Paint Equivalents

Tom Color to Tamiya paint conversion chart

Every Tom Color paint with its closest Tamiya equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 271 rows, sorted by name.

185 of the 271 Tom Color colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 35 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.0. The 86 gaps are not spread evenly: 28 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Tom Color range Tamiya 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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Tom ColorTamiyaΔE
4bo Green Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 3.6
626 Camouflage Grey Raf Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 6.1
A-14 Steel Grey (russian WW2 Cockpit) IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 2.5
A-24m Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 8.3
Afrika Mustard Tan Aircraft Spray 1.2
Amarelo Pure yellow Lacquer Paint 3.3
Amarelo Girassol Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Amarelo Helena Camel yellow Spray 3.2
Amarelo Mostarda Flat yellow Lacquer Paint 7.6
Amarelo Piquenique Gold Spray 4.6
Amt-11 Light Grey IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 2.6
Amt-12 Dark Grey Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.7
Amt-4 Old Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 5.6
Amt-6 NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 2.7
Ana 601 Insignia White Insignia white Aircraft Spray 2.8
Ana 603 Sea Grey Ocean gray Aircraft Spray 3.0
Ana 607 Sea Blue Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.8
Ana 608 Intermed. Blue Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.8
Ana 611 Interior Green Olive drab 2 Spray 9.0
Ana 613 Olive Drab Olive drab Lacquer Paint 5.2
Ana 616 Sand Buff Lacquer Paint 11.3
Ana 620 Light Gull Grey Smoke Spray 7.5
Ana 621 Dark Dull Grey Medium gray Aircraft Spray 4.0
Antifoliage Green Dark green 2 Lacquer Paint 3.7
Arara Azul Mica blue Lacquer Paint 7.2
Azul Racing blue Spray 5.3
Azul Do Charlie Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss 5.3
Azul Luminoso Navy blue Aircraft Spray 1.9
Azul Marshmallow Clear blue Lacquer Paint 3.9
Azul Oceano Dark blue Spray 2.9
Azure Blue Pearl light blue Spray 3.3
Baby Room Blue Pearl light blue Spray 6.4
Barley Grey Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray 4.9
Base Skin Tone Metallic gold Spray 6.8
Bianco Neve 6 Insignia white Lacquer Paint 1.4
Black Uniform Base NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.3
Black Uniform Light Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 1.1
Black Uniform Shadow NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 1.6
Blue Grey 058m Haze grey Spray 2.7
Branco Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Branco Lavado Pearl clear Spray 2.9
Bronze Green Gray green Aircraft Spray 5.4
Bs263 Atlantic Grey Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.2
Bs381c:638 Grey IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 1.4
Buff (drybrush) Titanium gold Lacquer Paint 6.2
Carc Middlestone Buff Lacquer Paint 7.2
Carc Tan Buff Lacquer Paint 5.1
Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça Pure orange Lacquer Paint 2.7
Cinza Azulado Médio Gray violet Aircraft Spray 3.3
Cinza Médio IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 2.0
Cockpit Green Raf Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray 3.5
Couro Branco Light gray Lacquer Paint 2.8
Couro Da Cuca Green Aircraft Spray 3.7
Dark Black Green Ijn Gunship grey Spray 2.9
Dark Blue 438m Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat 7.0
Dark Cammo Grey Bs629 IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 4.4
Dark Earth Raf Dark earth Aircraft Spray 4.2
Dark Green Raf Olive drab Lacquer Paint 4.7
Dark Mediterranean Blue Navy blue Aircraft Spray 4.0
Dark Sea Grey Ocean gray Aircraft Spray 2.4
Deck Tan Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat 4.0
Deep Dark Green Ijn Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 6.9
Deep Skin Tone Dark earth Aircraft Spray 3.7
Dk Olive Green 328m Gray green Aircraft Spray 3.5
Dunkelgrau Dkm51 Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.3
Escama do Boitatá Gray violet Aircraft Spray 5.6
Extra Dark Sea Green Raf Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 2.3
Extra Dark Sea Grey Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.7
FS 10266 Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 4.6
FS 13655 Camel yellow Spray 2.3
FS 14151 Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 5.3
FS 15045 Deep metallic blue Spray 6.2
FS 15050 Navy blue Aircraft Spray 4.0
FS 30051 Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.9
FS 30095 Tan Aircraft Spray 2.7
FS 30117 Earth Red Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 4.1
FS 30118 Dark earth Aircraft Spray 4.7
FS 30140 Air Force Brown NATO brown Lacquer Paint 5.7
FS 30219 Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 5.2
FS 30260 Light sand Spray 3.4
FS 30279 Buff Lacquer Paint 4.8
FS 33070 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 3.7
FS 33481 Zinc Chromate Yellow Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 6.6
FS 33531 Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint 9.3
FS 34079 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 8.2
FS 34083 Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 8.3
FS 34086 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 7.9
FS 34088 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 6.7
FS 34092 Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 6.1
