Marine Blue
Duncan · Wave 1
#43496F · L*32.0 a*8.0 b*-22.7
The closest match to Duncan Marine Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Marine Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Fairy Blood at ΔE 1.7. 23 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 Marine Blue?
Scale75 Fairy Blood is the closest equivalent to Duncan Marine Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Flat Blue (ΔE 1.7) and FolkArt Ultramarine Blue (ΔE 3.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Marine Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Flat Blue, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Marine Blue Shop Scale75 Fairy Blood Shop Scale75 Instant Colors Range set
Marine Blue equivalent in Scale75
- A Fairy Blood Instant Colors Range ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Leaden Sky Warfront Range ΔE 3.9 · close
Marine Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Flat Blue Model Color 70.962 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Dark Blue Game Color 72.017 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Marine Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- B Ultramarine Blue Acrylic Colors 484 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Tanzanite Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6313 ΔE 4.0 · close
Marine Blue equivalent in Acrilex
- C Azul Marinho Paints 544 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Azul Turquesa Paints 501 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Foundry
- C Violet Paint System 40B ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Bavarian Cornflower Blue Shade Paint System 73A ΔE 8.1 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Admiral Blue Colors 21484 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Petunia Purple Colors 20226 ΔE 7.7 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Royal Blue Fantasy Range 110 ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Super Wash Blue Fantasy Range 172 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Arteza
- D Prussian Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A505 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Violet Acrylic Premium Paints A405 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Golden
- D Ultramarine Violet Fluid 2401 ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Phthalo Blue (green Shade) SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6620 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- D Cloudburst Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Gothic Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.5 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in Reaper
- D Nightsky Indigo Master Series Paints Bones 9422 ΔE 6.2 · similar
- D Twilight Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9020 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Marine Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- D Pure Blue, RAL 5005 Real Colors - Standard RC010 ΔE 6.2 · similar
- D Deep Blue Intense (3rd Gen) AK11182 ΔE 9.1 · similar
Marine Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #54496B | Hormagaunt Purple Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 6.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #253F72 | Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX | ΔE 6.9 |
| Mission Models | #554F8F | Purple (Purple Violet) | ΔE 7.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #343468 | Ultramar Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 7.2 |
| Mr. Paint | #3B3656 | Burnt Metal Violet Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 7.3 |
| Humbrol | #483A5E | Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 7.9 |
| Tamiya | #284C7B | Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 8.0 |
| Mig | #294888 | Medium Blue Acrylics | ΔE 8.0 |
| Tom Color | #224062 | Azul Luminoso | ΔE 8.4 |
| P3 | #203467 | Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.7 |
| Liquitex | #234E7B | Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.3 |
| Monument | #3B3053 | Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series | ΔE 9.4 |
| Revell | #1F2D52 | Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | ΔE 9.7 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 10.0 |
| Creature | #0D3366 | Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 11.5 |
| Warcolours | #526989 | Blue Grey 4 Layer paints | ΔE 12.2 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- D Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D Amethyst Rayne Wave 1 ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Tempest Blue Wash Wave 2 ΔE 9.5 · similar
- E Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 12.4 · far
- E Enchantress Purple Wave 3 ΔE 12.6 · far
- E Faust Blue Wave 3 ΔE 12.7 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot