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. 12 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 Humbrol Blue?

AK Interactive Ultramarine is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Storm Blue (ΔE 1.5) and Kimera Kolors Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Blue?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Legacy Blue, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Blue equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Ultramarine Standard (3rd Gen) AK11179 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Pure Blue, RAL 5005 Real Colors - Standard RC010 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Humbrol → AK Interactive conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Storm Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Macragge Blue Air ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Humbrol → Citadel conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Kimera Kolors

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

Blue equivalent in Vallejo

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

Full Humbrol → Vallejo conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Scale75

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

Full Humbrol → Scale75 conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Golden

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

Full Humbrol → Golden conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss X-4 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Mica blue Spray TS-50 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Humbrol → Tamiya conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Revell

  1. B Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Humbrol → Revell conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World

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

Full Humbrol → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Blue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Gothic Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Elven Armour Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Humbrol → The Army Painter conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel

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

Full Humbrol → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint

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

Full Humbrol → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #1A356C Brilliant Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.6
Mr. Hobby #253F72 Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX ΔE 4.0
Reaper #29458F Sapphire Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.3
P3 #203467 Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.3
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.6
Foundry #0F386C British Royal Blue Light Paint System ΔE 4.7
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.1
Mig #294888 Medium Blue Acrylics ΔE 5.3
Acrilex #384798 Azul Intenso Paints ΔE 5.6
Coat d'Arms #3D4A90 Nauseous Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 6.1
Tom Color #293EA9 Azul Do Charlie ΔE 6.2
Warcolours #0043AC Blue 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.8
Monument #184366 Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.6
Liquitex #2D2A5F Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.9
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 8.1
Mission Models #002059 Blue ΔE 8.5
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.8
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 12.8

Nearest colours inside Humbrol

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

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