Paint Equivalents

Tamiya to Vallejo paint conversion chart

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

261 of the 298 Tamiya colours below have an equivalent in Vallejo within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 113 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 2.5. The 37 gaps are not spread evenly: 14 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Tamiya range Vallejo 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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TamiyaVallejoΔE
Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Bare-metal silver Aircraft Spray USAF Light Gray Model Air 2.2
Base white Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Black Acrylics Mini Gloss Black Game Air 0.0
Black Lacquer Paint Black Mecha Color 0.8
Black Spray Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 0.3
Black green Acrylics Mini Flat Dark Green Game Color 7.3
Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Imperial Blue Game Air 2.7
Blue violet Spray Williamsburg Blue Arte Deco 4.5
Bright mica red Spray Calico Red Arte Deco 0.6
Bright orange Spray Pumpkin Arte Deco 3.2
Bright red Lacquer Paint Calico Red Arte Deco 0.5
Bright red Spray Pumpkin Arte Deco 4.2
Brilliant blue Spray Blue Wash Game Color Wash 2.2
Brilliant orange Spray Fluorescent Orange Premium Airbrush Color 2.7
British green Spray German Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 7.2
Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss Burnt Sienna Arte Deco 1.8
Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss Brown Engine Soot (Matt) Mecha Color 6.4
Brown (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Oil Stains (Gloss) Mecha Color 3.3
Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint English Uniform Hobby Paint 1.4
Brown (JGSDF) Spray Antique Gold Arte Deco 1.5
Buff Acrylics Mini Flat Ivory RLM05 Model Air 4.1
Buff Lacquer Paint Pale Flesh Game Air 3.1
Camel yellow Spray Medium Yellow Model Air 1.0
Candy lime green Spray Fluorescent Green Premium Airbrush Color 4.3
Champagne gold Lacquer Paint Uk BSC 64 Portland Stone Model Air 2.4
Champagne gold Spray Dead Flesh Game Air 2.3
Chrome silver Acrylics Mini Gloss USAF Light Gray Model Air 2.2
Chrome yellow Spray Deep Yellow Model Color 2.6
Clear Acrylics Mini Gloss Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Clear blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Sunrise Blue Game Air 3.9
Clear blue Lacquer Paint Light Sea Blue Model Air 4.0
Clear blue Spray Turquoise Mecha Color 6.7
Clear green Acrylics Mini Gloss Neon Green Arte Deco Colores Fluoresecents 2.4
Clear orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Sunset Orange Game Color 3.8
Clear orange Lacquer Paint Fluorescent Orange Premium Airbrush Color 3.9
Clear orange Spray Gold Yellow Game Air 3.3
Clear red Acrylics Mini Gloss Hot Orange Game Color 5.3
Clear red Lacquer Paint Fluorescent Magenta Game Color 4.2
Clear red Spray Fluorescent Magenta Game Color 3.5
Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 2.8
Clear yellow Lacquer Paint Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 3.0
Cockpit green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Green Sky Model Color 2.5
Copper Acrylics Mini Flat Phoenix Orange Xpress Color Intense 2.8
Coral blue Spray Green Rush Game Color Special FX 8.1
Dark blue Spray Imperial Blue Game Air 5.2
Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat Dark Ochre Premium Airbrush Color 1.2
Dark earth Aircraft Spray Oil Stains Weathering FX 2.0
Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint Flanker Blue Model Air 4.5
Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray Dark Blue Grey Model Color 1.9
Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat Angel Green Game Air 5.1
Dark green Aircraft Spray Olive Green Arte Deco 5.8
Dark green Aircraft Spray Angel Green Game Color 5.6
Dark green (IJA) Aircraft Spray Olive Green Arte Deco 4.1
Dark green (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Olive Green Arte Deco 4.3
Dark green (JGSDF) Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint Olive Green Wash FX 3.7
Dark green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Angel Green Game Air 4.1
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Dark Green Game Color 7.3
Dark green 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Dark green 2 Aircraft Spray Armor Green Xpress Color 2.4
Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint Mutation Green Game Color 5.5
Dark green 2 (IJN) Aircraft Spray German Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 6.9
Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint German Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 2.3
Dark green 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat Dark Blue Grey Model Color 2.2
