Grey 1.0
Semi gloss black Dark Stains 1.6
Semi gloss black Eclipse Grey 1.0
Semi gloss clear Medium Wet 0.5
Semi gloss clear Medium Wet 0.0
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Medium Wet 0.0
Semi-gloss clear Medium Wet 0.0
Silver Odorless Thinner 0.0
Silver leaf Speed Metal 2.2
Sky Undead Flesh 4.0
Sky blue Sky Blue 2.6
Sky grey Artic Blue 4.3
Smoke Graphite 1.7
Smoke Speed Metal 3.5
Smoke Spectral Wolf 3.4
Sparkling silver Odorless Thinner 1.3
Tan Iroko 5.9
Titanium gold Panzer Yellow 4.3
Titanium gold Panzer Yellow 1.5
Titanium gold Panzer Yellow 3.5
Titanium silver Mojave White 2.4
Titanium silver Vanilla White 4.3
Titanium silver Undead Dragon 4.7
White Medium Wet 0.0
White Medium Wet 0.0
Wooden deck tan Dark Sand 2.5
Wooden deck tan Thar Brown 2.7
Wooden deck tan Gelbraun Brown 2.4
Yellow Marduk Yellow 2.6
Yellow green Pistachio Green Ink 2.6
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Blackert Brown 4.4

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