Warcolours to Foundry paint conversion chart

Every Warcolours paint with its closest Foundry equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 174 rows, sorted by name.

102 of the 174 Warcolours colours below have an equivalent in Foundry within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 28 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.2. The 72 gaps are not spread evenly: 17 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Warcolours range Foundry 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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		ΔE
Black Inks for Shading and Glazing	Charcoal Black Shade Paint System	0.0
Blue 1 Layer paints	Vivid Blue Light Paint System	8.2
Blue 2 Layer paints	Union Trouser Blue Paint System	3.9
Blue 3 Layer paints	French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System	5.1
Blue 4 Layer paints	Sky Blue Shade Paint System	7.1
Blue 5 Layer paints	Prussian Blue Light Paint System	3.7
Blue Glaze Glazing paints	Sky Blue Paint System	2.6
Blue Grey 1 Layer paints	French Hussar Sky Blue Paint System	9.9
Blue Grey 2 Layer paints	French Hussar Sky Blue Light Paint System	5.8
Blue Grey 3 Layer paints	Sky Blue Light Paint System	6.0
Blue Grey 4 Layer paints	Union Trouser Blue Shade Paint System	3.1
Blue Grey 5 Layer paints	Union Blue Shade Paint System	2.4
Brown 1 Layer paints	Native American Flesh Paint System	3.5
Brown 2 Layer paints	Bright Red Shade Paint System	3.9
Brown 3 Layer paints	Bay Brown Paint System	3.3
Brown 4 Layer paints	Peaty Brown Paint System	2.7
Brown 5 Layer paints	Quagmire Shade Paint System	5.4
Brown Glaze Glazing paints	South American Flesh Light Paint System	4.0
Burnt Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing	Scarlet Paint System	4.8
Cool Grey 1 Layer paints	Leather & Metal Washes Light Paint System	2.0
Cool Grey 2 Layer paints	Gun Metal Paint System	2.3
Cool Grey 3 Layer paints	Slate Grey Light Paint System	3.0
Cool Grey 4 Layer paints	Dark African Flesh Shade Paint System	1.3
Cool Grey 5 Layer paints	Blackened Barrel Paint System	0.0
Dark Green Inks for Shading and Glazing	Bright Bottle Green Light Paint System	5.2
Emerald 1 Layer paints	Bright Green Light Paint System	8.5
Emerald 2 Layer paints	Bright Green Light Paint System	4.9
Emerald 3 Layer paints	Bright Green Paint System	6.9
Emerald 4 Layer paints	Bright Green Shade Paint System	4.5
Emerald 5 Layer paints	Bright Bottle Green Paint System	7.4
Flesh 1 Layer paints	Shiny Paint System	1.3
Flesh 2 Layer paints	Base Sand Light Paint System	2.5
Flesh 3 Layer paints	Expert Flesh Ultra Light Paint System	1.3
Flesh 4 Layer paints	Nipple Pink Shade Paint System	6.9
Flesh 5 Layer paints	British Denison Tan Paint System	1.2
Fluorescent Green Layer paints	Lemon Light Paint System	18.2
Fluorescent Orange Layer paints	Orange Light Paint System	0.4
Fluorescent Pink Layer paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	9.5
Fluorescent Yellow Layer paints	Lemon Paint System	8.9
Green 1 Layer paints	Lemon Light Paint System	9.4
Green 2 Layer paints	French Dragoon Green Light Paint System	20.2
Green 3 Layer paints	Bright Green Paint System	10.5
Green 4 Layer paints	Bright Green Paint System	2.7
Green 5 Layer paints	Bright Green Shade Paint System	3.5
Green Glaze Glazing paints	French Dragoon Green Light Paint System	17.2
Grey Paints for undercoating	Slate Grey Light Paint System	3.0
Marine 1 Layer paints	Vivid Blue Light Paint System	1.6
Marine 2 Layer paints	Vivid Blue Paint System	3.6
Marine 3 Layer paints	Bavarian Cornflower Blue Paint System	4.4
Marine 4 Layer paints	French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System	2.8
Marine 5 Layer paints	Union Blue Paint System	5.8
Metallic Antique Gold Metallic paints	Raw Linen Paint System	6.1
Metallic Black Metallic paints	Blackened Barrel Light Paint System	1.6
Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints	Teracotta Shade Paint System	4.6