Dark iron Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Dark iron Lacquer Paint Leather Brown Model Color 3.1
Dark mica blue Spray Night Blue Game Color 5.6
Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat Basalt Grey Model Color 1.9
Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Dark Yellow Wash FX 2.6
Dark yellow Spray German Yellow Model Color 2.2
Dark yellow 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Dark yellow 2 Lacquer Paint German Yellow Model Color 2.8
Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat Light Mud Panzer Aces 4.1
Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat Charred Brown Game Air 5.1
Deep metallic blue Spray Night Blue Game Color 5.0
Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Tan Glaze Model Color 2.7
Dull red Spray Flesh Shadows Panzer Aces 4.6
Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint Cavalry Brown Model Color 2.5
Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat Sombre Grey Game Air 2.5
Field grey Acrylics Mini Flat IDF/IAF Green Model Air 5.6
Field grey Spray Sick Green Hobby Paint 2.3
Flat aluminum Acrylics Mini Flat Heavy Bluegrey Game Color 1.2
Flat aluminum Lacquer Paint Steel Premium Airbrush Color 1.3
Flat base Acrylics Mini Gloss Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Flat base Lacquer Paint Arctic White Game Color 0.5
Flat black Acrylics Mini Flat Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 0.3
Flat black Lacquer Paint Black Mecha Color 0.8
Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat French Blue Model Air 1.3
Flat blue Lacquer Paint Light Turquoise Model Color 3.1
Flat brown Acrylics Mini Flat Beasty Brown Game Air 3.0
Flat clear Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Flat clear Lacquer Paint Russian AF Grey N.8 Model Air 1.2
Flat earth Acrylics Mini Flat Flat Earth Model Color 3.7
Flat earth Lacquer Paint Diesel Stains Weathering FX 2.7
Flat flesh Acrylics Mini Flat Orange Pink Premium Airbrush Color 0.8
Flat flesh Lacquer Paint British Tank Crew Highlights Panzer Aces 3.2
Flat flesh Spray Skin Tone Model Air 2.2
Flat green Acrylics Mini Flat Angel Green Game Color 5.6
Flat red Acrylics Mini Flat Pumpkin Arte Deco 4.2
Flat red Lacquer Paint Calico Red Arte Deco 1.5
Flat white Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Flat yellow Acrylics Mini Flat Deep Yellow Model Color 2.6
Flat yellow Lacquer Paint Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 3.7
Fluorescent orange Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Fluorescent red Spray Pumpkin Arte Deco 4.3
French blue Spray Deep Sky Blue Model Color 2.9
German gray Lacquer Paint Russian Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 3.0
German grey Acrylics Mini Flat German Tank Crew Panzer Aces 2.2
Gloss aluminum Lacquer Paint Steel Premium Airbrush Color 1.3
Gloss aluminum Spray USAF Light Gray Model Air 2.2
Gold Spray Antique Ochre Arte Deco 4.9
Gold leaf Acrylics Mini Gloss Antique Ochre Arte Deco 4.9
Gray green Aircraft Spray Lizard Green Xpress Color 2.2
Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat Eau de Nil “Duck Egg Green” Model Air 5.3
Gray green (IJN) Lacquer Paint Eau de Nil “Duck Egg Green” Model Air 4.7
Gray violet Aircraft Spray Wedgewood Blue Arte Deco 3.4
Green Acrylics Mini Gloss Olive Green Arte Deco 2.5
Green Aircraft Spray Black Green Arte Deco 2.8
Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss Field Blue Model Color 1.6
Gun metal Lacquer Paint 3B Russian Green Model Air 1.0
Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray Periscopes Panzer Aces 1.5
Gunship grey Spray Black Green RLM70 Model Air 1.3
Haze grey Spray Light Blue RLM78 Model Air 2.8
Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat Scarlet Red Game Air 2.8
IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat BS Medium Sea Grey Model Air 2.3
IJN gray (Maizuru Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Camouflage Gray Model Air 2.1
IJN gray (Yokosuka Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Neutral Gray Model Air 1.4
IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Aggressor Gray Model Air 1.4
IJN gray<br>(Sasebo Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Dark Sea Gray Model Air 0.6
IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint Intermediate Blue Model Color 1.4
IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray Camouflage Gray Model Air 2.1
Insignia white Aircraft Spray Crackle Medium Arte Deco 1.8
Insignia white Lacquer Paint German White Tank Crew Panzer Aces 0.9
Intermediate blue Aircraft Spray Pale Blue Model Air 5.3
Italian red Lacquer Paint Bloody Red Game Air 1.4
Italian red Spray Pumpkin Arte Deco 4.2
J.A. green Acrylics Mini Flat Angel Green Game Color 3.6
J.A. grey Acrylics Mini Flat Eau de Nil “Duck Egg Green” Model Air 5.8
J.N. green Acrylics Mini Flat Luftwaffe Green Model Color 6.1
