Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Tom Color paint conversion chart

Every Tamiya paint with its closest Tom Color equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 298 rows, sorted by name.

208 of the 298 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Tom Color within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 67 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.6. The 90 gaps are not spread evenly: 19 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Tom Color does not answer.

How close is close enough? Reading the ΔE column

Moving a whole recipe across takes more than one pot. These search the boxed sets each range is sold in.

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TamiyaTom ColorΔE
Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss Branco 0.0
Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray RAL 7035 2.9
Base white Spray Branco 0.0
Black Acrylics Mini Gloss Preto 0.0
Black Lacquer Paint Preto 1.6
Black Spray Black Uniform Shadow 4.1
Black green Acrylics Mini Flat Verde Brasil 6.0
Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Azul Luminoso 6.1
Blue violet Spray Dark Cammo Grey Bs629 9.4
Bright mica red Spray Vermelho Flame 1.9
Bright orange Spray Suco De Laranja 4.0
Bright red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Flame 2.1
Bright red Spray Suco De Laranja 3.7
Brilliant blue Spray Escama do Boitatá 7.8
Brilliant orange Spray Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 7.8
British green Spray Verde Brasil 5.5
Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss Oxide Brown 5.5
Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss FS 30051 2.9
Brown (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat FS 30118 5.0
Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint Woodbrown Médio 3.4
Brown (JGSDF) Spray Japan Flight Suit Base 4.8
Buff Acrylics Mini Flat U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan 6.8
Buff Lacquer Paint Medium Skin Tone 3.1
Camel yellow Spray FS 13655 2.3
Candy lime green Spray Verde do Duende 8.7
Champagne gold Lacquer Paint Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer 4.2
Champagne gold Spray U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan 4.6
Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss RAL 7035 2.9
Chrome yellow Spray Amarelo Helena 5.6
Clear Acrylics Mini Gloss Branco 0.0
Clear blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Azul Marshmallow 6.8
Clear blue Lacquer Paint Azul Marshmallow 3.9
Clear blue Spray FS 35189 10.5
Clear green Acrylics Mini Gloss Verde do Duende 4.2
Clear orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 4.2
Clear orange Lacquer Paint Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 3.8
Clear orange Spray Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 11.4
Clear red Acrylics Mini Gloss Vermelho Flame 5.1
Clear red Lacquer Paint Rosa Nina 12.4
Clear red Spray Rosa Nina 10.5
Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Amarelo Girassol 2.1
Clear yellow Lacquer Paint Amarelo Girassol 2.2
Cockpit green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Pale Green Idf 5.9
Copper Acrylics Mini Flat Suco De Laranja 11.1
Coral blue Spray Verde Mimetico 53192 13.4
Dark blue Spray Azul Oceano 2.9
Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat Field Uniform Brown 6.3
Dark earth Aircraft Spray Deep Skin Tone 3.7
Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint FS 35189 5.7
Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray Faded Blue Jeans 3.5
Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat Russian 4bo Green 4.7
Dark green Aircraft Spray Vvs Dark Green 4.9
Dark green Aircraft Spray Vvs Dark Green 3.2
Dark green (IJA) Aircraft Spray Vvs Dark Green 1.8
Dark green (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Vvs Dark Green 1.5
Dark green (JGSDF) Spray Branco 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint Extra Dark Sea Green Raf 4.9
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Russian 4bo Green 5.5
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Verde Brasil 6.1
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Dark green 2 Aircraft Spray Forerst Green 2 4.7
Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint Antifoliage Green 3.7
