Paint Equivalents

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#0273BC · L*46.8 a*0.7 b*-45.8

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

The Army Painter Crystal Blue is a mid-toned, saturated blue. 8 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mission Models Bright Blue (Mecha etc) at ΔE 0.4. 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 The Army Painter Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic)?

Mission Models Bright Blue (Mecha etc) is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Ultramarine Highlight (ΔE 0.8) and Citadel Enchanted Blue (ΔE 0.9).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Fluorescent, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Bright Blue (Mecha etc) MMP-122 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. D Light Blue (Mecha) MMP-173 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Ultramarine Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9189 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Andoran Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89527 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Enchanted Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. C Teclis Blue Layer ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. D Light Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Primary Blue Artist Range ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Paralyze Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Blue Fluorescent Model Color 70.736 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Magic Blue Game Air 72.721 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX204 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Acrilex

  1. A Azul Paints 559 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. E Azul Turquesa Paints 501 ΔE 14.5 · far

Full The Army Painter → Acrilex conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in P3

  1. B Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 570 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. E Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 470 ΔE 12.9 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Ocean Cruise Acrylic Colors 2225 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Golden

  1. C Azurite Hue Heavy Body 1464 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Cerulean Blue Hue SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6630 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Crystal Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Green Stuff World #0268B0 Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1
Italeri #0068AD French Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.1
Duncan #3A7BBF Leviathan Blue Wave 2 ΔE 4.2
Foundry #3D7BAA Tomb Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 4.3
AK Interactive #1C69A1 Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern ΔE 4.4
Warcolours #007DDA Marine 3 Layer paints ΔE 5.0
Coat d'Arms #3F7EAA Hideous Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 5.5
Mr. Paint #007CAF Grabber Blue - Ford Mustang Mr Paint - Car ΔE 5.9
Apple Barrel #27688E Moody Blue Gloss™ ΔE 7.1
Tamiya #0860A8 Brilliant blue Spray ΔE 7.1
Mig #0784BE Crystal Light Blue Acrylics ΔE 7.2
Arteza #0388D4 Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 8.0
Humbrol #5D7FAF WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.9
Monument #248CCB Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 9.4
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.1
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 12.1
Turbo Dork #4B94CB Da Ba Dee ΔE 12.2
Tom Color #648CA6 Raf Pru Blue Faded ΔE 12.7

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Crystal Blue Warpaints ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Tidal Wave Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  3. B Magic Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 2.6 · very close
  4. B Crystal Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
  5. C Magic Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.5 · close
  6. D Crystal Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 5.2 · similar

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