Paint Equivalents

Blue

Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Matt · 25

#223881 · L*26.0 a*18.4 b*-43.8

The closest match to Humbrol Blue in every other range, nearest first.

Humbrol Blue is a dark, saturated blue. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Ultramarine at ΔE 1.2. 10 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Blue equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Ultramarine AK11179 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Pure Blue, RAL 5005 RC010 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Humbrol → AK Interactive chart

Blue equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Storm Blue ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Macragge Blue ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Humbrol → Citadel chart

Blue equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. A Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) PB15.4 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Ultramarine Blue PB 29 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Legacy Blue 72.480 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Storm Blue 72.412 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full Humbrol → Vallejo chart

Blue equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Light Ultramarine ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Navy Blue ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Humbrol → Scale75 chart

Blue equivalent in Golden

  1. B Phthalo Blue (green Shade) 7255 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Primary Cyan 1500 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Humbrol → Golden chart

Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Blue X-4 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Blue TS-15 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Humbrol → Tamiya chart

Blue equivalent in Revell

  1. B Ultramarine Blue ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D Blue ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Humbrol → Revell chart

Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Imperium Blue ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Marine Blue ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Humbrol → Green Stuff World chart

Blue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Gothic Blue ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Elven Armour ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Humbrol → The Army Painter chart

Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Cobalt Hue 20596 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Concord Grape 20595 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Humbrol → Apple Barrel chart

Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. C Signal Blue RAL 5005 MRP-A009 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Blue Metallic For Subaru Brz MRP-C025 ΔE 7.4 · similar

Full Humbrol → Mr. Paint chart

Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #1A356C Brilliant Blue ΔE 3.6
Mr. Hobby #253F72 Metal Dark Blue ΔE 4.0
Reaper #29458F Sapphire Blue ΔE 4.3
P3 #203467 Exile Blue ΔE 4.3
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue ΔE 4.6
Foundry #0F386C British Royal Blue Light ΔE 4.7
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue ΔE 5.1
Mig #294888 Medium Blue ΔE 5.3
Coat d'Arms #3D4A90 Nauseous Blue ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #0043AC Blue 4 ΔE 6.8
Monument #184366 Dark Grey Blue ΔE 7.6
Liquitex #2D2A5F Ultramarine Blue Red Shade ΔE 7.9
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue ΔE 8.1
Mission Models #002059 Blue ΔE 8.5
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue ΔE 8.8
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 12.8

Nearest colours inside Humbrol

  1. D Midnight Blue ΔE 5.0 · similar
  2. D French Blue ΔE 5.6 · similar
  3. D Midnight Blue ΔE 6.1 · similar
  4. E Gloss Purple ΔE 13.1 · far
  5. E Purple ΔE 15.0 · far
  6. E Tank Grey ΔE 15.3 · far