Dark green 2 (IJN) Aircraft Spray Verde Brasil 5.3
Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint Verde Brasil 4.0
Dark green 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat Grigio Azzurro Scuro 3 2.7
Dark iron Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Dark iron Lacquer Paint Shadow Skin Tone 2.4
Dark mica blue Spray Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Shadow 2.4
Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat Black Uniform Light 1.1
Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Giallo Mimetico 2 2.8
Dark yellow Spray Giallo Mimetico 1 1.9
Dark yellow 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Lacquer Paint Giallo Mimetico 2 3.2
Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat FS 34424 5.6
Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat FS 30117 Earth Red 4.1
Deep metallic blue Spray Night Blue 4.0
Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat FS 10266 4.6
Dull red Spray Oxide Brown 9.9
Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint Marrone Mimetico 1 5.5
Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat London Grey RAL 7026 1.0
Field grey Acrylics Mini Flat FS 34227 5.1
Field grey Spray Antifoliage Green 5.5
Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat RAL 7035 2.5
Flat aluminum Lacquer Paint Bianco Neve 6 2.1
Flat base Acrylics Mini Gloss Branco 0.0
Flat base Lacquer Paint Branco 0.5
Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat Black Uniform Shadow 4.1
Flat black Lacquer Paint Preto 1.6
Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat Azul Luminoso 4.9
Flat blue Lacquer Paint Escama do Boitatá 7.8
Flat brown Acrylics Mini Flat FS 30117 Earth Red 6.7
Flat clear Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Flat clear Lacquer Paint Barley Grey 5.5
Flat earth Acrylics Mini Flat Oxide Brown 7.1
Flat earth Lacquer Paint Marrone Mimetico 1 8.2
Flat flesh Acrylics Mini Flat Base Skin Tone 9.8
Flat flesh Lacquer Paint Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer 7.9
Flat flesh Spray Medium Skin Tone 10.8
Flat green Acrylics Mini Flat Vvs Dark Green 1.6
Flat red Acrylics Mini Flat Suco De Laranja 3.7
Flat red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Flame 2.9
Flat white Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Flat yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Amarelo Helena 5.6
Flat yellow Lacquer Paint Amarelo Girassol 2.7
Fluorescent orange Spray Branco 0.0
Fluorescent red Spray Vermelho Flame 4.3
French blue Spray Raf Pru Blue Faded 6.6
German gray Lacquer Paint Cinza Azulado Médio 4.9
German grey Acrylics Mini Flat Raf Dark Green 1975-now 2.4
Gloss aluminum Lacquer Paint Bianco Neve 6 2.1
Gloss aluminum Spray RAL 7035 2.9
Gold Spray Amarelo Piquenique 4.6
Gold leaf Acrylics Mini Gloss Amarelo Piquenique 4.6
Gray green Aircraft Spray Dk Olive Green 328m 3.5
Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Seafoam Green 3.5
Gray green (IJN) Lacquer Paint Seafoam Green 3.7
Gray violet Aircraft Spray Cinza Azulado Médio 3.3
Green Acrylics Mini Gloss Vvs Dark Green 4.7
Green Aircraft Spray Couro Da Cuca 3.7
Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss RAL 7011 Iron Grey 2.7
Gun metal Lacquer Paint Dark Black Green Ijn 3.2
Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray Raf Dark Green 1975-now 3.7
Gunship grey Spray Dark Black Green Ijn 2.9
Haze grey Spray Blue Grey 058m 2.7
Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat Noz Moscada 6.1
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Cinza Médio 2.0
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Bs381c:638 Grey 1.4
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint FS 36176 1.3
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint FS 36231 2.9
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Dark Sea Grey 3.1
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Bs381c:638 Grey 2.8
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray Bs381c:638 Grey 1.4
Insignia white Aircraft Spray FS 37875 Insignia White 2.2
Insignia white Lacquer Paint Bianco Neve 6 1.4
Intermediate blue Aircraft Spray Faded Blue Jeans 4.4
Italian red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Gorro de Saci 4.4