FS 34094 Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 4.5
FS 34102 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 5.1
FS 34159 Field grey Spray 6.9
FS 34227 RLM grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.1
FS 34424 Gray green (IJN) Lacquer Paint 5.1
FS 35164 IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 4.2
FS 35189 Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray 3.3
FS 35231 Pearl light blue Spray 1.6
FS 35237 IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 2.7
FS 36081 Dark Gunship Grey NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.3
FS 36118 Gunship Grey Rubber black Spray 4.5
FS 36152 Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.6
FS 36176 IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint 1.3
FS 36187 Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.2
FS 36231 Neutral gray Aircraft Spray 2.5
FS 36270 Neutral gray Aircraft Spray 2.0
FS 36314 Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.6
FS 36320 IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 3.4
FS 36375 Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.4
FS 36440 Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 3.2
FS 36622 Titanium silver Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
FS 37030 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.9
FS 37875 Insignia White Insignia white Aircraft Spray 2.2
Faded Blue Jeans Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray 2.9
Field Grey Base 1 (verde) Olive drab Lacquer Paint 6.9
Field Grey Base 2 (cinza) Olive drab Lacquer Paint 7.0
Field Grey Green Shadow Olive drab Lacquer Paint 4.4
Field Uniform Brown Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat 6.3
Flat Dark Earth Metallic gray Lacquer Paint 9.5
Flight Deck Stain NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.6
Foliage Green Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 7.2
Forerst Green 2 Olive green Aircraft Spray 2.3
Forest Green Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 4.8
Forest Green V.2 Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint 4.2
German Pale Brown Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 7.1
Giallo Mimetico 1 Dark yellow Spray 1.9
Giallo Mimetico 2 Dark yellow Acrylics Mini Flat 2.8
Giallo Mimetico 4 Tan Aircraft Spray 2.7
Grigio Azzurro Scuro 3 Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.7
Grigio Mimetico Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.2
Grigio Verde Olive drab Lacquer Paint 2.6
Gris Bleu Chair Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray 2.7
Gris Bleu Fonce Light grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.2
Haze Grey Usn WW2 IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 3.2
Highlight Skin Tone Mica silver Lacquer Paint 3.7
Hull Red Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss 5.5
Idf Green Olive drab (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat 3.2
Ija Light Green Grey Medium sea gray Aircraft Spray 3.2
Japan Flight Suit Base Brown (JGSDF) Spray 4.8
Japan Uniform Base Brown (JGSDF) Spray 7.7
Khaki Brown Ija Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 4.9
Leather Brown Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 3.6
Leather Suit Base Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 5.5
Leather Suit Shadow Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat 5.5
Light Green Khaki Acrylics Mini Flat 6.6
Light Grey 627 Smoke Lacquer Paint 4.9
Light Wood Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.6
London Grey RAL 7026 Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat 1.0
Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base German grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.0
Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Light Gun metal Acrylics Mini Gloss 3.4
Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Shadow Dark mica blue Spray 2.4
M-485 Blue Grey Dark ghost grey Aircraft Spray 4.2
Marrone Mimetico 1 Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint 5.5
Marrone Mimetico 53193 Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 4.6
Medium Green 42 Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 7.7
Medium Sea Grey Metallic gray Lacquer Paint 6.2
Medium Skin Tone Buff Lacquer Paint 3.1
Medium Tan Tan Aircraft Spray 7.7
Merdc Forest Green Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat 1.6
Middlestone Raf Tan Aircraft Spray 4.2
Mig 25/31 Grey Smoke Lacquer Paint 3.1
Nato Black NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 1.6
Nato Brown Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 5.5
Nato Green Gray green Aircraft Spray 5.5
Navy Blue Usn WW2 Medium blue Acrylics Mini Flat 6.7
NeutRAL Grey 43 Versão 1 Metallic gray Lacquer Paint 5.0
Nicciola Chiaro 4 Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 9.8
Night Blue Deep metallic blue Spray 4.0
Night Grey NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 4.3
Noz Moscada Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 6.1
Nº 9 Olive Drab Us Army WW2 Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 8.5
Ocean Grey Raf Medium gray Aircraft Spray 2.8
Ochre Brown Tan Aircraft Spray 4.9
Olive Drab 41 Olive drab 2 Spray 8.6
Olive Green Ija Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 4.8
Oxford Blue Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss 4.6
Oxide Brown Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss 5.5
Pale Green Idf Cockpit green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat 5.9
Pastel Green Light gray Aircraft Spray 4.9
Pelo de Lobisomem Hull red Acrylics Mini Flat 7.2
