Gothic Blue
The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic
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The closest match to The Army Painter Gothic Blue in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Gothic Blue is a dark, saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Pure Blue, RAL 5005 at ΔE 1.1. 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 Gothic Blue?
AK Interactive Pure Blue, RAL 5005 is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Gothic Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Storm Blue (ΔE 1.7) and Golden Phthalo Blue (green Shade) (ΔE 2.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Gothic Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Storm Blue, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop The Army Painter Gothic Blue Shop AK Interactive Pure Blue, RAL 5005
Gothic Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Pure Blue, RAL 5005 Real Colors - Standard RC010 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Ultramarine Standard (3rd Gen) AK11179 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Storm Blue Xpress Color 72.412 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Legacy Blue Xpress Color Intense 72.480 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Golden
- B Phthalo Blue (green Shade) SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6620 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Blue Violet SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6605 ΔE 3.9 · close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Scale75
- B Navy Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Light Ultramarine Artist Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Metal Dark Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX216 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D MS Sazabi Red Gundam Color Spray SG13 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Gothic Blue equivalent in Humbrol
- B Blue Acrylics - Matt 25 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays S15 ΔE 4.9 · close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Citadel
- B Storm Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Macragge Blue Air ΔE 4.3 · close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- B Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments PB15.4 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 PB 29 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Gothic Blue equivalent in Acrilex
- C Azul Marinho Paints 544 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Azul Intenso Paints 578 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Gothic Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- C Brilliant Blue Acrylic Colors 641 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Ultramarine Blue Acrylic Colors 484 ΔE 4.0 · close
Gothic Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Signal Blue RAL 5005 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A009 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Blue Metallic For Subaru Brz Mr Paint - Car MRP-C025 ΔE 7.7 · similar
Gothic Blue equivalent in P3
- C Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.4 · similar
Gothic Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #29458F | Sapphire Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mig | #294888 | Medium Blue Acrylics | ΔE 4.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #12407E | Marine Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.5 |
| Tamiya | #0C3E80 | Pearl blue Spray | ΔE 4.5 |
| Foundry | #434A81 | Violet Paint System | ΔE 4.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3D4A90 | Nauseous Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.9 |
| Arteza | #252E6B | Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Revell | #182F7B | Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 5.1 |
| Creature | #0D3366 | Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #02307D | Cobalt Hue Colors | ΔE 5.5 |
| Tom Color | #224062 | Azul Luminoso | ΔE 5.7 |
| Duncan | #43496F | Marine Blue Wave 1 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Monument | #184366 | Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.4 |
| Liquitex | #234E7B | Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.5 |
| Warcolours | #0043AC | Blue 4 Layer paints | ΔE 8.0 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.1 |
| Mission Models | #554F8F | Purple (Purple Violet) | ΔE 8.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 11.6 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- C Omega Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Beowulf Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Elven Armour Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Griffon Blue Warpaints ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Elven Armor Warpaints Air ΔE 5.3 · similar
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