Paint Equivalents

Deep Sea Blue

AK Interactive · Air (3rd Gen) · AK11864

#36434C · L*27.6 a*-2.8 b*-7.2

The closest match to AK Interactive Deep Sea Blue in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Deep Sea Blue is a dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Duncan Oxidation Green at ΔE 1.6. 9 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Deep Sea Blue?

Duncan Oxidation Green is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Deep Sea Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color London Grey RAL 7026 (ΔE 1.8) and The Army Painter Cloudburst Blue (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Deep Sea Blue?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Faust Blue Wave 3 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full AK Interactive → Duncan conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Ana 607 Sea Blue TC-0159 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Tom Color conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Cloudburst Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Dark Sky Warpaints Air ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full AK Interactive → The Army Painter conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-50 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-17 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Tamiya conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Foundry

  1. B American Olive Green Paint System 94B ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Union Blue Paint System 111B ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Foundry conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Grigio Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-304 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Dark Grey FS36076 Mr Paint MRP-366 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Revell

  1. B Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Tank Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Revell conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Sombre Grey Game Air 76.048 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Periscopes Panzer Aces 70.309 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Graugrun RLM 74 MMP-049 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Grauviolet RLM 75 MMP-050 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Mission Models conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. C Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range 161 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Angel Green Fantasy Range 155 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. C Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue equivalent in Monument

  1. C Vince Venturella Payne's Grey Pro Signature Series S02 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C Vince Venturella Dark Jade Pro Signature Series S01 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full AK Interactive → Monument conversion chart

Deep Sea Blue in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #32393D Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.3
Mr. Hobby #444A54 German Gray Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set ΔE 4.6
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 4.6
Mig #3F4551 Fs 36118 Medium Gunship Gray Acrylics ΔE 4.6
Reaper #314659 Templar Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.7
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 4.7
Scale75 #30383B Panzer Grey Warfront Range ΔE 4.8
Golden #2B4752 Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body ΔE 4.9
Citadel #39484A Mechanicus Standard Grey Air ΔE 4.9
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.3
Liquitex #283339 Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.4
FolkArt #294147 Grotto Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.4
Warcolours #293543 Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 5.5
Apple Barrel #343D4E Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.0
Kimera Kolors #344C50 Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 6.5
P3 #4A5456 Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.0
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 10.2
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 11.7

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Dark Sea Blue 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Sea Blue 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 2.7 · very close
  3. B Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 Real Colors - Air ΔE 3.2 · very close
  4. B RLM 83 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 3.2 · very close
  5. B Rlm 83 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.2 · very close
  6. C RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air ΔE 3.7 · close

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