Paint Equivalents

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Tone · WP1139

#112A47 · L*16.6 a*1.7 b*-21.0

The closest match to The Army Painter Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Blue Tone is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Morning Blue at ΔE 1.2. 13 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 Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone)?

Mr. Paint Morning Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 (ΔE 1.3) and Foundry Deep Blue Shade (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Dark Mediterranean Blue, ΔE 5.2 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Morning Blue Mr Paint MRP-158 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Oxford Blue Mr Paint MRP-183 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 MMP-062 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. D Blue MMP-048 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Deep Blue Shade Paint System 20A ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Prussian Blue Light Paint System 66C ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Ultramarine Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9187 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Ritterlich Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9115 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Dark Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11181 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Pla Sea Blue AFV AK4252 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Blue Fs15050 Mr Color 328 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Phthalo Cyanne Blue Mr Color 322 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Ocean Blue Warfront Range ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Inktense Blue Inktensity Range ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Oxford Blue RAF ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Raf Insignia Blue TC-0115 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Real Blue Gloss™ 20660 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Deep Navy Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21976E ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint 4687AP ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. E Non Specular Sea Blue Acrylic Paint 4604AP ΔE 12.8 · far

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Ink Spot Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2925 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. C Blue Sapphire Metallics 656 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Blue Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss X-3 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C Deep metallic blue Spray TS-53 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Blue Tone in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #1A2541 Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body ΔE 4.3
Citadel #002B5C Night Lords Blue Air ΔE 4.3
Revell #1F2D52 Dark Blue Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.5
Green Stuff World #1C2F59 Indigo Blue Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.5
Monument #142038 Dark Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.6
Vallejo #293553 Dark Mediterranean Blue Model Air ΔE 5.2
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.6
Warcolours #002053 Blue 5 Layer paints ΔE 5.7
Humbrol #1D3163 Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.8
P3 #203467 Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4
Liquitex #192734 Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.9
Mig #022334 Crystal Black Blue Acrylics ΔE 7.5
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.7
Kimera Kolors #203479 Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 8.5
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 9.4
Acrilex #34446E Azul Marinho Paints ΔE 9.7
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 10.4
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 20.1

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Blue Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. A Blue Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  3. C Triumphant Navy Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.9 · close
  4. C Deep Ocean Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close
  5. D Elven Armor Warpaints Air ΔE 5.4 · similar
  6. D Imperial Navy Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.6 · similar

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