Paint Equivalents

Warcolours to Tamiya paint conversion chart

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

82 of the 178 Warcolours colours below have an equivalent in Tamiya within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 26 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 5.3. The 96 gaps are not spread evenly: 18 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Warcolours range Tamiya does not answer.

WarcoloursTamiyaΔE
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Blue 1 Light ghost gray 11.1
Blue 2 Sky blue 4.3
Blue 3 Brilliant blue 1.6
Blue 4 Pearl blue 4.4
Blue 5 Mixing blue 4.9
Blue Glaze French blue 4.2
Blue Grey 1 Metallic silver 8.9
Blue Grey 2 Flat clear 9.2
Blue Grey 3 Light sea grey 3.9
Blue Grey 4 Blue violet 6.9
Blue Grey 5 Sea blue 4.3
Brown 1 Clear red 14.2
Brown 2 Flat earth 4.2
Brown 3 Bronze 4.4
Brown 4 Red brown 2 4.6
Brown 5 Metallic black 6.0
Brown Glaze Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) 14.6
Burnt Sienna Mica red 4.6
Cool Grey 1 Smoke 1.4
Cool Grey 2 Smoke 5.7
Cool Grey 3 IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) 3.9
Cool Grey 4 Gun metal 1.2
Cool Grey 5 NATO black 3.6
Dark Green NATO green 4.9
Emerald 1 Pearl green 13.1
Emerald 2 Park green 10.6
Emerald 3 Metallic green 5.1
Emerald 4 Light green (Luftwaffe) 10.1
Emerald 5 NATO green 4.6
Flesh 1 Metallic gold 8.3
Flesh 2 Metallic gold 7.2
Flesh 3 Flat flesh 2.8
Flesh 4 Pearl light red 12.1
Flesh 5 Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) 7.1
Fluorescent Green Light green 13.7
Fluorescent Orange Camel yellow 3.9
Fluorescent Pink Clear red 6.9
Fluorescent Yellow Pure yellow 7.5
Green 1 Pure yellow 8.8
Green 2 Light green 13.9
Green 3 Candy lime green 5.3
Green 4 Clear green 3.4
Green 5 Light green (Luftwaffe) 5.5
Green Glaze Light green 13.6
Grey IJN gray<br>(Maizuru Arsenal) 3.9
Marine 1 Light ghost gray 9.8
Marine 2 Clear blue 4.1
Marine 3 Blue violet 8.6
Marine 4 Pure blue 1.2
Marine 5 Navy blue 7.0
Metallic Antique Gold Dark yellow 3.3
Metallic Black Black 1.3
Metallic Black Copper Maroon 3.8
Metallic Blue Purple 13.0
Metallic Bright Gold Gold 4.9
Metallic Brown Gold 2.0
Metallic Choco Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) 7.9
Metallic Copper Flat earth 5.0
Metallic Crimson Clear red 6.9
Metallic Dark Copper Dull red.jpeg 3.5
Metallic Dark Green Light green 7.4
Metallic Emerald Clear green 6.0
Metallic Green Pure yellow 10.1
Metallic Lemon Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) 5.4
Metallic Pale Gold Metallic gold 9.1
Metallic Pewter Light gun metal 1.3
Metallic Pink Pink 6.8
Metallic Red Fluorescent red 1.9
Metallic Sand Pure yellow 6.1
Metallic Silver Smoke 3.9
Metallic Sky Pearl light blue 7.7
Metallic Turquoise Light green 11.0
Metallic Ultramarine Purple 15.8
Metallic Violet Lavender 5.3
Metallic White Flat aluminum 0.7
