Indigo
Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 208
#201B22 · L*10.6 a*4.2 b*-3.9
The closest match to Liquitex Indigo in every other range, nearest first.
Liquitex Indigo is a very dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Night Blue, ΔE 1.6. 17 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 Liquitex Indigo?
Vallejo Night Blue is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Indigo in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Revell Black (ΔE 3.0) and AK Interactive Black Primer (ΔE 3.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Indigo?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Night Blue, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Liquitex Indigo Shop Vallejo Night Blue (Game Air) Shop Vallejo Game Air set
Indigo equivalent in Vallejo
- A Night Blue Game Air 76.019 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Petrol Spills Weathering FX 73.817 ΔE 3.6 · close
Indigo equivalent in Revell
- B Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Tar Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.0 · close
Indigo equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Black Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11242 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C RLM 83 Air AK2028 ΔE 4.8 · close
Indigo equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Night Scales Warpaints Air ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Dark Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 5.5 · similar
Indigo equivalent in FolkArt
- C Midnight Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2984 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Dioxazine Purple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 6361 ΔE 4.5 · close
Indigo equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C German Gray Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set CMC09 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D German Gray Mr Color Modulation Set C40 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Indigo equivalent in Creature
- C Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-051 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-040 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Indigo equivalent in Tom Color
- C Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Black Uniform Shadow TC-0234 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Indigo equivalent in Scale75
- C Dark Prussian Blue Artist Range ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Dark Brown Ochre Artist Range ΔE 4.4 · close
Indigo equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Eggplant Dark Grey - Blue SU-34 Mr Paint MRP-205 ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Dark Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-289 ΔE 4.9 · close
Indigo equivalent in Foundry
- C Musket Stock Brown Shade Paint System 72A ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Blackened Barrel Paint System 105B ΔE 6.4 · similar
Indigo equivalent in Monument
- C Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints 053 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Coal Black Pro Acrylic Paints 002 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Indigo in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Citadel | #171314 | Corvus Black Air | ΔE 5.0 |
| Humbrol | #292526 | Black Satin Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.1 |
| Reaper | #2B2525 | Blackened Steel Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 5.5 |
| Golden | #212032 | Dioxazine Violet Deep SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.1 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.1 |
| Mission Models | #2E2C2F | Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII | ΔE 6.2 |
| Mig | #1C1C1C | Satin Black Acrylics | ΔE 6.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #1A1A1A | Primer Black Matt Surface | ΔE 6.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #191F2B | English Navy Colors | ΔE 6.4 |
| Warcolours | #191919 | Cool Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Tamiya | #222424 | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 7.8 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 9.0 |
| Italeri | #000000 | Black Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.0 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 11.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 23.4 |
Nearest colours inside Liquitex
- B Iridescent Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Ivory Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Muted Violet Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.9 · similar
- D Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D Prism Violet Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.0 · similar
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