Thousand Sons Blue
Citadel · Base
#00506F · L*31.5 a*-8.8 b*-23.7
The closest match to Citadel Thousand Sons Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Thousand Sons Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Wagram Blue at ΔE 0.7. 18 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 Citadel Thousand Sons Blue?
Vallejo Wagram Blue is the closest equivalent to Citadel Thousand Sons Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Abyssal Blue (ΔE 1.3) and FolkArt Turquoise (ΔE 1.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Thousand Sons Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Wagram Blue, ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Citadel Thousand Sons Blue Shop Vallejo Wagram Blue Shop Vallejo Xpress Color set
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Wagram Blue Xpress Color 72.464 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Steel Blue Model Air 71.087 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Abyssal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Deep Blue Warpaints WP1116 ΔE 4.1 · close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- A Turquoise Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics 2992 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Windsor Blue Acrylic Colors 2429 ΔE 4.2 · close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Liquitex
- B Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 470 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- B Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 MMP-065 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D French Blue (Cobalt Blue) MMP-178 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Star Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11185 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Pla Intermediate Blue AFV AK4253 ΔE 4.1 · close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Tom Color
- C Escama do Boitatá TCUP-14 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Azul Luminoso TC-0159 ΔE 9.1 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Foundry
- C Night Sky Shade Paint System 62A ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Union Blue Light Paint System 111C ΔE 4.2 · close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Scale75
- C Cantabric Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Turquoise Artist Range ΔE 4.3 · close
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Reaper
- C Soft Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9230 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Ultramarine Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9188 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-316 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Dark Blue SU-27 Mr Paint MRP-045 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue equivalent in Golden
- C Cobalt Turquoise Heavy Body 1144 ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Cobalt Turquoise OPEN Acrylics 7144 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Thousand Sons Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Barrel | #1F435B | Award Blue Colors | ΔE 5.6 |
| Monument | #184366 | Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #2C4655 | Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 7.0 |
| Warcolours | #003A52 | Marine 5 Layer paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| P3 | #285C8A | Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.5 |
| Mig | #18568F | Marine Blue Acrylics | ΔE 7.8 |
| Mr. Hobby | #0E4D59 | Intermediate Blue Acrysion | ΔE 8.2 |
| Duncan | #3E5165 | Tempest Blue Wash Wave 2 | ΔE 8.3 |
| Tamiya | #28425E | Navy blue Aircraft Spray | ΔE 8.4 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #37698C | Fester Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 9.5 |
| Revell | #01448A | Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 9.6 |
| Italeri | #0058A9 | Medium Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #285E68 | Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.0 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 10.4 |
| Acrilex | #3B5383 | Azul Turquesa Paints | ΔE 11.1 |
| Creature | #10545A | Jade Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 11.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 14.3 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- C Stegadon Scale Green Base ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Akhelian Green Contrast ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Space Wolves Grey Contrast ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D The Fang Air ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Gryph-Charger Grey Contrast ΔE 8.6 · similar
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