Brilliant blue
Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-44
#0860A8 · L*40.0 a*4.9 b*-45.0
The closest match to Tamiya Brilliant blue in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Brilliant blue is a dark, saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Royal Blue at ΔE 1.0. 11 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 Tamiya Brilliant blue?
The Army Painter Royal Blue is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Brilliant blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Golden Manganese Blue Hue (ΔE 1.2) and Warcolours Blue 3 (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Brilliant blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Wash, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Brilliant blue Shop The Army Painter Royal Blue Shop The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic set
Brilliant blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Royal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- B Viking Blue Warpaints WP1462 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Golden
- A Manganese Blue Hue Fluid 2437 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Cerulean Blue Hue SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6630 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Brilliant blue equivalent in Warcolours
- A Blue 3 Layer paints ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 2.1 · very close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Blue Clear Mr Paint MRP-267 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C039 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Vallejo
- B Blue Wash Game Color Wash 73.207 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Magic Blue Game Color 72.021 ΔE 3.7 · close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Ultramarine Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Caledor Sky Air ΔE 3.3 · very close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Marine Blue Fantasy Range 148 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Wizard Blue Fantasy Range 114 ΔE 3.8 · close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.0 · very close
- E Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 10.7 · far
Brilliant blue equivalent in Italeri
- B Medium Blue Acrylic Paint 4307AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B French Blue Acrylic Paint 4659AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
Brilliant blue equivalent in Duncan
- B Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 ΔE 4.5 · close
Brilliant blue equivalent in P3
- C Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Brilliant blue equivalent in FolkArt
- C Sterling Blue Acrylic Colors 441 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Prussian Blue Pure™ Artist Pigment 7103 ΔE 3.9 · close
Brilliant blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK Interactive | #1C69A1 | Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern | ΔE 3.7 |
| Foundry | #2C5A95 | French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System | ΔE 3.8 |
| Scale75 | #005E91 | Cobalt Blue Artist Range | ΔE 3.9 |
| Monument | #0855A3 | Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.0 |
| Mig | #18568F | Marine Blue Acrylics | ΔE 4.1 |
| Reaper | #02578E | Brilliant Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #0054A7 | Blue Mr Color Spray | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mission Models | #02538B | French Blue (Cobalt Blue) | ΔE 5.2 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.2 |
| Revell | #0070B4 | Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.0 |
| Apple Barrel | #27688E | Moody Blue Gloss™ | ΔE 6.1 |
| Liquitex | #234E7B | Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.6 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 7.8 |
| Acrilex | #2C76B7 | Azul Paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 8.2 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 9.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.0 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Pure blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Metallic blue Spray ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Flat blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.7 · similar
- D Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 8.6 · similar
- D Blue violet Spray ΔE 9.2 · similar
- E Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 11.0 · far
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