Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172
Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-230
#7CABC7 · L*67.7 a*-8.6 b*-19.3
The closest match to Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 is a light, moderately saturated blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt French Blue, ΔE 1.3. 20 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.
What is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172?
FolkArt French Blue is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby RLM78 Light Blue A (ΔE 2.6) and AK Interactive Air Superiority Blue Fs 35450 (ΔE 3.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Russian AF Grey N.7, ΔE 4.9 — a close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Paint Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 Shop FolkArt French Blue Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in FolkArt
- A French Blue Acrylic Colors 639 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Dolphin Acrylic Colors 4665 ΔE 4.8 · close
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B RLM78 Light Blue A Aqueous Hobby Color H418 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Rlm78 Light Blue Mr Color 118 ΔE 4.6 · close
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Air Superiority Blue Fs 35450 Air (3rd Gen) AK11879 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- B Air Superiority Blue Fs 35450 10ml Real Colors - Air RC239 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Scale75
- C Cobalt Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Ancestral Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.4 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Foundry
- C French Hussar Sky Blue Light Paint System 76C ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Tomb Blue Paint System 23B ΔE 5.0 · close
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Regency Blue Colors 20751 ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Pool Blue Colors 20223 ΔE 4.6 · close
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Vallejo
- C Russian AF Grey N.7 Model Air 71.343 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Sky Blue Model Color 70.961 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Arteza
- C Pearl Sky Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints A224 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Sky Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A500 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Reaper
- C Hobgoblin Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89529 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Frost Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9421 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Citadel
- C Lightning Bolt Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Space Wolves Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.7 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Tamiya
- D Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint LP-36 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint LP-37 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 equivalent in Green Stuff World
- D Blue Glacier Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Zima Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.4 · similar
Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrilex | #82A8D3 | Azul Bali Paints | ΔE 6.0 |
| Tom Color | #7EA0C5 | Azure Blue | ΔE 6.1 |
| Duncan | #57B7E8 | Gigawatt Blue Wave 2 | ΔE 6.8 |
| The Army Painter | #9ABEDE | Frost Blue Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 6.9 |
| Mission Models | #6299C4 | Grey Blue Cockpit / Camo Modern Russian Jets | ΔE 6.9 |
| P3 | #7AA0AB | Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.0 |
| Golden | #569AB6 | Cobalt Teal OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 7.1 |
| Warcolours | #579DD0 | Transparent Blue Transparent paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #6993AA | Blue Steel | ΔE 7.6 |
| Italeri | #97A7B2 | Light Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.1 |
| Creature | #2DAEE8 | Sky Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.2 |
| Humbrol | #4598C0 | Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.3 |
| Mig | #71C6E3 | Fs35260 Sky Line Blue A II Acrylics | ΔE 8.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #2F9CF1 | Bavarian Blue Military Range | ΔE 10.5 |
| Liquitex | #00A0FB | Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.9 |
| Revell | #8C969F | Grey Email Color - Silk | ΔE 11.3 |
| Monument | #638AC1 | Faded Ultramarine Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 12.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #5D8499 | Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 12.9 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint
- B Hyundai I20 Wrc Mr Paint - Car ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C RLM 78 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Blue SU-35 Mr Paint ΔE 4.7 · close
- D RLM 78 Hellblau Mr Paint ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Russia Cockpit Blue Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Azure Blue Mr Paint ΔE 6.6 · similar
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