Metallic Blue Metallic paints	Union Blue Light Paint System	14.4
Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints	Lemon Shade Paint System	3.3
Metallic Brown Metallic paints	Raw Linen Paint System	2.5
Metallic Choco Metallic paints	Butter Fudge Paint System	4.8
Metallic Copper Metallic paints	Madder Red Light Paint System	8.0
Metallic Crimson Metallic paints	Native American Flesh Paint System	7.3
Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints	Bay Brown Paint System	4.0
Metallic Dark Green Metallic paints	Bright Green Light Paint System	14.2
Metallic Emerald Metallic paints	French Gun Olive Green Shade Paint System	5.1
Metallic Green Metallic paints	Lemon Light Paint System	7.8
Metallic Lemon Metallic paints	Chestnut Light Paint System	2.4
Metallic Pale Gold Metallic paints	Burning Gold Shade Paint System	5.0
Metallic Pewter Metallic paints	Slate Grey Light Paint System	3.0
Metallic Pink Metallic paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	7.2
Metallic Red Metallic paints	Bright Red Paint System	2.8
Metallic Sand Metallic paints	Lemon Light Paint System	4.1
Metallic Silver Metallic paints	Arctic Grey Shade Paint System	1.6
Metallic Sky Metallic paints	Bavarian Cornflower Blue Light Paint System	5.1
Metallic Turquoise Metallic paints	Bright Green Light Paint System	10.2
Metallic Ultramarine Metallic paints	Violet Light Paint System	11.3
Metallic Violet Metallic paints	Royal Purple Paint System	12.7
Metallic White Metallic paints	Armour Light Paint System	2.2
Metallic Yellow Metallic paints	Raw Linen Shade Paint System	4.2
Ochre 1 Layer paints	Burnished Copper Light Paint System	3.0
Ochre 2 Layer paints	Ochre Light Paint System	2.5
Ochre 3 Layer paints	Butter Fudge Light Paint System	3.7
Ochre 4 Layer paints	Ochre Shade Paint System	4.8
Ochre 5 Layer paints	Gold Shade Paint System	7.9
Olive 1 Layer paints	Lemon Light Paint System	2.5
Olive 2 Layer paints	Raw Linen Light Paint System	9.6
Olive 3 Layer paints	Phlegm Green Light Paint System	7.1
Olive 4 Layer paints	Phlegm Green Paint System	6.4
Olive 5 Layer paints	Phlegm Green Shade Paint System	7.1
One-coat Baby-blue One-coat paints	Sky Blue Paint System	7.0
One-coat Beige One-coat paints	Ochre Light Paint System	3.9
One-coat Black One-coat paints	Charcoal Black Shade Paint System	0.0
One-coat Blue One-coat paints	Union Blue Light Paint System	16.2
One-coat Green One-coat paints	Bright Green Paint System	10.7
One-coat Magenta One-coat paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	9.4
One-coat Ochre One-coat paints	Butter Fudge Light Paint System	3.7
One-coat Orange One-coat paints	Orange Shade Paint System	6.0
One-coat Pink One-coat paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	10.7
One-coat Purple One-coat paints	Shadow Pink Paint System	2.3
One-coat Red One-coat paints	British Redcoat Paint System	1.8
One-coat Red-orange One-coat paints	Scarlet Light Paint System	3.8
One-coat Turquoise One-coat paints	Bright Green Light Paint System	9.1
One-coat Violet One-coat paints	Stone Paint System	14.8
One-coat Yellow One-coat paints	Lemon Paint System	1.9
One-coat Yellow-green One-coat paints	Austrian Gun Ochre Paint System	15.4
Orange Inks for Shading and Glazing	Scarlet Light Paint System	5.4
Orange 1 Layer paints	Buff Leather Light Paint System	1.0
Orange 2 Layer paints	Ochre Paint System	3.0
Orange 3 Layer paints	Orange Shade Paint System	4.3
Orange 4 Layer paints	Scarlet Light Paint System	3.6
Orange 5 Layer paints	Expert Flesh Deep Shade Paint System	5.0
Pink 1 Layer paints	Nipple Pink Paint System	14.0
Pink 2 Layer paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	9.0
Pink 3 Layer paints	Wine Stain Red Paint System	5.4
Pink 4 Layer paints	Deep Mauve Light Paint System	6.6
Pink 5 Layer paints	Deep Maroon Shade Paint System	4.7
Pink Glaze Glazing paints	Wine Stain Red Light Paint System	9.2
