Paint Equivalents

English Navy

Apple Barrel · Colors · 20773

#191F2B · L*11.7 a*1.0 b*-8.9

The closest match to Apple Barrel English Navy in every other range, nearest first.

Apple Barrel English Navy is a very dark, muted blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Pb20 Dark Blue at ΔE 1.0. 14 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

What is the closest equivalent to Apple Barrel English Navy?

AK Interactive Pb20 Dark Blue is the closest equivalent to Apple Barrel English Navy in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Dark Blue Tone (ΔE 1.4) and Vallejo Night Blue (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Apple Barrel English Navy?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Night Blue, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Apple Barrel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Apple Barrel English Navy Shop AK Interactive Pb20 Dark Blue

English Navy equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Pb20 Dark Blue Naval AK5043 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A RLM 83 Air AK2028 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

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English Navy equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Dark Blue Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Oil Stains Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Apple Barrel → The Army Painter conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Night Blue Game Color 72.019 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Dark Sea Blue Model Color 70.898 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Apple Barrel → Vallejo conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Midnight Acrylic Colors 964 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Dioxazine Purple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 6361 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Apple Barrel → FolkArt conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Coal Black Master Series Paints Core Colors 9693 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Midnight Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9019 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Apple Barrel → Reaper conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Creature

  1. B Dark Blue Monument Pro Acryl MPA-034 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Dark Silver Monument Pro Acryl MPA-030 ΔE 7.2 · similar

English Navy equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Dark mica blue Spray TS-64 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Deep metallic blue Spray TS-53 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Apple Barrel → Tamiya conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Foundry

  1. C French Blue Shade Paint System 65A ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Equipment Black Shade Paint System 101A ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Apple Barrel → Foundry conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Mig

  1. C Blue Wash For Panzer Grey Washes AMIG1006 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. C RAL 7021 Dunkelgrau Acrylics AMIG0008 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Apple Barrel → Mig conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 320 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Iridescent Black Heavy Body Acrylix 338 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Apple Barrel → Liquitex conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Golden

  1. C Payne's Gray Heavy Body 1240 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics 7240 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Apple Barrel → Golden conversion chart

English Navy equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Shadow TC-0046 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. D Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full Apple Barrel → Tom Color conversion chart

English Navy in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #252430 Dark Prussian Blue Artist Range ΔE 4.4
Mr. Paint #1E2A36 Burnt Metal Blue Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.5
Revell #212026 Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.5
Monument #1D1E22 Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.8
Arteza #131318 Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.7
Mr. Hobby #282737 German Gray Mr Color Modulation Set ΔE 5.7
Mission Models #2A2B30 Pearl Deep Black ΔE 5.8
Citadel #001522 Chaos Black Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.1
Green Stuff World #2A333C Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.0
Humbrol #212021 Black Matt Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.0
Warcolours #293543 Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.2
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 7.6
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.4
Italeri #32393D Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 9.9
Coat d'Arms #000000 Black Military Range ΔE 10.3
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 10.7
Duncan #3C3936 Doom Death Black Wave 1 ΔE 12.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 22.4

Nearest colours inside Apple Barrel

  1. B Black Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Camouflage Colors ΔE 9.3 · similar
  3. D Pavement Colors ΔE 9.3 · similar
  4. D Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 9.7 · similar
  5. E Black Gloss™ ΔE 10.1 · far
  6. E Jet Black Colors ΔE 10.1 · far

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