Raf Azure Blue (Air)
AK Interactive · Air · AK2017
#38668A · L*41.5 a*-4.4 b*-24.6
The closest match to AK Interactive Raf Azure Blue (Air) in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Raf Azure Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Stratos Blue at ΔE 1.4. 16 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 Raf Azure Blue (Air)?
The Army Painter Stratos Blue is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Raf Azure Blue (Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Coat d'Arms Fester Blue (ΔE 1.4) and Vallejo French Blue (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Raf Azure Blue (Air)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is French Blue, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Stratos Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C Kraken Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 4.5 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Fester Blue Fantasy Range 166 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C High Elf Blue Fantasy Range 117 ΔE 3.7 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Vallejo
- A French Blue Arte Deco 85.066 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Metallic Blue Mecha Color 69.067 ΔE 3.6 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Moody Blue Gloss™ 20287E ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Sky Blue Colors 20770 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Blue Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H42 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Blue Mr Color Spray SP5 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Citadel
- B Caledor Sky Air ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Shadow Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.1 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in FolkArt
- C Sterling Blue Acrylic Colors 441 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Cayman Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2953 ΔE 4.3 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in P3
- C Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C039 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C True Blue FS15102 Mr Paint MRP-384 ΔE 4.4 · close
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Foundry
- C Prussian Gun Mid Blue Shade Paint System 106A ΔE 4.2 · close
- D French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 76A ΔE 5.7 · similar
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Scale75
- C Cobalt Blue Artist Range ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Flight Blue Warfront Range ΔE 5.7 · similar
Raf Azure Blue (Air) equivalent in Golden
- C Manganese Blue Hue Fluid 2437 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Cerulean Blue Hue SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6630 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Raf Azure Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #006A94 | Flat blue Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.8 |
| Italeri | #0068AD | French Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #0268B0 | Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.2 |
| Warcolours | #0464B1 | Blue 3 Layer paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Duncan | #326AB3 | Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 | ΔE 5.7 |
| Reaper | #086CB7 | Dragon Blue Master Series Paints Bones | ΔE 5.9 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 6.1 |
| Revell | #0070B4 | Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.4 |
| Mig | #18568F | Marine Blue Acrylics | ΔE 6.4 |
| Arteza | #027095 | Pearl Turquoise Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Liquitex | #1C5E78 | Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.8 |
| Monument | #3D5EAB | Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine Pro Signature Series | ΔE 6.9 |
| Mission Models | #475C6D | USN Flight Deck Blue 21 | ΔE 7.2 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.5 |
| Acrilex | #2C76B7 | Azul Paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 8.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.9 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 11.4 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- B Intense Blue -77- Figures ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Pla Intermediate Blue AFV ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Aggressor Blue Fs 35109 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Ocean Gray (fs35164) AFV (3rd Gen) ΔE 8.2 · similar
- D Raf Pru Blue Bs381c/636 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 8.8 · similar
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