Azure Blue
Mr. Hobby · Mr Color · 370
#5885B3 · L*54.1 a*-2.2 b*-29.0
The closest match to Mr. Hobby Azure Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Hobby Azure Blue is a mid-toned, moderately saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Electric Blue at ΔE 1.8. 18 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 Mr. Hobby Azure Blue?
The Army Painter Electric Blue is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Azure Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Apple Barrel Blue Bonnet (ΔE 2.0) and Golden Manganese Blue Hue (ΔE 2.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Azure Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Salem Blue, ΔE 3.9 — a close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Hobby Azure Blue Shop The Army Painter Electric Blue Shop The Army Painter Warpaints set
Azure Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Electric Blue Warpaints WP1113 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Wolf Grey Warpaints WP1119 ΔE 3.9 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Blue Bonnet Colors 21485 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Sky Haze Gloss™ 23891E ΔE 4.6 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Golden
- B Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body 1457 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Cerulean Blue, Chromium Heavy Body 1050 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Azure Blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Stormfang Dry ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Hoeth Blue Dry ΔE 4.9 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Italeri
- B Azure Blue Acrylic Paint 4308AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
- E Dark Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint 4761AP ΔE 11.4 · far
Azure Blue equivalent in Humbrol
- B WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt 109 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss 48 ΔE 7.9 · similar
Azure Blue equivalent in Monument
- B Faded Ultramarine Pro Acrylic Paints 013 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints 012 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Azure Blue equivalent in Foundry
- B Sky Blue Paint System 21B ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Tomb Blue Shade Paint System 23A ΔE 5.2 · similar
Azure Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- C Deep Ocean Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Deep Ocean Blue ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 4.9 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- C Salem Blue Arte Deco 85.062 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Light Blue Mecha Color 69.016 ΔE 5.0 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Shadow Grey Fantasy Range 150 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Hideous Blue Fantasy Range 167 ΔE 4.8 · close
Azure Blue equivalent in Duncan
- C Elysium Blue Wave 1 ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Celestial Blue Wave 1 ΔE 4.6 · close
Azure Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #4E91C8 | Blue Glaze Glazing paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mr. Paint | #6394BD | Azure Blue Ana 609 Mr Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Scale75 | #3579C0 | Paralyze Blue Instant Colors Range | ΔE 5.4 |
| Revell | #2881BB | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mission Models | #3779DA | Light Blue (Mecha) | ΔE 5.7 |
| Mig | #237EE9 | Warhead Metallic Blue Acrylics | ΔE 5.8 |
| Tom Color | #648CA6 | Raf Pru Blue Faded | ΔE 6.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #4B94CB | Da Ba Dee | ΔE 6.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #4476D7 | Cobalt Blue Chameleon Colorshift Metallic | ΔE 6.3 |
| Arteza | #0388D4 | Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Reaper | #0288D1 | Cyan Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 6.5 |
| Tamiya | #7396BA | Pearl light blue Spray | ΔE 6.5 |
| Liquitex | #037BC9 | Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.6 |
| Acrilex | #2C76B7 | Azul Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| AK Interactive | #668297 | Blue Gray AFV | ΔE 6.8 |
| P3 | #2C75BB | Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #5D8499 | Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 7.7 |
| Creature | #7BA2DD | Faded Ultramarine Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.6 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby
- B Jasdf Shallow Ocean Blue Mr Color ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C A.E.U.G'.s MS Blue Gundam Color Spray ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Sky Blue Acrysion ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D Violet Acrysion ΔE 7.5 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot