Paint Equivalents

Manganese Blue Hue

Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 275

#165068 · L*31.6 a*-9.5 b*-19.2

The closest match to Liquitex Manganese Blue Hue in every other range, nearest first.

Liquitex Manganese Blue Hue is a dark, moderately saturated blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Abyssal Blue at ΔE 1.4. 19 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 Manganese Blue Hue?

The Army Painter Abyssal Blue is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Manganese Blue Hue in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 (ΔE 1.7) and Citadel Thousand Sons Blue (ΔE 2.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Manganese Blue Hue?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Wagram Blue, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Abyssal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Dark Sky Warpaints WP1415 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Liquitex → The Army Painter conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 MMP-065 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Gloss Grey USN FS 16081 MMP-099 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full Liquitex → Mission Models conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Thousand Sons Blue Base ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Akhelian Green Contrast ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Liquitex → Citadel conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Wagram Blue Xpress Color 72.464 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Steel Blue Model Air 71.087 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Liquitex → Vallejo conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Golden

  1. B Cobalt Turquoise Heavy Body 1144 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Cobalt Turquoise OPEN Acrylics 7144 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Liquitex → Golden conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Star Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11185 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Pla Intermediate Blue AFV AK4253 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Liquitex → AK Interactive conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Turquoise Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics 2992 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Navajo Turquoise Acrylic Colors 99257 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Liquitex → FolkArt conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Dark Kraken Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Turquoise Artist Range ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Liquitex → Scale75 conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Union Blue Light Paint System 111C ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Night Sky Shade Paint System 62A ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Liquitex → Foundry conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Escama do Boitatá TCUP-14 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Cinza Azulado Médio TC-0204 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Full Liquitex → Tom Color conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Soft Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9230 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Templar Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9056 ΔE 7.2 · similar

Full Liquitex → Reaper conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue equivalent in Monument

  1. D Vince Venturella Dark Jade Pro Signature Series S01 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. D Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints 014 ΔE 7.8 · similar

Full Liquitex → Monument conversion chart

Manganese Blue Hue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Apple Barrel #2C4C57 Tuscan Teal Colors ΔE 5.4
Green Stuff World #2C4655 Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.6
Mr. Hobby #0E4D59 Intermediate Blue Acrysion ΔE 6.2
Mr. Paint #015480 Azzurro Mr Paint ΔE 6.4
Warcolours #003A52 Marine 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.1
Tamiya #415862 German gray Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.5
Duncan #3E5165 Tempest Blue Wash Wave 2 ΔE 7.8
Kimera Kolors #285E68 Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 ΔE 8.2
P3 #285C8A Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.9
Mig #445366 French Blue Acrylics ΔE 9.4
Creature #10545A Jade Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.5
Italeri #3E6066 Non Specular Blue Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 9.6
Arteza #375B5F Deep Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 9.6
Coat d'Arms #37698C Fester Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 10.0
Humbrol #24383F Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 10.5
Revell #01448A Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 10.7
Acrilex #3B5383 Azul Turquesa Paints ΔE 11.9
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 14.7

Nearest colours inside Liquitex

  1. C Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. D Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.7 · similar
  3. E Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.9 · far
  4. E Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 13.8 · far
  5. E Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 14.8 · far
  6. E Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 17.1 · far

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