Paint Equivalents

Warcolours to Humbrol paint conversion chart

Every Warcolours paint with its closest Humbrol equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 178 rows, sorted by name.

55 of the 178 Warcolours colours below have an equivalent in Humbrol within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 14 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 6.7. The 123 gaps are not spread evenly: 23 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Warcolours range Humbrol does not answer.

WarcoloursHumbrolΔE
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Blue 1 US Ghost Grey 11.2
Blue 2 Mediterranean Blue 2.3
Blue 3 French Blue 11.1
Blue 4 French Blue 3.5
Blue 5 Midnight Blue 5.1
Blue Glaze Middle Blue 5.7
Blue Grey 1 Pastel Blue 3.0
Blue Grey 2 Pastel Blue 9.7
Blue Grey 3 WWI Blue 4.9
Blue Grey 4 RAF Blue 5.9
Blue Grey 5 Tank Grey 6.5
Brown 1 Rust 11.1
Brown 2 Insignia Red 5.8
Brown 3 German Camouflage Red 7.7
Brown 4 Chocolate 8.1
Brown 5 Dark Grey 6.4
Brown Glaze Rust 7.5
Burnt Sienna Signal Red 3.6
Cool Grey 1 Light Grey 2.7
Cool Grey 2 Grey 4.6
Cool Grey 3 Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 6.6
Cool Grey 4 Sea Grey 4.9
Cool Grey 5 Black Matt 2.6
Dark Green Emerald Green 9.0
Emerald 1 Pastel Green 17.9
Emerald 2 Bright Green 13.9
Emerald 3 Emerald Green 11.5
Emerald 4 Dark Green 4.1
Emerald 5 Dark Green 6.5
Flesh 1 Ivory 3.5
Flesh 2 Oak 2.8
Flesh 3 Oak 12.2
Flesh 4 Rust 12.2
Flesh 5 US Tan 5.7
Fluorescent Green Pastel Green 18.3
Fluorescent Orange Trainer Yellow 2.4
Fluorescent Pink Magenta 10.7
Fluorescent Yellow Lemon 10.6
Green 1 Lemon 11.7
Green 2 Pastel Green 19.0
Green 3 Bright Green 6.3
Green 4 Bright Green 8.2
Green 5 Emerald Green 7.1
Green Glaze Pastel Green 16.0
Grey Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 6.6
Marine 1 Pastel Blue 10.1
Marine 2 Middle Blue 8.2
Marine 3 WWI Blue 7.6
Marine 4 French Blue 7.7
Marine 5 Tank Grey 7.7
Metallic Antique Gold Gold 7.2
Metallic Black White Matt 1.6
Metallic Black Copper German Camouflage Red 9.5
Metallic Blue French Blue 15.6
Metallic Bright Gold Gold 2.4
Metallic Brown Gold 3.9
Metallic Choco Brass 6.6
Metallic Copper Leather 3.6
Metallic Crimson Red 10.4
Metallic Dark Copper German Camouflage Red 6.6
Metallic Dark Green Lime 13.0
Metallic Emerald Emerald Green 6.8
Metallic Green Lemon 12.6
Metallic Lemon Sand 4.8
Metallic Pale Gold Cream 4.0
Metallic Pewter Extra Dark Sea Grey 5.3
Metallic Pink Magenta 15.5
Metallic Red Fire Orange 3.7
Metallic Sand Lemon 8.8
Metallic Silver Grey 4.0
Metallic Sky WWI Blue 10.2
Metallic Turquoise Bright Green 13.3
Metallic Ultramarine RAF Blue 21.0
Metallic Violet Tank Grey 15.7
Metallic White Light Grey 2.0