J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat Mint Julep Arte Deco 3.5
Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat Camouflage Green Xpress Color 3.0
Khaki Lacquer Paint Dark Yellow Model Color 3.5
Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat Luftwaffe Green Model Color 5.4
Lacquer thinner Lacquer Paint Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Lavender Spray Purple Hex Nocturna Models 3.4
Lemon yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 2.8
Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat Light Blue RLM76 Model Air 5.5
Light blue Aircraft Spray Green Rush Game Color Special FX 3.9
Light blue Spray Sunrise Blue Game Air 3.7
Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint Sand Yellow Mecha Color 2.2
Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint Flanker Blue Model Air 2.3
Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray Light Blue RLM65 Model Air 3.6
Light gray Aircraft Spray Light Green Mecha Color 5.1
Light gray Aircraft Spray IJA Light Grey Green Model Air 1.1
Light gray Lacquer Paint White Grey Model Air 2.9
Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray USMC Tank Crew Highlights Panzer Aces 3.2
Light gray (IJN) Lacquer Paint Light Green Mecha Color 2.2
Light green Acrylics Mini Gloss Fluorescent Green Game Color 1.8
Light green Spray Fluorescent Green Game Color 3.9
Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray Forest Green Xpress Color 4.6
Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat A-14 Steel Grey Model Air 2.9
Light gun metal Lacquer Paint Steel Metal Color 1.0
Light gun metal Spray Jet Exhaust Metal Color 3.5
Light metallic blue Spray Turquoise Arte Deco 1.8
Light sand Lacquer Paint Bag of Bones Xpress Color 3.3
Light sand Spray US Interior Yellow Model Air 1.3
Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat UK Azure Blue Model Air 2.8
Linoleum deck brown Acrylics Mini Flat Flat Earth Model Color 4.0
Linoleum deck brown Spray Flesh Shadows Panzer Aces 5.3
Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint German Tank Crew Model Color 1.9
Maroon Spray Flesh Shadows Panzer Aces 1.8
Matt black Spray Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 0.3
Matt white Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat Russian Tank Crew I Panzer Aces 3.9
Medium gray Aircraft Spray Grey Green Model Air 3.4
Medium grey Acrylics Mini Flat IJA Light Grey Green Model Air 1.1
Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray Interior Grey Green Model Air 2.3
Medium sea gray 2 Aircraft Spray Pale Grey Blue Model Color 2.8
Medium sea gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Metallic black Lacquer Paint Grey Green Model Color 1.7
Metallic black Spray UK Bronze Green Surface Primer 1.6
Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Dark Turquoise Game Color 4.0
Metallic blue Spray Ultramarine Model Color 2.7
Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss Light Rust Panzer Aces 5.0
Metallic gold Spray Sand Mecha Color 5.4
Metallic gray Lacquer Paint Dark Steel Mecha Color 0.8
Metallic gray Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Metallic green Spray Acid Game Color Special FX 4.3
Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat Grey Violet RLM75 Model Air 2.6
Metallic orange Lacquer Paint Light Rust Wash Mecha Color 1.6
Metallic orange Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Metallic red Spray Calico Red Arte Deco 0.7
Metallic silver Spray Dark Gunmetal Game Color 2.1
Mica blue Lacquer Paint Magic Blue Game Air 2.4
Mica blue Spray Magic Blue Game Air 1.9
Mica red Lacquer Paint Naphthol Red Arte Deco 0.9
Mica red Spray Calico Red Arte Deco 2.6
Mica silver Lacquer Paint Dark Gunmetal Game Color 2.6
Mica silver Spray Heavy Bluegrey Game Color 1.2
Mixing blue Lacquer Paint Blueberry Arte Deco 1.9
Mixing red Lacquer Paint Fire Flame Nocturna Models 1.0
Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint Light Yellow Model Color 3.7
NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat Black Thick Mud Weathering FX 1.6
NATO black Lacquer Paint Black Game Air 0.0
NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat Parasite Brown Game Air 5.1
NATO brown Lacquer Paint Flat Earth Model Color 2.9
NATO green Acrylics Mini Flat Plantation Pine Arte Deco 6.3
NATO green Lacquer Paint USMC Tank Crew Panzer Aces 2.8
Navy blue Aircraft Spray Dark Blue RLM24 Model Air 3.6
Neutral gray Aircraft Spray Blue Grey Pale Model Color 1.5
Neutral grey Acrylics Mini Flat A-14 Steel Grey Model Air 2.7
Ocean gray Aircraft Spray Field Blue Model Color 3.0
Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray Grey Green Mecha Color 3.7
Ocean gray 2 (RAF) Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat Uniform Green Model Color 5.9
Olive drab Lacquer Paint Gunship Green Model Color 1.7
