Sea blue
Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Flat · XF-17
#2E3B43 · L*24.0 a*-3.1 b*-6.7
The closest match to Tamiya Sea blue in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Sea blue is a very dark, muted blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Raf Blue-grey Bs633 at ΔE 1.1. 12 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 Sea blue?
Mr. Paint Raf Blue-grey Bs633 is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Sea blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Foundry American Olive Green (ΔE 1.6) and AK Interactive Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Sea blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sombre Grey, ΔE 2.7 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Sea blue Shop Mr. Paint Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Sea blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Raf Blue-grey Bs633 Mr Paint MRP-380 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Grey Blue RAL 5008 Mr Paint MRP-281 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Sea blue equivalent in Foundry
- A American Olive Green Paint System 94B ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B British Royal Blue Shade Paint System 74A ΔE 2.8 · very close
Sea blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Graublau-grey Blue RAL 5008 Real Colors - Air RC208 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A RAL 5008 Grey-blue (graublau) Air AK2162 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Sea blue equivalent in Vallejo
- B Sombre Grey Game Air 76.048 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Charcoal Grey Arte Deco 85.119 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Sea blue equivalent in Liquitex
- B Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 561 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Sea blue equivalent in Revell
- B Granite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.6 · similar
Sea blue equivalent in Tom Color
- B London Grey RAL 7026 TC-0247 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B RAL 5008 Graublau TC-0084 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Sea blue equivalent in Italeri
- B Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint 4604AP ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Gun Metal Acrylic Paint 4681AP ΔE 3.7 · close
Sea blue equivalent in Duncan
- B Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D War Master Green Wave 3 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Sea blue equivalent in Scale75
- B Panzer Grey Warfront Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Green Grey Artist Range ΔE 5.2 · similar
Sea blue equivalent in Monument
- B Vince Venturella Payne's Grey Pro Signature Series S02 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 044 ΔE 4.0 · close
Sea blue equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Dusty Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.2 · similar
Sea blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humbrol | #24383F | Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 3.4 |
| Mr. Hobby | #253C45 | Gray Fs36081 Mr Color | ΔE 3.5 |
| The Army Painter | #2E4249 | Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 3.6 |
| FolkArt | #1E3541 | Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.9 |
| Warcolours | #293543 | Blue Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #383C3F | Black Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mission Models | #344756 | Graugrun RLM 74 | ΔE 5.0 |
| Citadel | #273E51 | Asurmen Blue Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) | ΔE 5.3 |
| Golden | #2B4752 | Viridian Green Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 5.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #404B4F | Deadly Nightshade Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.8 |
| Creature | #292D2F | Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.1 |
| Mig | #3F4551 | Fs 36118 Medium Gunship Gray Acrylics | ΔE 6.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #343D4E | Dark Granite Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Arteza | #464C51 | Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 7.5 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 9.1 |
| Acrilex | #575959 | Grafite Paints | ΔE 12.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 14.1 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Field blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Dark grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 4.6 · close
- D German grey Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Metallic black Spray ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Gunship gray 2 Aircraft Spray ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Rubber black Spray ΔE 6.8 · similar
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