Paint Equivalents

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss)

Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Gloss · 15

#212F5E · L*20.7 a*10.7 b*-29.9

The closest match to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) 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 Reaper Twilight Purple at ΔE 1.4. 10 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 (Acrylics - Gloss)?

Reaper Twilight Purple is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Dark Blue (ΔE 1.4) and The Army Painter Elven Armor (ΔE 1.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Blue, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Humbrol Midnight Blue Shop Reaper Twilight Purple Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Bones set

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Twilight Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9483 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Violet Light Master Series Paints Core Colors 9266 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full Humbrol → Reaper conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Dark Blue Model Color 70.930 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Blueberry Arte Deco 85.064 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Humbrol → Vallejo conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Elven Armor Warpaints Air ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Triumphant Navy Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Humbrol → The Army Painter conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Phthalo Cyanine Blue Aqueous Hobby Color H322 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX216 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Humbrol → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Indigo Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Lapislazuli Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Humbrol → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Deep Purple Gloss™ 20625 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Too Blue Colors 20771 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Humbrol → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in P3

  1. B Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. E Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 12.2 · far

Full Humbrol → P3 conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Ink Spot Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2925 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Brilliant Blue Acrylic Colors 641 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Humbrol → FolkArt conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss X-3 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Mixing blue Lacquer Paint LP-81 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Humbrol → Tamiya conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Dark Blue Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Night Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Humbrol → Revell conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B French Blue Paint System 65B ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Prussian Blue Light Paint System 66C ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Humbrol → Foundry conversion chart

Midnight Blue (Acrylics - Gloss) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Soulstone Blue Technical ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Night Lords Blue Air ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Humbrol → Citadel conversion chart

Midnight Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #2E3569 Blue Violet SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.9
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.0
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.1
AK Interactive #0D265C Clear Blue Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.4
Scale75 #012861 Inktense Blue Inktensity Range ΔE 3.9
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.1
Liquitex #2D2A5F Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.2
Kimera Kolors #203479 Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #002053 Blue 5 Layer paints ΔE 5.1
Mission Models #002059 Blue ΔE 5.2
Monument #1D2347 Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.2
Tom Color #02224B Raf Insignia Blue ΔE 5.2
Mr. Paint #082746 Morning Blue Mr Paint ΔE 6.2
Acrilex #3B2E67 Violeta Cobalto Paints ΔE 6.6
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 7.7
Duncan #43496F Marine Blue Wave 1 ΔE 9.1
Mig #294888 Medium Blue Acrylics ΔE 9.5
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 17.2

Nearest colours inside Humbrol

  1. A Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. D Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.1 · similar
  3. E Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays ΔE 10.2 · far
  4. E French Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 10.6 · far
  5. E Purple Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 10.6 · far
  6. E Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 16.0 · far

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