Paint Equivalents

Warcolours to Vallejo paint conversion chart

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

136 of the 178 Warcolours colours below have an equivalent in Vallejo within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 46 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.1. The 42 gaps are not spread evenly: 11 of them are greens, so that is the corner of the Warcolours range Vallejo does not answer.

WarcoloursVallejoΔE
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Black Black 0.0
Blue 1 Frost 5.0
Blue 2 Russian AF Blue 1.4
Blue 3 Magic Blue 2.8
Blue 4 Medium Blue 3.4
Blue 5 Neon Blue 4.5
Blue Glaze Deep Sky Blue 2.4
Blue Grey 1 Glacier Blue 2.2
Blue Grey 2 Candy Racing Blue 6.2
Blue Grey 3 Light Blue 1.6
Blue Grey 4 Metallic Blue 3.1
Blue Grey 5 Dark Sea Blue 3.7
Brown 1 Rosy Flesh 2.7
Brown 2 Ferrari Red 3.7
Brown 3 Red Iron Oxide 2.2
Brown 4 European Splash Mud 2.0
Brown 5 Signal Blue 2.5
Brown Glaze Mink Tan 3.4
Burnt Sienna Georgia Clay 3.4
Cool Grey 1 Pearl Medium 1.0
Cool Grey 2 Duraluminium 0.3
Cool Grey 3 Magnesium 1.1
Cool Grey 4 Green RLM72 0.0
Cool Grey 5 Petrol Spills (Gloss) 2.7
Dark Green Plantation Pine 4.9
Emerald 1 Apple Green 11.2
Emerald 2 Ghost Green 6.7
Emerald 3 Kelly Green 4.5
Emerald 4 Basic Green 1.6
Emerald 5 Dark Pine 3.5
Flesh 1 Polished Gold 5.2
Flesh 2 Moon Yellow 2.2
Flesh 3 Skin Tone 2.0
Flesh 4 Taupe 2.6
Flesh 5 Barbarian Flesh 0.4
Fluorescent Green Spring Yellow 12.3
Fluorescent Orange Basic Yellow 1.9
Fluorescent Pink Fluorescent Magenta 4.9
Fluorescent Yellow Yellow Fluorescent 7.5
Green 1 Yellow Wash 8.0
Green 2 Spring Yellow 14.2
Green 3 Bright Green 6.1
Green 4 Neon Green 2.6
Green 5 Plantation Pine 3.0
Green Glaze Apple Green 12.1
Grey Magnesium 1.1
Marine 1 Sky Blue 3.8
Marine 2 Fluorescent Blue 4.8
Marine 3 Fluorescent Blue 3.3
Marine 4 Blue Wash 1.0
Marine 5 Turquoise 2.6
Metallic Antique Gold Dark Yellow 1.7
Metallic Black Black Glaze 0.3
Metallic Black Copper Dark Chocolate 3.5
Metallic Blue Medium Blue 13.4
Metallic Bright Gold Moon Yellow 3.0
Metallic Brown Dark Yellow 4.0
Metallic Choco Yellow Ochre 2.9
Metallic Copper Georgia Clay 4.0
Metallic Crimson Fluorescent Red 4.3
Metallic Dark Copper Copper 3.7
Metallic Dark Green Bright Green 7.5
Metallic Emerald Green 1.8
Metallic Green Yellow Wash 6.8
Metallic Lemon Yellow Ochre 2.4
Metallic Pale Gold Candy Yellow 1.9
Metallic Pewter Gunmetal Grey 0.4
Metallic Pink Light Magenta 0.7
Metallic Red Hot Orange 2.9
Metallic Sand Neon Yellow 4.8
Metallic Silver Dark Aluminium 1.5
Metallic Sky Fluorescent Blue 6.8
Metallic Turquoise Bright Green 6.4
Metallic Ultramarine Faded P.R.U. Blue 14.3
Metallic Violet Amethyst 7.8
Metallic White Heavy Bluegrey 1.1
Metallic Yellow Dark Yellow 3.5
Ochre 1 Desert Sand 2.3
Ochre 2 Ice Yellow 3.9
Ochre 3 Nuclear Yellow 2.1
Ochre 4 Tan Glaze 3.7