Purple 1 Layer paints	Nipple Pink Light Paint System	14.9
Purple 2 Layer paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	4.6
Purple 3 Layer paints	Shadow Pink Paint System	2.3
Purple 4 Layer paints	Deep Maroon Paint System	1.9
Purple 5 Layer paints	Musket Stock Brown Shade Paint System	5.2
Raw Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing	Butter Fudge Paint System	3.0
Red Inks for Shading and Glazing	British Redcoat Paint System	1.0
Red 1 Layer paints	British Redcoat Paint System	4.4
Red 2 Layer paints	Madder Red Light Paint System	4.1
Red 3 Layer paints	British Redcoat Shade Paint System	1.7
Red 4 Layer paints	Bright Red Shade Paint System	5.7
Red 5 Layer paints	Madder Red Shade Paint System	5.0
Red Glaze Glazing paints	Nipple Pink Paint System	6.8
Sepia Inks for Shading and Glazing	Chestnut Paint System	1.8
Transparent Black Transparent paints	Blackened Barrel Light Paint System	4.1
Transparent Blue Transparent paints	Prussian Gun Mid Blue Light Paint System	3.7
Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints	Rebel Grey Paint System	2.5
Transparent Brown Transparent paints	North African Flesh Paint System	2.4
Transparent Cool Grey Transparent paints	Slate Grey Light Paint System	1.4
Transparent Emerald Transparent paints	Cadaverous Green Shade Paint System	5.4
Transparent Flesh Transparent paints	British Equipment Tan Paint System	6.1
Transparent Green Transparent paints	Cadaverous Green Shade Paint System	4.1
Transparent Marine Transparent paints	Sky Blue Light Paint System	6.2
Transparent Ochre Transparent paints	Rawhide Paint System	3.6
Transparent Olive Transparent paints	Soviet Helmet Green Shade Paint System	3.8
Transparent Orange Transparent paints	British Redcoat Light Paint System	2.3
Transparent Pink Transparent paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	7.5
Transparent Purple Transparent paints	Shadow Pink Light Paint System	3.3
Transparent Red Transparent paints	Nipple Pink Shade Paint System	3.8
Transparent Turquoise Transparent paints	Union Trouser Blue Paint System	6.6
Transparent Violet Transparent paints	Royal Purple Light Paint System	7.2
Transparent Warm Grey Transparent paints	Armour Shade Paint System	3.1
Transparent White Transparent paints	Gun Metal Light Paint System	1.3
Transparent Yellow Transparent paints	Lemon Paint System	3.8
Turquoise 1 Layer paints	Tomb Blue Light Paint System	16.0
Turquoise 2 Layer paints	Teal Blue Light Paint System	7.0
Turquoise 3 Layer paints	Union Trouser Blue Paint System	5.0
Turquoise 4 Layer paints	Teal Blue Shade Paint System	4.2
Turquoise 5 Layer paints	French Chasseur A Cheval Green Shade Paint System	4.4
Ultramarine Inks for Shading and Glazing	Union Blue Light Paint System	15.7
Vermilion Inks for Shading and Glazing	Scarlet Shade Paint System	3.0
Violet 1 Layer paints	French Hussar Sky Blue Paint System	16.0
Violet 2 Layer paints	Violet Light Paint System	10.3
Violet 3 Layer paints	Royal Purple Shade Paint System	13.1
Violet 4 Layer paints	Royal Purple Shade Paint System	7.6
Violet 5 Layer paints	Royal Purple Shade Paint System	7.9
Warm Grey 1 Layer paints	Arctic Grey Paint System	3.6
Warm Grey 2 Layer paints	British Equipment Tan Light Paint System	3.9
Warm Grey 3 Layer paints	American Green Paint System	1.9
Warm Grey 4 Layer paints	Granite Shade Paint System	1.3
Warm Grey 5 Layer paints	Blackened Barrel Paint System	2.0
White Inks for Shading and Glazing	White Paint System	0.0
Yellow Inks for Shading and Glazing	Orange Light Paint System	1.1
Yellow 1 Layer paints	Bone yard Light Paint System	2.5
Yellow 2 Layer paints	Lemon Paint System	1.9
Yellow 3 Layer paints	Yellow Paint System	0.8
Yellow 4 Layer paints	Orange Light Paint System	1.6
Yellow 5 Layer paints	Butter Fudge Light Paint System	3.6
Yellow Glaze Glazing paints	Lemon Light Paint System	3.1

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

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