Paint Equivalents

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments)

The Army Painter · D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments

#0080BF · L*50.9 a*-6.1 b*-41.0

The closest match to The Army Painter Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Frost Blue is a mid-toned, saturated blue. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Amarth Blue at ΔE 1.2. 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 Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments)?

Scale75 Amarth Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Revell Light Blue (ΔE 1.3) and Reaper True Blue (ΔE 1.5).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments)?

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 Frost Blue Shop Scale75 Amarth Blue Shop Scale75 Fantasy & Games Range set

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Amarth Blue Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Mana Regeneration Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Revell

  1. A Light Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. D Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A True Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9017 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Cyan Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9117 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Crystal Light Blue Acrylics AMIG0098 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Fs 15102 Dark Gray Blue Acrylics AMIG0229 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Relic Blue Wave 3 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Enchantment Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) 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 4.4 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Look at Me Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Look at Me Blue ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Grabber Blue - Ford Mustang Mr Paint - Car MRP-C009 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Insignia Blue Mr Paint MRP-406 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Calth Blue Clear Air ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Imrik Blue Dry ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 570 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. E Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 984 ΔE 11.8 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. C Hideous Blue Fantasy Range 167 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Hawk Turquoise Fantasy Range 165 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Frost Blue (D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. C Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX204 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Frost Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Arteza #0388D4 Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 3.8
Foundry #3D7BAA Tomb Blue Shade Paint System ΔE 3.8
Apple Barrel #018AD2 Electric Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.0
Monument #248CCB Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.5
Acrilex #2C76B7 Azul Paints ΔE 5.0
Mission Models #0F74BA Bright Blue (Mecha etc) ΔE 5.0
Warcolours #007DDA Marine 3 Layer paints ΔE 5.0
Golden #4078A7 Azurite Hue Heavy Body ΔE 5.0
Italeri #4385C5 Azure Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.1
P3 #2C75BB Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.7
Tamiya #3690C0 French blue Spray ΔE 6.4
Humbrol #328AB0 Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 6.7
Turbo Dork #4B94CB Da Ba Dee ΔE 7.8
AK Interactive #1C69A1 Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern ΔE 8.8
Green Stuff World #0268B0 Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 9.3
Tom Color #648CA6 Raf Pru Blue Faded ΔE 9.7
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 10.0
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 15.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Crystal Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Tidal Wave Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  3. B Magic Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  4. C Crystal Blue Warpaints ΔE 3.6 · close
  5. C Troglodyte Blue Warpaints ΔE 4.0 · close
  6. D Crystal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.4 · similar

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