Iridescent Black
Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 338
#252328 · L*14.1 a*2.2 b*-3.0
The closest match to Liquitex Iridescent Black in every other range, nearest first.
Liquitex Iridescent Black is a near-black neutral. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Revell Tar Black at ΔE 0.7. 9 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 Iridescent Black?
Revell Tar Black is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Iridescent Black in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Continental Blue (ΔE 0.8) and Tom Color Flight Deck Stain (ΔE 0.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Iridescent Black?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Continental Blue, ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Liquitex Iridescent Black Shop Revell Tar Black Shop Revell Email Color - Matt set
Iridescent Black equivalent in Revell
- A Tar Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- A Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Iridescent Black equivalent in Vallejo
- A Continental Blue Model Color 70.754 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Black Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.806 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
Iridescent Black equivalent in Tom Color
- A Flight Deck Stain TC-0223 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- C Black Uniform Shadow TC-0234 ΔE 4.1 · close
Iridescent Black equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Black Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11242 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Nato Black AFV (3rd Gen) AK11360 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Iridescent Black equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Night Scales Warpaints Air ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.2 · very close
Iridescent Black equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Dark Grey Mig 29 Smt Mr Paint MRP-289 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Black Mr Paint MRP-255 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Iridescent Black equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- B Carbon Black Pure Pigments PBK7 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- E Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Dark ΔE 14.3 · far
Iridescent Black equivalent in FolkArt
- B Pure Black Pure™ Artist Pigment 7112 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Regal Red Metallics 657 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Iridescent Black equivalent in Creature
- B Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-040 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-044 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Iridescent Black equivalent in Scale75
- B Abyssal Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Dark Prussian Blue Artist Range ΔE 4.1 · close
Iridescent Black equivalent in Humbrol
- B Black Satin Aerosol Sprays S85 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Black Matt Aerosol Sprays S33 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Iridescent Black equivalent in Monument
- B Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints 053 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Coal Black Pro Acrylic Paints 002 ΔE 4.7 · close
Iridescent Black in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #2A2B30 | Pearl Deep Black | ΔE 3.0 |
| Reaper | #212224 | Steel Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash | ΔE 3.3 |
| Citadel | #232324 | Black Legion Contrast | ΔE 3.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #252525 | Deep Black Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.0 |
| Mig | #282B34 | RLM 66 Schwartzgrau Acrylics | ΔE 4.1 |
| P3 | #2A2524 | Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #1F1E1D | RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 4.8 |
| Golden | #262B31 | Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.8 |
| Tamiya | #222424 | NATO black Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 5.0 |
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Foundry | #191919 | Blackened Barrel Paint System | ΔE 5.3 |
| Warcolours | #191919 | Cool Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 5.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #272624 | Pavement Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 6.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3E373E | Dark Flesh Military Range | ΔE 7.4 |
| Italeri | #32393D | Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.7 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 8.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 20.6 |
Nearest colours inside Liquitex
- B Mars Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Ivory Black Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Indigo Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.1 · similar
- D Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.1 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot