Paint Equivalents

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors)

FolkArt · Acrylic Colors · 2555

#9F9EA4 · L*65.4 a*1.5 b*-3.0

The closest match to FolkArt Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) in every other range, nearest first.

FolkArt Deep Ocean Blue is a light grey. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Mithril at ΔE 1.7. 11 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 FolkArt Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors)?

The Army Painter Mithril is the closest equivalent to FolkArt Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Heavy Metal (ΔE 1.7) and Mission Models White Aluminum (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to FolkArt Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Plate Mail Metal, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full FolkArt to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Mithril Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Ash Grey Warpaints WP1117 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full FolkArt → The Army Painter conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Heavy Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Spectral Wolf Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full FolkArt → Scale75 conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B White Aluminum MMM-008 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C High Low Visibility Grey FS (595) FS 36373 MMP-117 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full FolkArt → Mission Models conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Plate Mail Metal Surface Primer 70.628 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Stone Wall Grey Game Air 72.749 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full FolkArt → Vallejo conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Grey Aerosol Sprays S64 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin S165 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full FolkArt → Humbrol conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B IJN Hull Color/Maizuru Mr Color 603 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Aluminium Mr Metal Color 218 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full FolkArt → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Pure Silver Colors 20762 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Timeless Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21983E ΔE 4.8 · close

Full FolkArt → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Grey Shine Acrylics AMIG0911 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Fs 36270 Medium Gray Acrylics AMIG0211 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full FolkArt → Mig conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Gun Metal Paint System 104B ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Arctic Grey Shade Paint System 33A ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full FolkArt → Foundry conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Drakenhof Nightshade Shade ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Astrogranite Debris Technical ΔE 3.5 · close

Full FolkArt → Citadel conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Crusader Silver Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89550 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Rainy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9038 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full FolkArt → Reaper conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue (Acrylic Colors) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Silver Grey TC-0241 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C 626 Camouflage Grey Raf TC-0129 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full FolkArt → Tom Color conversion chart

Deep Ocean Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Paint #999EA2 Light Grey FS36373 Mr Paint ΔE 3.7
Revell #9DA2A6 Light Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.7
Arteza #ACABB1 Silver Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.9
Duncan #959496 Carcharodon Grey Wave 1 ΔE 3.9
AK Interactive #9FA4A8 Silbergrau -silver Grey RAL 7001 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 3.9
Warcolours #A5A5A5 Cool Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.0
Liquitex #9C9E9D Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.6
Golden #979392 N6 Neutral Gray Heavy Body ΔE 5.1
Monument #9A9E9D Silver Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.2
Tamiya #B3AAAE Smoke Spray ΔE 5.5
P3 #8E959A Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.6
Green Stuff World #A2A19D Skull Linen Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.7
Coat d'Arms #AEB2BD Enchanted Silver Fantasy Range ΔE 6.4
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.1
Creature #B3B8BC Silver Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.0
Turbo Dork #B5B9BC Silver Fox ΔE 8.2
Acrilex #978FAC Violeta Gris Paints ΔE 10.9
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 11.8

Nearest colours inside FolkArt

  1. C Gray Owl Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.0 · close
  2. D Baby Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.5 · similar
  3. D Thunder Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.3 · similar
  4. D Pale Gray Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.4 · similar
  5. D Burgundy Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.4 · similar
  6. D Sawgrass Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.6 · similar

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