Italian red Spray Suco De Laranja 3.7
J.A. green Acrylics Mini Flat Forerst Green 2 3.1
J.A. grey Acrylics Mini Flat FS 34424 5.5
J.N. green Acrylics Mini Flat Russian 4bo Green 3.2
J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat Seafoam Green 6.8
Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat FS 14151 5.3
Khaki Lacquer Paint USAF Pilot Belts And Details 4.7
Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat Russian 4bo Green 2.6
Lacquer thinner Lacquer Paint Branco 0.0
Lavender Spray Roxo Puro 10.6
Lemon yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Amarelo Girassol 2.1
Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat Ija Light Green Grey 8.6
Light blue Aircraft Spray Ija Light Green Grey 10.6
Light blue Spray Azul Marshmallow 5.7
Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint Giallo Mimetico 1 6.4
Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint Barley Grey 6.0
Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray FS 35189 3.3
Light gray Aircraft Spray FS 36622 4.4
Light gray Aircraft Spray Sky Type S 3.0
Light gray Lacquer Paint Couro Branco 2.8
Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray Seafoam Green 6.4
Light gray (IJN) Lacquer Paint FS 36622 3.1
Light green Acrylics Mini Gloss Verde do Duende 13.2
Light green Spray FS 33481 Zinc Chromate Yellow 16.3
Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Verde 4.8
Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat Bs263 Atlantic Grey 2.2
Light gun metal Lacquer Paint RAL 7042 Trafic Grey 3.6
Light gun metal Spray RAL 7042 Trafic Grey 2.9
Light metallic blue Spray Navy Blue Usn WW2 7.7
Light sand Lacquer Paint Medium Skin Tone 3.2
Light sand Spray Giallo Mimetico 1 3.2
Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat Dunkelgrau Dkm51 4.3
Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat Oxide Brown 7.8
Linoleum deck brown Spray FS 30051 5.7
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint Shadow Skin Tone 2.9
Maroon Spray FS 30051 8.5
Matt black Spray Black Uniform Shadow 4.1
Matt white Spray Branco 0.0
Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat RAL 7011 Iron Grey 4.6
Medium gray Aircraft Spray Ocean Grey Raf 2.8
Medium grey Acrylics Mini Flat Sky Type S 3.0
Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray Ija Light Green Grey 3.2
Medium sea gray 2 Aircraft Spray Primer Acrílico Cinza Primer 7.3
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Metallic black Lacquer Paint Tire Black 3.5
Metallic black Spray Dark Black Green Ijn 4.0
Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Navy Blue Usn WW2 10.4
Metallic blue Spray Escama do Boitatá 7.3
Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss Vermelho Cabelo do Curupira 11.5
Metallic gold Spray Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer 3.3
Metallic gray Lacquer Paint Bs381c:638 Grey 3.7
Metallic gray Spray Branco 0.0
Metallic green Spray Verde do Duende 6.4
Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat RAL 7012 Basaltgrau 1.9
Metallic orange Lacquer Paint Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 9.1
Metallic orange Spray Branco 0.0
Metallic red Spray Vermelho Flame 2.6
Metallic silver Spray Highlight Skin Tone 3.8
Mica blue Lacquer Paint Azul Do Charlie 5.3
Mica blue Spray Azul Do Charlie 5.5
Mica red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Gorro de Saci 1.9
Mica red Spray Vermelho Flame 2.2
Mica silver Lacquer Paint Highlight Skin Tone 3.7
Mica silver Spray RAL 7035 2.5
Mixing blue Lacquer Paint Raf Insignia Blue 6.2
Mixing red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Melancia 6.5
Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer 4.5
NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat Black Uniform Shadow 1.6
NATO black Lacquer Paint Preto 0.0
NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat Oxide Brown 7.6
NATO brown Lacquer Paint Deep Skin Tone 5.4
NATO green Acrylics Mini Flat Forerst Green 2 5.7
NATO green Lacquer Paint Forest Green V.2 7.3
Navy blue Aircraft Spray Azul Luminoso 1.9
Neutral gray Aircraft Spray Radome Grey Modern Jets 1.6
Neutral grey Acrylics Mini Flat Bs263 Atlantic Grey 2.7
Ocean gray Aircraft Spray RAL 7011 Iron Grey 1.4
Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray Gris Bleu Chair 2.7
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat Merdc Forest Green 1.6
Olive drab Lacquer Paint Verde Mimetico 3 2.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Idf Green 3.2
Olive drab (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint Forest Green V.2 7.3
Olive drab (JGSDF) Spray Idf Green 4.1
Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint Extra Dark Sea Green Raf 2.3
Olive drab 2 Spray Merdc Forest Green 4.3
Olive green Acrylics Mini Flat Vvs Dark Green 3.6
Olive green Aircraft Spray Forerst Green 2 2.3
Orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 7.8
Orange Spray Suco De Laranja 9.5
Park green Acrylics Mini Gloss Verde do Duende 6.8
Park green Spray Verde do Duende 5.0
Pearl blue Lacquer Paint Azul Do Charlie 5.3
Pearl blue Spray Azul Luminoso 4.7
Pearl clear Lacquer Paint Branco 1.8
Pearl clear Spray Branco Lavado 2.9
Pearl green Spray FS 34424 9.3
Pearl light blue Spray FS 35231 1.6
Pearl light red Spray Rosa Cessna 4.4
Pearl white Lacquer Paint Branco 0.0
Pearl white Spray FS 37875 Insignia White 2.2
Pearl yellow Spray Branco 0.0
Pink Acrylics Mini Gloss Rosa Cessna 4.9
Pink Spray Rosa Cessna 7.8
Pure blue Lacquer Paint Escama do Boitatá 7.7
Pure blue Spray Branco 0.0
Pure metallic red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Flame 2.9
Pure metallic red Spray Branco 0.0
Pure orange Lacquer Paint Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça 2.7
Pure orange Spray Branco 0.0
Pure red Lacquer Paint Vermelho Flame 1.7
Pure red Spray Vermelho Flame 1.9
Pure white Spray Branco 0.0
Pure yellow Lacquer Paint Amarelo Girassol 3.0
Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss Azul Do Charlie 5.3
RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat FS 34227 4.1
Racing blue Lacquer Paint Azul Do Charlie 5.3
Racing blue Spray Azul 5.3
Racing green Spray Vvs Dark Green 1.8
Racing white Lacquer Paint Branco 0.0
Racing white Spray Bianco Neve 6 3.0
Red Acrylics Mini Gloss Suco De Laranja 3.7
Red brown Acrylics Mini Flat FS 30051 7.4
Red brown 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint Rusted Umber 3.1
Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Raf Insignia Blue 4.1
Royal light gray Acrylics Mini Flat RAL 7035 3.2
Rubber black Acrylics Mini Flat Branco 0.0
Rubber black Lacquer Paint Preto 0.0
Rubber black Spray Dark Black Green Ijn 3.3
Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat London Grey RAL 7026 2.9
Semi gloss black Acrylics Mini Gloss Black Uniform Shadow 4.1
Semi gloss black Lacquer Paint Preto 1.6
Semi gloss clear Acrylics Mini Gloss Branco 0.0
Semi gloss clear Lacquer Paint Branco 0.5
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Spray Branco 0.0
Silver Lacquer Paint Bianco Neve 6 2.8
Silver leaf Spray RAL 7035 2.5
Sky Acrylics Mini Flat FS 34424 6.0
Sky blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Azul Marshmallow 5.4
Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat Silbergrau Dkm50 3.9
Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss FS 36314 1.6
Smoke Lacquer Paint RAL 7035 1.2
Smoke Spray Silbergrau Dkm50 6.8
Sparkling silver Lacquer Paint Bianco Neve 6 2.0
Tan Aircraft Spray Afrika Mustard 1.2
Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss Light Wood 2.6
Titanium gold Lacquer Paint Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer 1.4
Titanium gold Spray U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan 4.1
Titanium silver Acrylics Mini Gloss FS 36622 2.1
Titanium silver Lacquer Paint FS 36622 2.5
Titanium silver Spray FS 36622 3.4
White Acrylics Mini Gloss Branco 0.0
Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat Medium Skin Tone 3.5
Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint Sky Type S 6.0
Wooden deck tan Spray FS 30279 4.9
Yellow Spray Amarelo Girassol 2.1
Yellow green Acrylics Mini Flat Amarelo Mostarda 7.7
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint Afrika Mustard 5.0

Converting a one-coat range? Contrast, Speedpaint and Xpress rows need a tighter bracket than the rest of this table

Reverse: Tom Color → Tamiya

The reverse chart is a different answer, not this one upside down: how much of a range another really covers, in both directions