Metallic Yellow Khaki 5.4
Ochre 1 Pearl clear 4.9
Ochre 2 Chrome yellow 6.8
Ochre 3 Desert yellow 2.9
Ochre 4 Desert yellow 4.9
Ochre 5 Yellow-brown (DAK 1941) 8.7
Olive 1 Pure yellow 5.3
Olive 2 Yellow green 7.4
Olive 3 Yellow green 8.7
Olive 4 Olive drab 2 7.1
Olive 5 Olive drab 2.9
One-coat Baby-blue Pearl light blue 8.4
One-coat Beige Flat flesh 7.8
One-coat Black Black 0.0
One-coat Blue Lavender 14.7
One-coat Green Candy lime green 4.6
One-coat Magenta Clear red 6.4
One-coat Ochre Desert yellow 2.9
One-coat Orange Clear orange 1.1
One-coat Pink Pink 12.0
One-coat Purple Clear red 7.9
One-coat Red Pure metallic red 0.9
One-coat Red-orange Orange 4.3
One-coat Turquoise Coral blue 6.3
One-coat Violet Neutral grey 16.8
One-coat Yellow Pure yellow 0.0
One-coat Yellow-green Light green 9.4
Orange Clear orange 3.1
Orange 1 Flat flesh 1.9
Orange 2 Camel yellow 3.6
Orange 3 Brilliant orange 2.4
Orange 4 Orange 5.7
Orange 5 Clear red 4.8
Pink 1 Pink 9.6
Pink 2 Pink 2.5
Pink 3 Mixing red 8.0
Pink 4 Mixing red 12.6
Pink 5 Hull red 10.6
Pink Glaze Pink 3.1
Purple 1 Pink 12.0
Purple 2 Pink 10.4
Purple 3 Clear red 7.9
Purple 4 Lavender 15.3
Purple 5 Black 12.9
Raw Sienna Clear orange 4.8
Red Mica red 1.5
Red 1 Flat red 2.5
Red 2 Mica red 2.7
Red 3 Mica red 7.1
Red 4 Dull red 6.7
Red 5 Hull red 3.5
Red Glaze Pink 9.8
Sepia Metallic brown 4.3
Transparent Black NATO black 1.9
Transparent Blue Clear blue 5.3
Transparent Blue Grey IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) 1.7
Transparent Brown Dark copper 12.7
Transparent Cool Grey Light gun metal 1.0
Transparent Emerald Coral blue 9.1
Transparent Flesh Smoke 9.4
Transparent Green Field grey 4.2
Transparent Marine Pearl light blue 5.3
Transparent Ochre Tan 4.6
Transparent Olive Cockpit green (IJN) 5.4
Transparent Orange Orange 13.5
Transparent Pink Pink 3.4
Transparent Purple Pearl light red 5.3
Transparent Red Clear red 13.7
Transparent Turquoise Intermediate blue 4.5
Transparent Violet Light sea grey 13.3
Transparent Warm Grey Smoke 2.9
Transparent White Racing white 1.5
Transparent Yellow Pure yellow 3.8
Turquoise 1 Coral blue 11.8
Turquoise 2 Clear blue 5.2
Turquoise 3 Intermediate blue 7.0
Turquoise 4 Light metallic blue 8.2
Turquoise 5 Green 9.5
Ultramarine Purple 14.9
Vermilion Mica red 7.8
Violet 1 Sky grey 14.7
Violet 2 Ocean gray 2 14.5
Violet 3 Lavender 5.7
Violet 4 Lavender 6.8
Violet 5 Mixing blue 14.4
Warm Grey 1 Light gray 4.3
Warm Grey 2 Wooden deck tan 6.0
Warm Grey 3 Light gun metal 4.8
Warm Grey 4 Gun metal 4.0
Warm Grey 5 NATO black 3.0
White Acrylic thinner 0.0
White Acrylic thinner 0.0
White Acrylic thinner 0.0
Yellow Chrome yellow 3.5
Yellow 1 Pearl clear 5.1
Yellow 2 Pure yellow 0.0
Yellow 3 Mixing yellow 1.4
Yellow 4 Chrome yellow 3.3
Yellow 5 Camel yellow 5.2
Yellow Glaze Pure yellow 4.8

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