Ochre 5 Ochre 1.8
Olive 1 Neon Yellow 2.4
Olive 2 Spring Yellow 4.2
Olive 3 Light Livery Green 6.4
Olive 4 Dark Green 7.5
Olive 5 Italian Tank Crew 7.2
One-coat Baby-blue Light Blue 7.4
One-coat Beige Ice Yellow 3.6
One-coat Black Black 0.0
One-coat Blue Russian Tank Crew I 15.2
One-coat Green Fluorescent Green 6.2
One-coat Magenta Fluorescent Magenta 4.6
One-coat Ochre Nuclear Yellow 2.1
One-coat Orange Light Rust Wash 3.3
One-coat Pink Light Magenta 5.9
One-coat Purple Bougainvillea 3.9
One-coat Red Calico Red 1.7
One-coat Red-orange Fluorescent Orange 3.9
One-coat Turquoise Ghost Green 5.3
One-coat Violet Hyacinth Blue 14.5
One-coat Yellow Fluorescent Yellow 2.5
One-coat Yellow-green Spring Yellow 8.3
Orange Tangerine 2.7
Orange 1 Tulip Yellow 3.1
Orange 2 Harvest Yellow 1.9
Orange 3 Fluorescent Orange 2.5
Orange 4 Bright Orange 1.4
Orange 5 Inferno Red 2.9
Pink 1 Baby Pink 6.4
Pink 2 Candy Magenta 3.6
Pink 3 Dark Orchid 4.7
Pink 4 Permanent Rose 2.1
Pink 5 Dark Rosewood 3.8
Pink Glaze Fluid Pink 3.6
Purple 1 Baby Pink 8.0
Purple 2 Light Magenta 4.5
Purple 3 Bougainvillea 3.9
Purple 4 Deep Magenta 4.4
Purple 5 Midnight Purple 5.8
Raw Sienna Yellow Ochre 4.8
Red Calico Red 1.7
Red 1 Burnt Orange 0.9
Red 2 Burgundy 1.1
Red 3 Flat Red 2.2
Red 4 Gory Red 1.9
Red 5 Scarlet Red 2.1
Red Glaze Dusty Rose 2.9
Sepia Light Rust 5.1
Transparent Black Black Thick Mud 1.5
Transparent Blue Fluorescent Blue 2.2
Transparent Blue Grey French Mirage Blue 0.0
Transparent Brown German Orange 3.7
Transparent Cool Grey Jet Exhaust 0.0
Transparent Emerald Deep Teal 5.0
Transparent Flesh Yellow Brown 1.4
Transparent Green Green Blue 6.3
Transparent Marine Light Blue 0.9
Transparent Ochre Old Gold 1.5
Transparent Olive Green Sky 4.8
Transparent Orange Warm Neutral Tone 4.5
Transparent Pink Coral Rose 3.7
Transparent Purple Candy Magenta 3.1
Transparent Red Fluorescent Scarlet 5.1
Transparent Turquoise Electric Blue 4.6
Transparent Violet Hyacinth Blue 4.9
Transparent Warm Grey Silver 2.4
Transparent White Dove Grey 0.2
Transparent Yellow Lemon Yellow 2.8
Turquoise 1 Sea Aqua 9.0
Turquoise 2 Turquoise 7.0
Turquoise 3 Electric Blue 5.6
Turquoise 4 Turquoise 2.9
Turquoise 5 Midnight Blue 4.9
Ultramarine Medium Blue 15.2
Vermilion Berry Red 2.7
Violet 1 Orchid Light 10.3
Violet 2 Hyacinth Blue 11.6
Violet 3 Amethyst 5.3
Violet 4 Purple Hex 7.4
Violet 5 Navy Blue 8.9
Warm Grey 1 USAAF Light Gray 2.0
Warm Grey 2 Japanese Tank Crew Highlights 2.4
Warm Grey 3 Stonewall Grey 1.6
Warm Grey 4 Burnt Umber 2.2
Warm Grey 5 Black Thick Mud 3.2
White Arctic White 0.0
White Arctic White 0.0
White Arctic White 0.0
Yellow Basic Yellow 0.6
Yellow 1 Buttermilk 0.7
Yellow 2 Fluorescent Yellow 2.5
Yellow 3 Deep Yellow 3.1
Yellow 4 Basic Yellow 0.7
Yellow 5 Golden Yellow 1.1
Yellow Glaze Neon Yellow 2.8

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