Frost Blue
Duncan · Wave 3
#78969D · L*60.1 a*-8.8 b*-7.1
The closest match to Duncan Frost Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Frost Blue is a mid-toned, muted blue-green. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Azzurro Subalare at ΔE 0.8. 19 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 Duncan Frost Blue?
Mr. Paint Azzurro Subalare is the closest equivalent to Duncan Frost Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Pale Blue (ΔE 1.4) and Mr. Hobby Blue Gray Fs35189 (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Frost Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Pale Blue, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Frost Blue Shop Mr. Paint Azzurro Subalare Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Frost Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Azzurro Subalare Mr Paint MRP-319 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Gray Blue Mr Paint MRP-398 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Frost Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Pale Blue Model Air 71.008 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C Light Blue RLM78 Model Air 71.101 ΔE 3.6 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Blue Gray Fs35189 Mr Color 367 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B RLM65 Light Blue Acrysion SP115 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Frost Blue equivalent in Tom Color
- A Faded Blue Jeans TC-0157 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C FS 35189 TC-0023 ΔE 3.8 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in Foundry
- A British Gun Grey Shade Paint System 108A ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C British Gun Grey Paint System 108B ΔE 4.4 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Mig-29 Light Grey 10ml Real Colors - Air RC337 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B RLM 78 (1941) Air (3rd Gen) RC280 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Frost Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- B Silver Marlin Acrylic Colors 6465 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Ice Blue Metallics 2588 ΔE 4.5 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in Mig
- B RLM 78 Hellblau Acrylics AMIG0247 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Fs 36320 Dark Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics AMIG0208 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Frost Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- C Sea Grey Medium RAF WWII BS 637 MMP-094 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C US Blue Grey FS35189 MMP-061 ΔE 4.2 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in P3
- C Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.3 · similar
Frost Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- C Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray AS-26 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Haze grey Spray TS-32 ΔE 3.9 · close
Frost Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- D Uniform Grey World War II Range 525 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- E Hawk Turquoise Fantasy Range 165 ΔE 12.9 · far
Frost Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #8BA3A3 | Celestra Grey Base | ΔE 5.5 |
| Scale75 | #6C8997 | Bering Blue Scale Color Range | ΔE 5.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #6993AA | Blue Steel | ΔE 6.4 |
| Italeri | #7E8E9A | Dark Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.5 |
| The Army Painter | #8E9999 | Cadre Grey Warpaints Air | ΔE 6.7 |
| Reaper | #6BA2B7 | Hobgoblin Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 6.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #71A4A7 | Parrot Blue Colors | ΔE 6.9 |
| Warcolours | #599BA7 | Transparent Turquoise Transparent paints | ΔE 7.0 |
| Revell | #798790 | Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.4 |
| Golden | #569AB6 | Cobalt Teal OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 8.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 8.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #69ACB5 | Psychotic Illusions Chameleon Colorshift Metallic | ΔE 9.2 |
| Arteza | #92B8C3 | Pearl Glacier Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 10.2 |
| Monument | #9A9E9D | Silver Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 10.2 |
| Humbrol | #9BA2AA | Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | ΔE 10.2 |
| Acrilex | #2095AD | Azul Piscina Paints | ΔE 11.1 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 11.1 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 14.7 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- D Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Aztec Turquoise Wash Wave 3 ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Gravestone Blue Wave 1 ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Cursed Blue Wave 2 ΔE 9.5 · similar
- E Mythic Turquoise Wave 3 ΔE 10.0 · far
- E Seafarer Blue Wave 3 ΔE 12.0 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot