Paint Equivalents

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal)

Tamiya · Lacquer Paint · LP-15

#646B75 · L*45.0 a*-0.4 b*-6.5

The closest match to Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) in every other range, nearest first.

Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) is a dark, muted blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 – 10ml at ΔE 0.0. 14 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 IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal)?

AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 – 10ml is the closest equivalent to Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Intermediate Blue (ΔE 1.4) and Warcolours Transparent Blue Grey (ΔE 1.7).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Intermediate Blue, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Tamiya IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) Shop AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 – 10ml Shop AK Interactive Real Colors - WWII set

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC296 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Raf Ocean Grey – 10ml Real Colors - WWII RC288 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → AK Interactive conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Intermediate Blue Model Color 70.903 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. A French Mirage Blue Model Color 70.900 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Vallejo conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Metallic Pewter Metallic paints ΔE 6.8 · similar

Full Tamiya → Warcolours conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Dunkelgrau Light Base Acrylics AMIG0909 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Ocean Grey (bs 629) Acrylics AMIG0245 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Tamiya → Mig conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Dungeon Stone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Skeleton Bone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → The Army Painter conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dark Camouflge Grey Bs629 Mr Paint MRP-375 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Dark Sea Grey Mr Paint MRP-113 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Tamiya → Mr. Paint conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Rebel Grey Paint System 118B ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Slate Grey Paint System 32B ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Tamiya → Foundry conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Bs381c:638 Grey TC-0143 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C FS 36152 TC-0034 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Tamiya → Tom Color conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Classic French Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Classic French Gray ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Sequin Silver Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics Sequin Silver ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Tamiya → FolkArt conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Ghost Grey FS 36320 MMP-074 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Duraluminum MMM-005 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Tamiya → Mission Models conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Revell

  1. C Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Tamiya → Revell conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. C Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss 123 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Primer Acrylics - Matt 1 ΔE 8.5 · similar

Full Tamiya → Humbrol conversion chart

IJN gray<br>(Yokosuka Arsenal) in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #66656E Warpfiend Grey Layer ΔE 4.5
Duncan #6A696C Incubus Purple Wave 3 ΔE 4.8
Mr. Hobby #546572 Gray Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.9
Scale75 #6E6E70 Winter Grey Warfront Range ΔE 5.0
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #716F72 Misty White Colors ΔE 5.6
Reaper #707070 Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.1
Italeri #71787B Medium Gray Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.3
Green Stuff World #55677F Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.3
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 7.3
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #616F6F Field Blue World War II Range ΔE 7.4
P3 #4E5861 Greatcoat Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.4
Acrilex #545F78 Azul Seco Paints ΔE 7.8
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 9.9
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.2
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 11.5
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 11.6

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. B IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray ΔE 3.2 · very close
  3. D Metallic grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.6 · similar
  4. D Dark sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 6.1 · similar
  5. D IJN gray<br>(Kure Arsenal) Lacquer Paint ΔE 6.3 · similar
  6. D Metallic gray Lacquer Paint ΔE 6.3 · similar

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