Paint Equivalents

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#106DAC · L*44.3 a*-1.3 b*-40.6

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

The Army Painter Crystal Blue is a dark, saturated blue. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Ocean Cruise at ΔE 0.9. 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

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air)?

FolkArt Ocean Cruise is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Andrea Blue (ΔE 1.0) and Revell Blue (ΔE 1.3).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Andrea Blue, ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Ocean Cruise Acrylic Colors 2225 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Sterling Blue Acrylic Colors 441 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Andrea Blue Model Color 70.841 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Blue Fluorescent Model Color 70.736 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. D Light Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 7.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Enchanted Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Ultramarine Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern RC504 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Intense Blue -77- Figures AK3069 ΔE 5.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Dragon Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9472 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Andoran Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89527 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Italeri

  1. A French Blue Acrylic Paint 4659AP ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Medium Blue Acrylic Paint 4307AP ΔE 7.9 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Cobalt Blue Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 9.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Bright Blue (Mecha etc) MMP-122 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Light Blue (Mecha) MMP-173 ΔE 8.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Primary Blue Artist Range ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Paralyze Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. C Blue 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.9 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. C Marine Blue Fantasy Range 148 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Fester Blue Fantasy Range 166 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Crystal Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Acrilex #2C76B7 Azul Paints ΔE 3.8
P3 #2C75BB Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.0
Golden #0363AF Cerulean Blue Hue SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.0
Mr. Hobby #0077C6 Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX ΔE 4.4
Duncan #326AB3 Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 ΔE 4.5
Apple Barrel #27688E Moody Blue Gloss™ ΔE 4.9
Tamiya #0860A8 Brilliant blue Spray ΔE 4.9
Mr. Paint #145F96 Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car ΔE 5.2
Foundry #46769E Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System ΔE 5.2
Liquitex #037BC9 Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.8
Arteza #027095 Pearl Turquoise Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 7.4
Mig #18568F Marine Blue Acrylics ΔE 8.5
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.7
Monument #0855A3 Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 8.9
Humbrol #5D7FAF WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 10.2
Tom Color #295673 Escama do Boitatá ΔE 10.3
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 10.9
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 13.0

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Magic Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Crystal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
  3. C Tidal Wave Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.2 · close
  4. C Royal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close
  5. C Stratos Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.6 · close
  6. C Crystal Blue Warpaints ΔE 4.7 · close

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