Paint Equivalents

Warcolours to Liquitex paint conversion chart

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

57 of the 178 Warcolours colours below have an equivalent in Liquitex within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 6 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 7.1. The 121 gaps are not spread evenly: 23 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Warcolours range Liquitex does not answer.

WarcoloursLiquitexΔE
Black Ivory Black 8.4
Black Ivory Black 8.4
Black Ivory Black 8.4
Blue 1 Light Phthalocyanine Green 6.4
Blue 2 Brilliant Blue 11.7
Blue 3 Brilliant Blue 8.7
Blue 4 Cerulean Blue 7.3
Blue 5 Ultramarine Blue Green Shade 4.5
Blue Glaze Fluorescent Blue 6.7
Blue Grey 1 Iridescent Bright Gold 10.0
Blue Grey 2 Light Blue Violet 14.0
Blue Grey 3 Light Blue Violet 6.9
Blue Grey 4 Cerulean Blue 10.6
Blue Grey 5 Prussian Blue Hue 4.6
Brown 1 Fluorescent Red 9.6
Brown 2 Quinacridone Red 1.9
Brown 3 Cadmium-free Red Deep 6.7
Brown 4 Muted Pink 4.9
Brown 5 Muted Violet 7.1
Brown Glaze Iridescent Rose Gold 12.2
Burnt Sienna Transparent Orange 4.7
Cool Grey 1 Iridescent White 5.3
Cool Grey 2 Iridescent Bright Silver 2.6
Cool Grey 3 Iridescent Bright Silver 9.4
Cool Grey 4 Muted Grey 7.9
Cool Grey 5 Ivory Black 3.4
Dark Green Emerald Green 5.7
Emerald 1 Fluorescent Green 9.8
Emerald 2 Fluorescent Green 2.6
Emerald 3 Bright Aqua Green 8.6
Emerald 4 Transparent Viridian Hue 4.9
Emerald 5 Phthalocyanine Green Yellow Shade 2.5
Flesh 1 Light Bismuth Yellow 6.7
Flesh 2 Light Bismuth Yellow 6.1
Flesh 3 Naples Yellow Hue 15.0
Flesh 4 Fluorescent Pink 9.1
Flesh 5 Iridescent Rich Gold 12.1
Fluorescent Green Fluorescent Yellow 13.8
Fluorescent Orange Yellow Medium Azo 3.1
Fluorescent Pink Medium Magenta 15.6
Fluorescent Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 8.0
Green 1 Fluorescent Yellow 7.7
Green 2 Brilliant Yellow Green 15.5
Green 3 Light Emerald Green 7.9
Green 4 Light Emerald Green 6.8
Green 5 Emerald Green 4.6
Green Glaze Fluorescent Yellow 12.9
Grey Iridescent Bright Silver 9.4
Marine 1 Fluorescent Blue 12.8
Marine 2 Fluorescent Blue 3.2
Marine 3 Brilliant Blue 2.3
Marine 4 Cerulean Blue 5.9
Marine 5 Manganese Blue Hue 7.1
Metallic Antique Gold Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 9.0
Metallic Black Muted Grey 1.0
Metallic Black Copper Transparent Burnt Sienna 3.1
Metallic Blue Manganese Blue Hue 16.6
Metallic Bright Gold Yellow Medium Azo 4.8
Metallic Brown Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 5.3
Metallic Choco Indian Yellow 2.9
Metallic Copper Quinacridone Red 6.7
Metallic Crimson Fluorescent Red 4.9
Metallic Dark Copper Red Oxide 3.2
Metallic Dark Green Brilliant Yellow Green 11.2
Metallic Emerald Light Green Permanent 7.8
Metallic Green Fluorescent Yellow 5.2
Metallic Lemon Naples Yellow Hue 5.4
Metallic Pale Gold Cadmium-free Yellow Light 7.8
Metallic Pewter Neutral Gray 5 7.3
Metallic Pink Fluorescent Pink 17.2
Metallic Red Cadmium-free Red Light 3.7
Metallic Sand Fluorescent Yellow 6.0
Metallic Silver Iridescent Bright Silver 2.5
Metallic Sky Fluorescent Blue 7.8
Metallic Turquoise Fluorescent Green 10.3
Metallic Ultramarine Brilliant Purple 16.3
Metallic Violet Muted Turquoise 16.5
Metallic White Iridescent White 4.7
Metallic Yellow Iridescent Antique Gold 7.5
Ochre 1 Light Bismuth Yellow 3.0
Ochre 2 Cadmium-free Yellow Light 3.9
Ochre 3 Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 3.9
Ochre 4 Turner’s Yellow 3.4
