Paint Equivalents

Beowulf Blue

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0

#0C3F80 · L*27.3 a*10.6 b*-41.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Beowulf Blue in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Beowulf Blue is a dark, saturated blue. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya Pearl blue at ΔE 0.4. 8 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 The Army Painter Beowulf Blue?

Tamiya Pearl blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Beowulf Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Marine Blue (ΔE 0.5) and Citadel Macragge Blue (ΔE 0.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Beowulf Blue?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Royal Blue, ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Beowulf Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Pearl blue Spray TS-89 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. B Pearl blue Lacquer Paint LP-47 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Marine Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. C Prussian Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Macragge Blue Spray ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. A Macragge Blue Air ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Royal Blue Model Color 70.809 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Magic Blue Game Air 76.021 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Signal Blue RAL 5005 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A009 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C RLM 24 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A052 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Ultramarine Blue Shiny™ 2711 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B True Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7271 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Revell

  1. B Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Deep Blue Paint System 20B ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B British Royal Blue Light Paint System 74C ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Primary Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21975E ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Cobalt Hue Colors 20596 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Golden

  1. B Primary Cyan Heavy Body 1500 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Phthalo Blue (green Shade) OPEN Acrylics 7255 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B French Blue Acrylics - Gloss 14 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Blue Acrylics - Matt 25 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Beowulf Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX216 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Bright Blue Acrysion N15 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Beowulf Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mig #294888 Medium Blue Acrylics ΔE 3.6
Scale75 #263E88 Light Ultramarine Artist Range ΔE 3.7
AK Interactive #1A4067 Deep Blue Intense (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.7
Reaper #29458F Sapphire Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.9
Arteza #064A96 Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.2
Tom Color #224062 Azul Luminoso ΔE 4.7
P3 #124B9A Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.8
Monument #184366 Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.8
Kimera Kolors #2E4993 Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.9
Liquitex #234E7B Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.2
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 6.1
Acrilex #34446E Azul Marinho Paints ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #0043AC Blue 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.1
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 6.9
Mission Models #02538B French Blue (Cobalt Blue) ΔE 7.5
Italeri #0058A9 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 9.2
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 11.9

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Elven Armour Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 2.1 · very close
  3. B Lich Blue D&D Underdark Set ΔE 2.4 · very close
  4. B Sapphire Gem Warpaints Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
  5. B Griffon Blue Warpaints ΔE 2.9 · very close
  6. C Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 4.2 · close

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