Pearl light blue
Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-58
#7396BA · L*60.8 a*-2.9 b*-22.6
The closest match to Tamiya Pearl light blue in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Pearl light blue is a mid-toned, moderately saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color FS 35231 at ΔE 1.6. 15 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 Pearl light blue?
Tom Color FS 35231 is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Pearl light blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Runic Cobalt (ΔE 1.8) and Citadel Fenrisian Grey (ΔE 2.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Pearl light blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is UK Azure Blue, ΔE 3.9 — a close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Pearl light blue Shop Tom Color FS 35231
Pearl light blue equivalent in Tom Color
- A FS 35231 TC-0032 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Azure Blue TC-0123 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Pearl light blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Runic Cobalt Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Fog Grey Warpaints WP1427 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Pearl light blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Fenrisian Grey Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Chronus Blue Dry ΔE 6.3 · similar
Pearl light blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Raf Azure Blue Air (3rd Gen) AK11845 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Raf Azure Blue 10ml Real Colors - Air RC291 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Pearl light blue equivalent in Duncan
- B Celestial Blue Wave 1 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Seafarer Blue Wave 3 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Pearl light blue equivalent in Foundry
- B Sky Blue Light Paint System 21C ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B British Blue Grey Light Paint System 75C ΔE 2.9 · very close
Pearl light blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Azure Blue Mr Paint MRP-119 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Azzurro Celeste Mr Paint MRP-332 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Pearl light blue equivalent in FolkArt
- B Light Periwinkle Acrylic Colors 640 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Cloudy Day Acrylic Colors 2568 ΔE 4.9 · close
Pearl light blue equivalent in Scale75
- C Light Sky Warfront Range ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Grey Spell Instant Colors Range ΔE 6.4 · similar
Pearl light blue equivalent in Mission Models
- C Grey Blue Cockpit / Camo Modern Russian Jets MMP-096 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Azure Blue RAF / FS 35231 MMP-092 ΔE 9.3 · similar
Pearl light blue equivalent in Vallejo
- C UK Azure Blue Model Air 71.108 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Russian AF Grey N.7 Model Air 71.343 ΔE 4.0 · close
Pearl light blue equivalent in Golden
- C Manganese Blue Hue OPEN Acrylics 7457 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Light Ultramarine Blue OPEN Acrylics 7566 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Pearl light blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #7F93AC | Snow Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.3 |
| Warcolours | #708BB6 | Blue Grey 3 Layer paints | ΔE 4.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #6289B2 | Blue Bonnet Colors | ΔE 4.7 |
| Monument | #638AC1 | Faded Ultramarine Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Creature | #7BA2DD | Faded Ultramarine Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.7 |
| Acrilex | #82A8D3 | Azul Bali Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #6993AA | Blue Steel | ΔE 6.1 |
| Mr. Hobby | #5885B3 | Azure Blue Mr Color | ΔE 6.5 |
| Mig | #8390A3 | Fs 36375 Light Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics | ΔE 7.0 |
| Arteza | #4C98F0 | Cobalt Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #5E88FF | Blue Fluor Metallic | ΔE 7.7 |
| Humbrol | #4598C0 | Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #637FA4 | Shadow Grey Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.1 |
| Italeri | #4385C5 | Azure Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #5D8499 | Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 9.3 |
| Revell | #8C969F | Grey Email Color - Silk | ΔE 10.0 |
| Liquitex | #8486C3 | Light Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.1 |
| P3 | #7AA0AB | Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 10.7 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- D Light sea grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D French blue Spray ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint ΔE 8.6 · similar
- D Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray ΔE 9.6 · similar
- E Sky blue Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 10.5 · far
- E Clear blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 11.3 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot