Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays)
Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays · S15
#1D3163 · L*21.4 a*10.5 b*-32.0
The closest match to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Midnight Blue is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Elven Armor at ΔE 0.4. 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 Humbrol Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays)?
The Army Painter Elven Armor is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Twilight Purple (ΔE 0.9) and P3 Exile Blue (ΔE 1.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Blue, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Elven Armor Warpaints Air ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
- B Omega Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Reaper
- A Twilight Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9483 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- D Violet Light Master Series Paints Core Colors 9266 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in P3
- A Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- E Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 10.9 · far
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Foundry
- A French Blue Paint System 65B ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C British Royal Blue Light Paint System 74C ΔE 3.9 · close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Lapislazuli Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Indigo Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Dark Blue Model Color 70.930 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Blueberry Arte Deco 85.064 ΔE 2.0 · very close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Brilliant Blue Acrylic Colors 641 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B True Blue Acrylic Colors 401 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Phthalo Cyanine Blue Aqueous Hobby Color H322 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX216 ΔE 4.6 · close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Creature
- B Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl MPA-014 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- E Blue Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-046 ΔE 10.1 · far
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Deep Purple Gloss™ 20625 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Too Blue Colors 20771 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Golden
- B Cerulean Blue Deep Heavy Body 1051 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Phthalo Blue (green Shade) Heavy Body 1255 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Midnight Blue (Aerosol Sprays) equivalent in Arteza
- B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A504 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Prussian Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A505 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Midnight Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #1D2D53 | Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 3.1 |
| Citadel | #142758 | Soulstone Blue Technical | ΔE 3.2 |
| Scale75 | #253B6D | Navy Blue Scale Color Range | ΔE 3.2 |
| AK Interactive | #0D265C | Clear Blue Standard (3rd Gen) | ΔE 3.4 |
| Revell | #1F2D52 | Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #203479 | Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments | ΔE 3.8 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.0 |
| Tom Color | #223754 | Dark Mediterranean Blue | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mission Models | #002059 | Blue | ΔE 5.3 |
| Warcolours | #002053 | Blue 5 Layer paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Liquitex | #2D2A5F | Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.4 |
| Mr. Paint | #00345C | Blue Metallic For Subaru Brz Mr Paint - Car | ΔE 5.5 |
| Acrilex | #34446E | Azul Marinho Paints | ΔE 6.2 |
| Monument | #1D2347 | Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #324669 | Royal Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.1 |
| Mig | #294888 | Medium Blue Acrylics | ΔE 8.3 |
| Duncan | #43496F | Marine Blue Wave 1 | ΔE 9.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 16.3 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- A Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- D Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D French Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 9.2 · similar
- E Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays ΔE 11.2 · far
- E Purple Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 12.0 · far
- E Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 16.0 · far
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