Metallic Yellow Grass Green 13.2
Ochre 1 Ivory 4.3
Ochre 2 Cream 6.5
Ochre 3 Sand 4.1
Ochre 4 Brass Metallic 4.7
Ochre 5 Desert Yellow 7.9
Olive 1 Lemon 7.2
Olive 2 Lemon 10.9
Olive 3 Lime 6.2
Olive 4 Grass Green 10.2
Olive 5 Matt Olive Drab 6.5
One-coat Baby-blue WWI Blue 8.4
One-coat Beige Cream 5.6
One-coat Black Black 0.0
One-coat Blue Blue 18.5
One-coat Green Bright Green 5.8
One-coat Magenta Magenta 10.9
One-coat Ochre Sand 4.1
One-coat Orange Orange 6.5
One-coat Pink Magenta 16.0
One-coat Purple Magenta 5.1
One-coat Red Fire Orange 2.1
One-coat Red-orange Orange 8.0
One-coat Turquoise Bright Green 18.1
One-coat Violet Magenta 17.0
One-coat Yellow Lemon 3.8
One-coat Yellow-green Lime 15.4
Orange Orange 4.4
Orange 1 Cream 6.9
Orange 2 Insignia Yellow 4.1
Orange 3 Flesh 5.9
Orange 4 Orange 6.3
Orange 5 Red 4.7
Pink 1 Pink 9.2
Pink 2 Pink 12.7
Pink 3 Magenta 14.1
Pink 4 Crimson 11.8
Pink 5 Purple 17.0
Pink Glaze Pink 10.5
Purple 1 Pastel Violet 10.2
Purple 2 Magenta 10.6
Purple 3 Magenta 5.1
Purple 4 Gloss Purple 12.8
Purple 5 Black Satin 11.4
Raw Sienna Brass 4.9
Red Fire Orange 2.3
Red 1 Red 1.6
Red 2 Italian Racing Red 1.0
Red 3 Insignia Red 2.4
Red 4 Crimson 3.2
Red 5 German Camouflage Red 14.4
Red Glaze Pink 9.5
Sepia Copper 6.6
Transparent Black Gunmetal 2.0
Transparent Blue Middle Blue 4.7
Transparent Blue Grey Extra Dark Sea Grey 5.4
Transparent Brown Rust 3.6
Transparent Cool Grey Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 5.6
Transparent Emerald Emerald Green 18.1
Transparent Flesh Khaki Drill 6.2
Transparent Green Army Green 13.2
Transparent Marine WWI Blue 5.4
Transparent Ochre Desert Yellow 8.2
Transparent Olive Grass Green 10.4
Transparent Orange Flesh 9.2
Transparent Pink Pink 13.1
Transparent Purple Magenta 13.0
Transparent Red Rust 13.6
Transparent Turquoise Middle Blue 9.3
Transparent Violet RAF Blue 14.4
Transparent Warm Grey Grey 8.2
Transparent White White Gloss 2.0
Transparent Yellow Lemon 6.0
Turquoise 1 Duck Egg Blue 18.5
Turquoise 2 Middle Blue 18.5
Turquoise 3 Mediterranean Blue 9.2
Turquoise 4 Tank Grey 12.3
Turquoise 5 Tank Grey 8.6
Ultramarine French Blue 18.0
Vermilion Scarlet 4.8
Violet 1 Pastel Violet 11.0
Violet 2 WWI Blue 17.7
Violet 3 Matt Tank Grey 15.6
Violet 4 Tank Grey 13.5
Violet 5 Purple 5.9
Warm Grey 1 Light Grey 6.7
Warm Grey 2 Desert Tan 6.8
Warm Grey 3 Dark Camouflage Grey Satin 6.1
Warm Grey 4 Sea Grey 6.7
Warm Grey 5 Black Matt 2.5
White Gloss Varnish 0.0
White Gloss Varnish 0.0
White Gloss Varnish 0.0
Yellow Trainer Yellow 1.8
Yellow 1 Ivory 4.8
Yellow 2 Lemon 3.8
Yellow 3 Yellow 2.6
Yellow 4 Trainer Yellow 1.1
Yellow 5 Brass Metallic 5.7
Yellow Glaze Lemon 6.7

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