Preto Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Preto Locomotiva Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.6
Primer Acrílico Branco Primer Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Primer Acrílico Cinza Primer Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat 5.0
Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer Titanium gold Lacquer Paint 1.4
Primer Acrílico Olive Drab Primer Gray green Aircraft Spray 7.0
Primer Acrílico Preto Primer Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.3
Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint 4.5
RAL 5008 Graublau Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat 3.3
RAL 6011 Field grey Acrylics Mini Flat 6.9
RAL 7000 Squirrel Grey Neutral gray Aircraft Spray 2.3
RAL 7001 Silbergrau IJN gray (Kure Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat 5.8
RAL 7009 Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.7
RAL 7011 Iron Grey Ocean gray Aircraft Spray 1.4
RAL 7012 Basaltgrau Ocean gray Aircraft Spray 1.8
RAL 7035 Smoke Lacquer Paint 1.2
RAL 7042 Trafic Grey Light gun metal Spray 2.9
Radome Grey Modern Jets Neutral gray Aircraft Spray 1.6
Raf Dark Green 1975-now German grey Acrylics Mini Flat 2.4
Raf Insignia Blue Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss 4.1
Raf Light Aircraft Grey Smoke Lacquer Paint 6.8
Raf Pru Blue Faded Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray 4.9
Raf WW2 Uniform Base Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray 4.5
Raf WW2 Uniform Shadow NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 6.9
Rlm 02 Grau Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 04 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.9
Rlm 21 Weiss Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.9
Rlm 22 Schwarz Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.9
Rlm 61 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 62 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 63 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 65 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.5
Rlm 66 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.9
Rlm 70 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 71 Dunkelgrun Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 73 NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat 5.2
Rlm 74 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 75 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 1.9
Rlm 76 (v.2) Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.3
Rlm 78 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 79 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 80 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 81 (v.1) Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 82 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.1
Rlm 83 Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 2.3
Rosa Cessna Pearl light red Spray 4.4
Rosa Nina Clear red Spray 10.5
Roxo Puro Lavender Spray 10.6
Russian 4bo Green Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 2.6
Russian Uniform Shadow Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 6.7
Rusted Umber Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint 3.1
Schlickgrau 58 Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.9
Seafoam Green Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat 3.5
Shadow Skin Tone Dark iron Lacquer Paint 2.4
Ship Grey Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat 4.4
Silbergrau Dkm50 Sky grey Acrylics Mini Flat 3.9
Silver Grey Smoke Acrylics Mini Gloss 6.9
Sky Type S Light gray Aircraft Spray 3.0
Stencil White Insignia white Lacquer Paint 1.8
Suco De Laranja Bright red Spray 3.7
Terra Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 8.1
Terre Fonce Dark iron Lacquer Paint 5.9
Tire Black Metallic black Lacquer Paint 3.5
Tire Black Highlight Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat 1.9
U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss 3.4
US Desert Sand Buff Lacquer Paint 3.3
US Merdc Field Drab Tan Aircraft Spray 9.4
USAF Modern Uniform Base Dark green Acrylics Mini Flat 5.1
USAF Modern Uniform Light Olive drab 2 Spray 5.6
USAF Modern Uniform Shadow Green Aircraft Spray 7.6
USAF Pilot Belts And Details Khaki Lacquer Paint 4.7
USAF WW2 Pilot Uniform Shadow Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 7.5
Ultra Branco Acrylic thinner Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Ultra Preto Black Acrylics Mini Gloss 0.0
Usaaf WW2 Pilot Uniform Base Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 7.0
Verde Light green (Luftwaffe) Aircraft Spray 4.8
Verde Brasil Dark green 2 (IJN) Lacquer Paint 4.0
Verde Khaki Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint 6.9
Verde Mimetico 2 Gray green Aircraft Spray 4.9
Verde Mimetico 3 Olive drab Lacquer Paint 2.6
Verde Mimetico 53192 Cockpit green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat 5.9
Verde Oliva Scuro 2 Metallic black Spray 5.4
Verde Selva Khaki drab Acrylics Mini Flat 8.5
Verde do Duende Clear green Acrylics Mini Gloss 4.2
Vermelho Beterraba Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss 9.9
Vermelho Cabelo do Curupira Dull red Spray 9.9
Vermelho Flame Pure red Lacquer Paint 1.7
Vermelho Gorro de Saci Mica red Lacquer Paint 1.9
Vermelho Melancia Italian red Lacquer Paint 6.5
Vermelho Puro Mica red Lacquer Paint 3.2
Vvs Dark Green Dark green (JGSDF) Acrylics Mini Flat 1.5
Woodbrown Médio Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint 3.4

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

Reverse: Tamiya → Tom Color

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