Paint Equivalents

Pearl light red

Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-59

#CC86A3 · L*63.8 a*30.9 b*-4.3

The closest match to Tamiya Pearl light red in every other range, nearest first.

Tamiya Pearl light red is a mid-toned, moderately saturated pink-red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Forbidden Fruit at ΔE 1.5. 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 Pearl light red?

The Army Painter Forbidden Fruit is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Pearl light red in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Braaaains Pink (ΔE 2.0) and Vallejo Fluid Pink (ΔE 2.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Pearl light red?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluid Pink, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Tamiya Pearl light red Shop The Army Painter Forbidden Fruit Shop The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic set

Pearl light red equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Forbidden Fruit Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Talisman Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Tamiya → The Army Painter conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Braaaains Pink Master Series Paints Core Colors 9281 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. D Sorcerous Mist Master Series Paints Core Colors 9324 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Tamiya → Reaper conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Fluid Pink Xpress Color 72.459 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Candy Magenta Premium Airbrush Color 62.075 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Tamiya → Vallejo conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. B Syringa ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. E Hotline ΔE 11.1 · far

Pearl light red equivalent in Arteza

  1. C Pearl Pink Acrylic Pearl Paints A216 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. E Neon Pink Acrylic Premium Paints A800 ΔE 11.7 · far

Full Tamiya → Arteza conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Carroburg Crimson Shade ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Tentacle Pink Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 7.8 · similar

Full Tamiya → Citadel conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Hot Pink Wave 2 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Purple Glaze Wave 2 ΔE 8.1 · similar

Full Tamiya → Duncan conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Parisian Pink Acrylic Colors 2233 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. C Pink Rouge Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylics 2970 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Tamiya → FolkArt conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Wine Stain Red Light Paint System 17C ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Deep Maroon Light Paint System 64C ΔE 7.5 · similar

Full Tamiya → Foundry conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Rosa Cessna TCUP-23 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. E Rosa Nina TCUP-24 ΔE 19.1 · far

Full Tamiya → Tom Color conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Warcolours

  1. D Transparent Purple Transparent paints ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. D Pink Glaze Glazing paints ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Tamiya → Warcolours conversion chart

Pearl light red equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. D Quartz Magenta Candy Ink Metallic ΔE 5.6 · similar
  2. D Rose Fluor Metallic ΔE 8.6 · similar

Full Tamiya → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Pearl light red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Apple Barrel #E793B4 Princess Pink Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.6
Mission Models #C79AB9 Lilac (Chrysler 1966) ΔE 7.0
AK Interactive #B47C89 Purple Ink (3rd Gen) ΔE 7.1
Acrilex #EE9BB4 Rosa Escuro Paints ΔE 7.7
Scale75 #D37887 Ruby Alchemy Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 7.8
Mr. Paint #CA858A Pale Roundel Red Bs 454 Mr Paint ΔE 8.2
Mr. Hobby #EB6D94 Pink Acrysion ΔE 8.5
Coat d'Arms #DFA8C7 Shocking Pink Fantasy Range ΔE 9.3
Golden #FD879F Light Magenta Heavy Body ΔE 10.1
Humbrol #CDA9CF Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.8
P3 #B65E77 Troll Tongue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 12.6
Monument #EBA59F Pink Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 14.6
Liquitex #FE4D69 Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 17.2
Mig #C94A5D Copper Acrylics ΔE 18.3
Creature #BF3C6C Magenta Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 19.0
Italeri #8E9493 Medium Sea Grey Acrylic Paint ΔE 19.2
Revell #889093 Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt ΔE 21.5
Kimera Kolors #788388 Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 24.9

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. D Pink Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 8.0 · similar
  2. D Pink Spray ΔE 9.1 · similar
  3. E Clear red Spray ΔE 18.0 · far
  4. E Smoke Spray ΔE 18.5 · far
  5. E Clear red Lacquer Paint ΔE 19.0 · far
  6. E Neutral gray Aircraft Spray ΔE 21.9 · far

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