Light blue (Aircraft Spray)
Tamiya · Aircraft Spray · AS-5
#99C2B5 · L*75.3 a*-16.3 b*2.1
The closest match to Tamiya Light blue (Aircraft Spray) in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Light blue is a light, muted blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mig RLM 76 Pale Grey, ΔE 0.6. 20 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 Light blue (Aircraft Spray)?
Mig RLM 76 Pale Grey is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Light blue (Aircraft Spray) in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Interni Subalare (ΔE 2.7) and Coat d'Arms Sea Grey (ΔE 2.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Light blue (Aircraft Spray)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Green Rush, ΔE 3.9 — a close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Light blue Shop Mig RLM 76 Pale Grey Shop Mig Acrylics set
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Mig
- A RLM 76 Pale Grey Acrylics AMIG0063 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- D Matt Aluminum Acrylics AMIG0194 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Interni Subalare Mr Paint MRP-318 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Light Blue Mr Paint MRP-353 ΔE 4.2 · close
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Sea Grey World War II Range 507 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Enchanted Green Fantasy Range 128 ΔE 8.4 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Vallejo
- C Green Rush Game Color Special FX 72.605 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Verdigris Glaze Model Color 70.832 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in FolkArt
- C Smoky Jade Acrylic Colors 99256 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Ocean View Acrylic Colors 6459 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Italeri
- C Hellblau RLM 65 Acrylic Paint 4778AP ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Flat Sky Type's Acrylic Paint 4856AP ΔE 9.2 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Forest Faun Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Ghostly Vapours D&D Undead Set ΔE 4.4 · close
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Revell
- C Light Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Light Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 7.9 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Key West Colors 21481 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Cloudless Colors 20741 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Light Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H324 ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Pale Green Aqueous Hobby Color H41 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Liquitex
- D Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix 770 ΔE 5.0 · similar
- E Light Phthalocyanine Green Heavy Body Acrylix 313 ΔE 10.7 · far
Light blue (Aircraft Spray) equivalent in Mission Models
- D Lichtblau RLM 76 MMP-051 ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Hellblau RLM 65 MMP-057 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Light blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK Interactive | #9AB2A4 | Grey-blue 1920s-1930s Air (3rd Gen) | ΔE 5.8 |
| Reaper | #A7BBB0 | Boggard Green Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 6.0 |
| Scale75 | #75B6B0 | Caribbean Blue Scale Color Range | ΔE 6.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #9BD1D1 | Aqua Turquoise Metallic Colors | ΔE 6.8 |
| Citadel | #7FC1A5 | Gauss Blaster Green Layer | ΔE 6.9 |
| Arteza | #A5BAB7 | Pearl Sage Green Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.4 |
| Acrilex | #B8E0D6 | Verde Agua Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 9.4 |
| Duncan | #B7D5D8 | Ion Blue Wave 3 | ΔE 9.7 |
| P3 | #99AB90 | Riven Green Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 10.0 |
| Tom Color | #89A08C | Ija Light Green Grey | ΔE 10.6 |
| Foundry | #B8DEB7 | Cadaverous Green Light Paint System | ΔE 10.7 |
| Humbrol | #D5ECE4 | Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 12.3 |
| Creature | #B9BCB5 | Bright Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 13.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #4CCCD5 | Curacao | ΔE 13.0 |
| Golden | #BAC09B | Titan Green Pale Fluid | ΔE 13.2 |
| Warcolours | #33E0DA | Turquoise 1 Layer paints | ΔE 14.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 18.8 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- C Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Light gray (IJA) Aircraft Spray ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Medium sea gray 2 Aircraft Spray ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D J.N. grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 7.9 · similar
- E Gray green (IJN) Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 10.5 · far
- E Coral blue Spray ΔE 10.8 · far
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