MS Light Blue
Mr. Hobby · Gundam Color Spray / Mr Color Gundam Color · SG15
#000011 · L*0.4 a*2.6 b*-7.0
The closest match to Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue is a very dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Calypso Sky, ΔE 1.4. 25 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
This colour is sold under more than one range label — what differs between those pots
What is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue?
FolkArt Calypso Sky is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Dark Prussian Blue (ΔE 2.5) and The Army Painter Dark Tone (ΔE 3.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Night Blue, ΔE 6.1 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Hobby MS Light Blue Shop FolkArt Calypso Sky (Acrylic Colors) Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
MS Light Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- A Calypso Sky Acrylic Colors 524 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Galaxy Blue Acrylic Colors 99258 ΔE 3.1 · very close
MS Light Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dark Prussian Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11189 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Russian Blue Base Figures (3rd Gen) AK11432 ΔE 4.7 · close
MS Light Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Dark Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Shadow Wash D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 6.1 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Reaper
- C Nightmare Black Master Series Paints Core Colors 9280 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Midnight Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9019 ΔE 5.7 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Arteza
- C Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints A005 ΔE 4.7 · close
- E Mars Brown Acrylic Premium Paints A306 ΔE 12.8 · far
MS Light Blue equivalent in Creature
- D Black Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-053 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Dark Silver Monument Pro Acryl MPA-030 ΔE 6.8 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- D Worn Black Grey Tires / Camo MMP-105 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Black MMP-047 ΔE 6.8 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- D Ford Gt Med. Royal Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C006 ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D IJNAF Q1 Cowling Color Mr Paint MRP-432 ΔE 5.5 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Citadel
- D Leviadon Blue Contrast ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Abaddon Black Air ΔE 6.8 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Scale75
- D Primer Surface Black Primers ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Dark Stains Soil Works ΔE 6.8 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- D Dark mica blue Spray TS-64 ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Black Lacquer Paint LP-1 ΔE 6.6 · similar
MS Light Blue equivalent in Foundry
- D Prussian Blue Shade Paint System 66A ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Blackened Barrel Shade Paint System 105A ΔE 6.8 · similar
MS Light Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revell | #141519 | Black Email Color - Silk | ΔE 5.6 |
| Tom Color | #07131F | Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Shadow | ΔE 5.7 |
| Vallejo | #1D1A23 | Night Blue Game Air | ΔE 6.1 |
| Monument | #080505 | Black Wash Pro Acrylic Wash | ΔE 6.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #010101 | Black Colors | ΔE 6.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 6.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #000000 | Black Stallion Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.8 |
| Humbrol | #000000 | Black Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 6.8 |
| Italeri | #000000 | Black Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| Mig | #000000 | Washable Black Acrylics | ΔE 6.8 |
| P3 | #000000 | Thamar Black Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.8 |
| Warcolours | #000000 | Black Inks for Shading and Glazing | ΔE 6.8 |
| Liquitex | #201B22 | Indigo Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.1 |
| Golden | #0F152B | Turquoise (phthalo) Heavy Body | ΔE 7.4 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 11.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 11.6 |
| Duncan | #22012E | Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 | ΔE 16.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 28.9 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby
- B German Gray Shadow Mr Color Modulation Set ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C MS Phantom Gray Mr Color Gundam Color ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Gloss Seablue Fs151042 Mr Color ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Russianircraft Blueii Mr Color ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Black Acrysion ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Cowling Color Mr Color ΔE 6.8 · similar
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