Paint Equivalents

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment)

FolkArt · Pure™ Artist Pigment · 7104

#1E4DA9 · L*34.9 a*19.4 b*-53.8

The closest match to FolkArt Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) in every other range, nearest first.

FolkArt Ultramarine Blue is a dark, saturated blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Golden Transparent Phthalo Blue GS, ΔE 1.6. 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 Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment)?

Golden Transparent Phthalo Blue GS is the closest equivalent to FolkArt Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Iridescent Blue (ΔE 2.4) and P3 Cygnar Blue Base (ΔE 2.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to FolkArt Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sapphire Blue, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full FolkArt to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Transparent Phthalo Blue GS High Flow 8559 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A Primary Cyan Fluid 2420 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full FolkArt → Golden conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Iridescent Blue MMP-156 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Pearl Deep Blue MMP-147 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full FolkArt → Mission Models conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in P3

  1. B Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0 · close

Full FolkArt → P3 conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Blue Acrysion N5 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Metallic Blue Acrysion SP76 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full FolkArt → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Sapphire Blue Arte Deco 85.059 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Ultramarine Model Color 70.839 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full FolkArt → Vallejo conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Metallic blue Spray TS-19 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-8 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full FolkArt → Tamiya conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Replenish Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Oxford Blue Artist Range ΔE 4.8 · close

Full FolkArt → Scale75 conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Blue 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full FolkArt → Warcolours conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A736 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A503 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Full FolkArt → Arteza conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. C Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 PB 29 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments PB15.4 ΔE 9.8 · similar

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Ultramarine Blue Warpaints WP1115 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full FolkArt → The Army Painter conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue (Pure™ Artist Pigment) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. C French Blue Acrylics - Gloss 14 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Blue Acrylics - Matt 25 ΔE 8.3 · similar

Full FolkArt → Humbrol conversion chart

Ultramarine Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #2D4696 Altdorf Guard Blue Layer ΔE 3.8
Monument #0855A3 Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.3
Reaper #29458F Sapphire Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.3
Mig #294888 Medium Blue Acrylics ΔE 4.6
Acrilex #384798 Azul Intenso Paints ΔE 4.6
Duncan #2259A0 Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 4.7
Foundry #025297 Sky Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.9
Italeri #0058A9 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.1
Revell #01448A Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.3
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.3
Apple Barrel #014689 Primary Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.3
Coat d'Arms #3D4A90 Nauseous Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 5.5
Tom Color #293EA9 Azul Do Charlie ΔE 5.7
Liquitex #234E7B Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.0
Mr. Paint #194083 Signal Blue RAL 5005 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 6.1
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 6.7
Green Stuff World #12407E Marine Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.7
AK Interactive #1A4067 Deep Blue Intense (3rd Gen) ΔE 9.0

Nearest colours inside FolkArt

  1. B Blue Ribbon Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Ultramarine Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C Cobalt Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.5 · close
  4. C Prussian Blue Pure™ Artist Pigment ΔE 5.0 · close
  5. C Sapphire Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 5.0 · close
  6. D Blue Peacock Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 6.4 · similar

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