Copper
Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Flat · XF-6
#CC5C03 · L*52.4 a*40.8 b*60.9
The closest match to Tamiya Copper in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Copper is a mid-toned, vivid orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Foundry Bright Red Light, ΔE 0.8. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Copper?
Foundry Bright Red Light is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Copper in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Orange Brown (ΔE 2.0) and Mr. Paint Light Orange F-16 (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Copper?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Phoenix Orange, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Copper Shop Foundry Bright Red Light Shop Foundry Paint System set
Copper equivalent in Foundry
- A Bright Red Light Paint System 15C ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Flesh Shade Paint System 5A ΔE 3.2 · very close
Copper equivalent in Reaper
- B Orange Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9201 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Bronzed Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9260 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Copper equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Light Orange F-16 Mr Paint MRP-207 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Medium Rust Mr Paint MRP-359 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Copper equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Dwarven Bronze D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Incursion Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 7.1 · similar
Copper equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Rust Red Aqueous Hobby Color H453 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Copper Acrysion N10 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Copper equivalent in Vallejo
- B Phoenix Orange Xpress Color Intense 72.478 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Dark Rust Wash Mecha Color 69.507 ΔE 5.0 · close
Copper equivalent in Scale75
- B Orange Artist Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Light Rust Soil Works ΔE 4.3 · close
Copper equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Foxhide Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Flaming Orange Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.9 · similar
Copper equivalent in Liquitex
- C Vivid Red Orange Heavy Body Acrylix 620 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Pyrrole Orange Heavy Body Acrylix 323 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Copper equivalent in Mig
- C Metallic Orange Acrylics AMIG0189 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Orange Acrylics AMIG0129 ΔE 8.0 · similar
Copper equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Apricot Colors 20764 ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Pumpkin Orange Gloss™ 20359 ΔE 4.5 · close
Copper equivalent in Citadel
- C Gehenna Gold Layer ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Tau Light Ochre Air ΔE 7.1 · similar
Copper in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK Interactive | #DB5615 | Light Rust Standard (3rd Gen) | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mission Models | #E15402 | Orange | ΔE 5.1 |
| Italeri | #E55C00 | Orange Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.1 |
| Arteza | #D7682C | Pearl Tangerine Orange Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Humbrol | #B45815 | Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 5.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #D66C30 | Italian Red Earth World War II Range | ΔE 5.6 |
| Golden | #C36B12 | Nickel Azo Yellow Heavy Body | ΔE 5.7 |
| Revell | #E5550F | Orange Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 6.3 |
| FolkArt | #DF571D | Glazed Carrots Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.4 |
| Monument | #E56B20 | Orange Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Acrilex | #B5653C | Siena Natural Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Warcolours | #E55926 | Orange 4 Layer paints | ΔE 8.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #CB552E | Orange Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.3 |
| Duncan | #B5623C | Steampunk Copper Wave 2 | ΔE 8.3 |
| P3 | #D07B3A | Kapitan Red Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.7 |
| Creature | #9E5423 | Copper Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.7 |
| Tom Color | #EB3102 | Suco De Laranja | ΔE 11.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #E48558 | Two Cents | ΔE 13.2 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- E Orange Spray ΔE 10.0 · far
- E Metallic orange Lacquer Paint ΔE 10.4 · far
- E Clear orange Spray ΔE 11.4 · far
- E Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 12.5 · far
- E Brilliant orange Spray ΔE 13.4 · far
- E Orange Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 13.4 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot