Shadow Blue
Scale75 · Warfront Range
#2A3245 · L*20.8 a*2.1 b*-12.9
The closest match to Scale75 Shadow Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Scale75 Shadow Blue is a very dark, muted blue. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Golden Payne's Gray at ΔE 3.1 — very close. 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
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 Scale75 Shadow Blue?
Golden Payne's Gray is the closest equivalent to Scale75 Shadow Blue in any other range, at ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: Mig Dunkelgrau Base (ΔE 3.6) and Mr. Hobby Blue Fs15044 (ΔE 3.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Scale75 Shadow Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Sea Blue, ΔE 3.8 — a close substitute. The full Scale75 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Scale75 Shadow Blue Shop Golden Payne's Gray (Fluid) Shop Golden Fluid set
Shadow Blue equivalent in Golden
- B Payne's Gray Fluid 2240 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Payne's Gray Heavy Body 1240 ΔE 4.2 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in Mig
- C Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics AMIG0908 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D RLM 66 Schwartzgrau Acrylics AMIG0218 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Shadow Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Blue Fs15044 Mr Color 326 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Jasdf Deep Ocean Blue Mr Color 375 ΔE 4.3 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Occultist Cloak Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Terrestial Titan Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.6 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Pla Sea Blue AFV AK4252 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Russian Blue Lights Figures (3rd Gen) AK11431 ΔE 3.8 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21984E ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Deep Navy Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21976E ΔE 4.6 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- C Dark Sea Blue Model Color 70.898 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Dark Mediterranean Blue Model Air 71.313 ΔE 4.3 · close
Shadow Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Bluegrey Dusk Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Chancellor Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.3 · similar
Shadow Blue equivalent in Foundry
- C Equipment Black Shade Paint System 101A ΔE 4.0 · close
- D French Blue Shade Paint System 65A ΔE 5.4 · similar
Shadow Blue equivalent in Warcolours
- C Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Brown 5 Layer paints ΔE 9.2 · similar
Shadow Blue equivalent in Reaper
- C Coal Black Master Series Paints Core Colors 9693 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Ultramarine Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9187 ΔE 8.0 · similar
Shadow Blue equivalent in Tom Color
- C Dark Mediterranean Blue TC-0134 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D RAL 5008 Graublau TC-0084 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Shadow Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | #2D3844 | Vince Venturella Payne's Grey Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.2 |
| FolkArt | #253858 | Cobalt Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mission Models | #122742 | USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #1E2A36 | Burnt Metal Blue Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 5.8 |
| Tamiya | #112135 | Deep metallic blue Spray | ΔE 6.2 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.2 |
| Liquitex | #192734 | Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.4 |
| Revell | #1F2D52 | Dark Blue Email Color - Silk | ΔE 6.7 |
| Arteza | #343A5C | Prussian Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Citadel | #1A213D | Necron Abyss Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 7.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #384861 | Super Wash Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.6 |
| Humbrol | #41444B | Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.5 |
| Creature | #141D26 | Dark Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.9 |
| Duncan | #334A66 | Abyss Blue Wave 2 | ΔE 9.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 9.3 |
| P3 | #203467 | Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.3 |
| Acrilex | #34446E | Azul Marinho Paints | ΔE 9.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 18.0 |
Nearest colours inside Scale75
- C Deep Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Necro Grey Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Dark Prussian Blue Artist Range ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Anthartic Grey Scale Color Range ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Ocean Blue Warfront Range ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Abyssal Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 7.5 · similar
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