Soft Blue
Reaper · Master Series Paints Core Colors · 9230
#124560 · L*27.4 a*-6.2 b*-20.7
The closest match to Reaper Soft Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Reaper Soft Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Twilight Sky at ΔE 1.1. 16 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 Reaper Soft Blue?
The Army Painter Twilight Sky is the closest equivalent to Reaper Soft Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Turquoise (ΔE 1.1) and Vallejo Turquoise (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Reaper Soft Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Turquoise, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Reaper to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Reaper Soft Blue Shop The Army Painter Twilight Sky Shop The Army Painter Warpaints Air set
Soft Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Twilight Sky Warpaints Air ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- C Azure Magic Warpaints Air ΔE 4.0 · close
Soft Blue equivalent in Scale75
- A Turquoise Artist Range ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- A Cantabric Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Soft Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Turquoise Model Color 70.966 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Abyssal Turquoise Game Color 72.120 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Soft Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Award Blue Colors 21892 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 6.3 · similar
Soft Blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Stegadon Scale Green Base ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Thousand Sons Blue Base ΔE 4.0 · close
Soft Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Star Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11185 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Fluorescent Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11178 ΔE 3.5 · close
Soft Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- B Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 MMP-065 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Graugrun RLM 74 MMP-049 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Soft Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Marking Blue Mr Paint MRP-124 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Ford Gt Liquid Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C003 ΔE 4.5 · close
Soft Blue equivalent in Warcolours
- C Marine 5 Layer paints ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 9.0 · similar
Soft Blue equivalent in Foundry
- C French Blue Light Paint System 65C ΔE 3.8 · close
- C British Blue Grey Shade Paint System 75A ΔE 4.2 · close
Soft Blue equivalent in Monument
- C Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints 014 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Vince Venturella Dark Jade Pro Signature Series S01 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Soft Blue equivalent in Liquitex
- C Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 164 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Soft Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #233C50 | Rlm70 Black Green Mr Color | ΔE 4.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #00416B | Prussian Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.9 |
| FolkArt | #055475 | Turquoise Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #28425E | Navy blue Aircraft Spray | ΔE 5.4 |
| Golden | #244F60 | Cobalt Turquoise Heavy Body | ΔE 5.6 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 5.8 |
| Duncan | #334A66 | Abyss Blue Wave 2 | ΔE 6.6 |
| Revell | #01448A | Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 7.8 |
| Mig | #1B4F88 | Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics | ΔE 8.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #384861 | Super Wash Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.2 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 8.5 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 8.7 |
| P3 | #124B9A | Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.0 |
| Creature | #0D3366 | Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.1 |
| Italeri | #1D343A | Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 10.3 |
| Acrilex | #34446E | Azul Marinho Paints | ΔE 10.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 14.8 |
Nearest colours inside Reaper
- C Gunmetal Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Templar Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Ultramarine Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Ritterlich Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Twilight Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 8.1 · similar
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