Pure blue (Lacquer Paint)
Tamiya · Lacquer Paint · LP-6
#005BAC · L*38.7 a*9.4 b*-49.5
The closest match to Tamiya Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Pure blue is a dark, saturated blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Italeri Medium Blue at ΔE 1.1. 11 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 Pure blue (Lacquer Paint)?
Italeri Medium Blue is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Warcolours Marine 4 (ΔE 1.2) and Golden Cerulean Blue Hue (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Pure blue (Lacquer Paint)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Wash, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Pure blue Shop Italeri Medium Blue Shop Italeri Acrylic Paint set
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Italeri
- A Medium Blue Acrylic Paint 4307AP ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- D French Blue Acrylic Paint 4659AP ΔE 5.1 · similar
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Warcolours
- A Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Blue 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.3 · very close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Golden
- A Cerulean Blue Hue High Flow 8526 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Cerulean Blue, Chromium Fluid 2050 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Blue Wash Game Color Wash 73.207 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Ultramarine Blue Game Air 72.722 ΔE 4.2 · close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Blue Clear Mr Paint MRP-267 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C039 ΔE 3.6 · close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Duncan
- A Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Viking Blue Warpaints WP1462 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Royal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.6 · very close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Monument
- B Blue Pro Acrylic Paints 005 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine Pro Signature Series S35 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Blue Mr Color Spray SP5 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Metallic Blue Aqueous Hobby Color H88 ΔE 4.4 · close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Prussian Blue Pure™ Artist Pigment 7103 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Sapphire Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6312 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Foundry
- B French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 76A ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Sky Blue Shade Paint System 21A ΔE 3.6 · close
Pure blue (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mig
- B Marine Blue Acrylics AMIG0123 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Pure blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P3 | #285C8A | Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.8 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.9 |
| Reaper | #005490 | Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones | ΔE 4.0 |
| Citadel | #0066B3 | Ultramarine Blue Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 4.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #396298 | Wizard Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mission Models | #02538B | French Blue (Cobalt Blue) | ΔE 4.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #0268B0 | Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.9 |
| Scale75 | #005E91 | Cobalt Blue Artist Range | ΔE 5.0 |
| AK Interactive | #1C69A1 | Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern | ΔE 5.7 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #114F7E | Blue Charm Gloss™ | ΔE 6.3 |
| Liquitex | #234E7B | Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 7.3 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 7.7 |
| Acrilex | #3B5383 | Azul Turquesa Paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 7.9 |
| Revell | #0070B4 | Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.3 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Brilliant blue Spray ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Metallic blue Spray ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 7.6 · similar
- D Flat blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 9.4 · similar
- D Blue violet Spray ΔE 9.8 · similar
- E Pearl blue Spray ΔE 10.5 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot