Paint Equivalents

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0)

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0

#1B5682 · L*35.0 a*-2.5 b*-30.0

The closest match to The Army Painter Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Highlord Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Brilliant Blue at ΔE 1.7. 11 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 Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0)?

Reaper Brilliant Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Azzurro (ΔE 1.8) and Golden Cerulean Blue Deep (ΔE 1.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0)?

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

Shop The Army Painter Highlord Blue Shop Reaper Brilliant Blue Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Brilliant Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9116 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9418 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-316 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Marking Blue Mr Paint MRP-408 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Cerulean Blue Deep Fluid 2051 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Manganese Blue Hue Fluid 2437 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A French Blue (Cobalt Blue) MMP-178 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. D Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042 MMP-065 ΔE 7.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Marine Blue Acrylics AMIG0123 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Ultramarine Blue Game Air 72.722 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Blue Game Color 72.088 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Neon Blue Colors 20492 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in P3

  1. B Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Windsor Blue Acrylic Colors 2429 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Blue Peacock Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2387 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Deep Blue Light Paint System 20C ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Sky Blue Shade Paint System 21A ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Cobalt Blue Artist Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Cantabric Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Highlord Blue (Speedpaint Set 2.0) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 164 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 7.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Highlord Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #295673 Escama do Boitatá ΔE 3.8
Warcolours #005AA3 Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.1
AK Interactive #19628F Intense Blue -77- Figures ΔE 4.4
Mr. Hobby #004F99 Metallic Blue Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.5
Monument #0855A3 Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.5
Duncan #2259A0 Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 4.8
Italeri #0058A9 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.8
Tamiya #284C7B Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.1
Citadel #1F486B Space Wolves Grey Contrast ΔE 5.2
Arteza #064A96 Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.7
Coat d'Arms #396298 Wizard Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 6.1
Acrilex #3B5383 Azul Turquesa Paints ΔE 6.8
Revell #01448A Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 6.9
Green Stuff World #00416B Prussian Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.0
Humbrol #0E4595 French Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 7.4
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.0
Kimera Kolors #2E4993 Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 ΔE 8.1
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 9.7

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Underdark Indigo D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Regal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Deep Blue Warpaints ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. B Kraken Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.3 · very close
  5. B Thunderous Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.3 · very close
  6. B Viking Blue Warpaints ΔE 3.4 · very close

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