Paint Equivalents

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Primer · CP3017

#2580BA · L*51.1 a*-5.7 b*-37.8

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

The Army Painter Crystal Blue is a mid-toned, saturated blue. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Revell Light Blue at ΔE 0.4. 9 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 Primer)?

Revell Light Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Relic Blue (ΔE 1.0) and Scale75 Amarth Blue (ΔE 1.4).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Blue, ΔE 2.4 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Crystal Blue Shop Revell Light Blue (Email Color - Gloss)

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Light Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. D Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Relic Blue Wave 3 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Enchantment Blue Wave 3 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Amarth Blue Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Mana Regeneration Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Look at Me Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Look at Me Blue ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A True Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9017 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Cyan Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9117 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Crystal Light Blue Acrylics AMIG0098 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Fs 15102 Dark Gray Blue Acrylics AMIG0229 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Fluorescent Blue Game Color 72.160 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Electric Blue Game Air 76.023 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

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

  1. B Hideous Blue Fantasy Range 167 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Shadow Grey Fantasy Range 150 ΔE 8.9 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX204 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Tomb Blue Shade Paint System 23A ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Sky Blue Paint System 21B ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 570 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. E Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 984 ΔE 11.8 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Crystal Blue (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Grabber Blue - Ford Mustang Mr Paint - Car MRP-C009 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Insignia Blue Mr Paint MRP-406 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Crystal Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #0087D1 Calth Blue Clear Air ΔE 3.4
Arteza #0388D4 Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.8
Apple Barrel #018AD2 Electric Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.1
Golden #4078A7 Azurite Hue Heavy Body ΔE 4.2
Italeri #4385C5 Azure Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.3
Acrilex #2C76B7 Azul Paints ΔE 4.4
Monument #248CCB Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.4
Warcolours #007DDA Marine 3 Layer paints ΔE 4.5
Mission Models #0F74BA Bright Blue (Mecha etc) ΔE 4.8
P3 #2C75BB Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
Tamiya #3690C0 French blue Spray ΔE 6.2
Humbrol #328AB0 Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 6.4
Turbo Dork #4B94CB Da Ba Dee ΔE 7.5
AK Interactive #1C69A1 Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern ΔE 8.7
Green Stuff World #4476D7 Cobalt Blue Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 8.9
Tom Color #648CA6 Raf Pru Blue Faded ΔE 8.9
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 9.2
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 14.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Frost Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Tidal Wave Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  3. B Crystal Blue Warpaints ΔE 3.2 · very close
  4. B Magic Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  5. C Troglodyte Blue Warpaints ΔE 3.9 · close
  6. D Electric Blue Warpaints ΔE 5.0 · similar

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