Olive drab (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat Luftwaffe Green Model Color 5.6
Olive drab (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint USMC Tank Crew Panzer Aces 2.8
Olive drab (JGSDF) Spray Angel Green Game Color 6.4
Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint Gunship Green Model Color 1.7
Olive drab 2 Spray Goblin Green Game Color 6.0
Olive green Acrylics Mini Flat Olive Green Arte Deco 6.1
Olive green Aircraft Spray Armor Green Xpress Color 5.8
Orange Acrylics Mini Gloss Fluorescent Orange Premium Airbrush Color 2.7
Orange Spray Heavy Orange Game Color 3.6
Park green Acrylics Mini Gloss Acid Game Color Special FX 4.6
Park green Spray Neon Green Arte Deco Colores Fluoresecents 5.5
Pearl blue Lacquer Paint Magic Blue Game Air 2.0
Pearl blue Spray Royal Blue Model Color 1.5
Pearl clear Lacquer Paint Pure White Mecha Color 1.3
Pearl clear Spray Ivory Mecha Color 2.8
Pearl green Spray Ghost Green Game Color 4.8
Pearl light blue Spray UK Azure Blue Model Air 3.9
Pearl light red Spray Fluid Pink Xpress Color 2.8
Pearl white Lacquer Paint Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pearl white Spray Crackle Medium Arte Deco 1.8
Pearl yellow Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pink Acrylics Mini Gloss Candy Magenta Premium Airbrush Color 4.4
Pink Spray Peaches Arte Deco 4.9
Pure blue Lacquer Paint Blue Wash Game Color Wash 1.8
Pure blue Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pure metallic red Lacquer Paint Calico Red Arte Deco 1.1
Pure metallic red Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pure orange Lacquer Paint Sun Yellow Game Air 2.9
Pure orange Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pure red Lacquer Paint Calico Red Arte Deco 0.9
Pure red Spray Calico Red Arte Deco 0.6
Pure white Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Pure yellow Lacquer Paint Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 2.5
Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss Medium Blue Arte Deco 4.9
RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat IDF/IAF Green Model Air 4.3
Racing blue Lacquer Paint Magic Blue Game Air 2.0
Racing blue Spray Ultra Blue Deep Arte Deco 4.3
Racing green Spray Olive Green Arte Deco 4.1
Racing white Lacquer Paint Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Racing white Spray Grey Hobby Paint 0.2
Red Acrylics Mini Gloss Pumpkin Arte Deco 4.2
Red brown Acrylics Mini Flat Parasite Brown Game Air 0.8
Red brown 2 Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint Mahogany Model Air 2.2
Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Dark Blue Model Color 3.0
Royal light gray Acrylics Mini Flat Wolf Grey Game Color 2.5
Rubber black Acrylics Mini Flat Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Rubber black Lacquer Paint Black Game Air 0.0
Rubber black Spray Dark Blue Grey Model Color 1.0
Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat Sombre Grey Game Air 2.7
Semi gloss black Acrylics Mini Gloss Russian Thick Mud Weathering FX 0.3
Semi gloss black Lacquer Paint Black Mecha Color 0.8
Semi gloss clear Acrylics Mini Gloss Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Semi gloss clear Lacquer Paint Arctic White Game Color 0.5
Semi-gloss bright gun metal Spray Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Silver Lacquer Paint Steel Premium Airbrush Color 0.0
Silver leaf Spray Heavy Bluegrey Game Color 1.2
Sky Acrylics Mini Flat Eau de Nil “Duck Egg Green” Model Air 6.8
Sky blue Acrylics Mini Gloss Deep Blue Mecha Color 1.9
Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat Wolf Grey Game Air 3.5
Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss Cement Grey Model Air 2.3
Smoke Lacquer Paint Silver Arte Deco 0.2
Smoke Spray Metallic Black Premium Airbrush Color 5.1
Sparkling silver Lacquer Paint Steel Premium Airbrush Color 1.3
Tan Aircraft Spray Desert Brown Model Color 1.4
Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss Ivory RLM05 Model Air 2.2
Titanium gold Lacquer Paint Sand Mecha Color 3.3
Titanium gold Spray Dead Flesh Game Air 1.5
Titanium silver Acrylics Mini Gloss Light Blue Model Air 3.4
Titanium silver Lacquer Paint White Grey Model Air 2.3
Titanium silver Spray Light Green Mecha Color 0.9
White Acrylics Mini Gloss Arctic White Game Color 0.0
Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat Bag of Bones Xpress Color 2.3
Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint Gold Metal Color 1.0
Wooden deck tan Spray Dark Sand Model Color 2.7
Yellow Spray Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 2.8
Yellow green Acrylics Mini Flat Bile Game Color Special FX 3.0
Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint Desert Yellow Model Color 2.7

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

Reverse: Vallejo → Tamiya

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