Ochre 5 Yellow Oxide 2.2
Olive 1 Fluorescent Yellow 6.0
Olive 2 Fluorescent Yellow 6.7
Olive 3 Vivid Lime Green 6.3
Olive 4 Chromium Oxide Green 7.0
Olive 5 Green Gold 10.1
One-coat Baby-blue Brilliant Blue 10.5
One-coat Beige Cadmium-free Yellow Light 5.2
One-coat Black Ivory Black 8.4
One-coat Blue Manganese Blue Hue 18.4
One-coat Green Light Emerald Green 7.7
One-coat Magenta Medium Magenta 15.4
One-coat Ochre Cadmium-free Yellow Medium 3.9
One-coat Orange Cadmium-free Orange 4.7
One-coat Pink Fluorescent Pink 22.1
One-coat Purple Medium Magenta 7.5
One-coat Red Transparent Orange 3.0
One-coat Red-orange Fluorescent Red 6.7
One-coat Turquoise Bright Aqua Green 7.1
One-coat Violet Brilliant Purple 15.9
One-coat Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 10.0
One-coat Yellow-green Brilliant Yellow Green 9.7
Orange Cadmium-free Orange 4.6
Orange 1 Cadmium-free Yellow Light 9.9
Orange 2 Yellow Medium Azo 4.1
Orange 3 Cadmium-free Orange 4.6
Orange 4 Vivid Red Orange 4.7
Orange 5 Cadmium-free Red Light 5.0
Pink 1 Hooker’s Green Hue Permanent 20.9
Pink 2 Fluorescent Pink 16.7
Pink 3 Medium Magenta 4.5
Pink 4 Quinacridone Crimson 8.6
Pink 5 Deep Magenta 3.6
Pink Glaze Fluorescent Pink 14.8
Purple 1 Phthalocyanine Blue Green Shade 19.9
Purple 2 Medium Magenta 17.9
Purple 3 Medium Magenta 7.5
Purple 4 Quinacridone Magenta 8.3
Purple 5 Quinacridone Blue Violet 4.7
Raw Sienna Turner’s Yellow 3.9
Red Transparent Orange 3.9
Red 1 Naphthol Red Light 4.3
Red 2 Cadmium-free Red Medium 2.8
Red 3 Pyrrole Red 3.1
Red 4 Naphthol Crimson 3.4
Red 5 Transparent Burnt Sienna 7.6
Red Glaze Fluorescent Pink 11.6
Sepia Transparent Raw Sienna 7.7
Transparent Black Ivory Black 3.0
Transparent Blue Fluorescent Blue 5.0
Transparent Blue Grey Neutral Gray 5 12.2
Transparent Brown Iridescent Rose Gold 8.0
Transparent Cool Grey Neutral Gray 5 8.6
Transparent Emerald Bright Aqua Green 8.9
Transparent Flesh Iridescent Bright Silver 11.6
Transparent Green Bright Aqua Green 10.2
Transparent Marine Light Blue Violet 6.5
Transparent Ochre Iridescent Antique Gold 2.7
Transparent Olive Iridescent Antique Gold 10.6
Transparent Orange Fluorescent Red 12.7
Transparent Pink Fluorescent Pink 12.7
Transparent Purple Fluorescent Pink 15.1
Transparent Red Fluorescent Pink 5.5
Transparent Turquoise Light Blue Permanent 13.8
Transparent Violet Light Blue Violet 8.3
Transparent Warm Grey Iridescent Bright Silver 6.1
Transparent White Burnt Umber 0.8
Transparent Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 6.8
Turquoise 1 Light Phthalocyanine Green 9.2
Turquoise 2 Light Blue Permanent 11.3
Turquoise 3 Light Blue Permanent 18.6
Turquoise 4 Manganese Blue Hue 9.0
Turquoise 5 Turquoise Deep 7.0
Ultramarine Manganese Blue Hue 17.9
Vermilion Pyrrole Red 2.9
Violet 1 Light Blue Violet 16.2
Violet 2 Light Blue Violet 14.1
Violet 3 Turquoise Deep 17.2
Violet 4 Muted Turquoise 13.2
Violet 5 Deep Violet 9.4
Warm Grey 1 Iridescent White 6.2
Warm Grey 2 Iridescent Bright Silver 7.0
Warm Grey 3 Neutral Gray 5 4.0
Warm Grey 4 Muted Grey 6.8
Warm Grey 5 Mars Black 3.5
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
White Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent 1.3
Yellow Yellow Medium Azo 3.7
Yellow 1 Light Bismuth Yellow 8.8
Yellow 2 Fluorescent Yellow 10.0
Yellow 3 Yellow Light Hansa 2.8
Yellow 4 Yellow Medium Azo 3.5
Yellow 5 Cadmium-free Yellow Deep 4.6
Yellow Glaze Fluorescent Yellow 6.2

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