Deep Blue
The Army Painter · Warpaints · WP1116
#0E4E76 · L*31.5 a*-3.6 b*-28.2
The closest match to The Army Painter Deep Blue in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Deep Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Windsor Blue at ΔE 0.8. 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Deep Blue?
FolkArt Windsor Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Deep Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Ultramarine Blue (ΔE 1.8) and Apple Barrel Blue Charm (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Deep Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue, ΔE 3.7 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Deep Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- A Windsor Blue Acrylic Colors 2429 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Blue Peacock Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2387 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Deep Blue equivalent in Reaper
- A Ultramarine Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9188 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9418 ΔE 3.9 · close
Deep Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Primary Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21975E ΔE 5.3 · similar
Deep Blue equivalent in Foundry
- B French Blue Light Paint System 65C ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B British Blue Grey Shade Paint System 75A ΔE 3.2 · very close
Deep Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-316 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B RLM 24 Dunkelblau Mr Paint MRP-053 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Deep Blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Space Wolves Grey Contrast ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Thousand Sons Blue Base ΔE 4.1 · close
Deep Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- B French Blue (Cobalt Blue) MMP-178 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 MMP-065 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Deep Blue equivalent in Scale75
- B Cantabric Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Turquoise Artist Range ΔE 5.2 · similar
Deep Blue equivalent in Liquitex
- B Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 164 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Deep Blue equivalent in Golden
- C Cerulean Blue Deep Fluid 2051 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Primary Cyan Fluid 2420 ΔE 7.4 · similar
Deep Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- C Blue Game Color 72.088 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Mystic Blue Xpress Color 72.411 ΔE 3.8 · close
Deep Blue equivalent in Tom Color
- C Escama do Boitatá TCUP-14 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Azul Luminoso TC-0159 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Deep Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | #184366 | Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Mig | #1B4F88 | Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics | ΔE 4.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #00416B | Prussian Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| AK Interactive | #004064 | Fluorescent Blue Standard (3rd Gen) | ΔE 4.6 |
| Tamiya | #284C7B | Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #004F99 | Metallic Blue Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #285C8A | Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Revell | #01448A | Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 5.9 |
| Duncan | #334A66 | Abyss Blue Wave 2 | ΔE 6.1 |
| Warcolours | #005AA3 | Marine 4 Layer paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 7.0 |
| Italeri | #0058A9 | Medium Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.0 |
| Acrilex | #3B5383 | Azul Turquesa Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #324669 | Royal Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.3 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 11.8 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Regal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Underdark Indigo D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Twilight Sky Warpaints Air ΔE 4.7 · close
- C Thunderous Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 5.2 · similar
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