Paint Equivalents

Imperial Navy

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The closest match to The Army Painter Imperial Navy in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Imperial Navy is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry British Royal Blue Light at ΔE 1.4. 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

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Imperial Navy?

Foundry British Royal Blue Light is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Imperial Navy in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Creature Dark Grey Blue (ΔE 1.4) and FolkArt True Blue (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Imperial Navy?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Imperial Blue, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Imperial Navy Shop Foundry British Royal Blue Light Shop Foundry Paint System set

Imperial Navy equivalent in Foundry

  1. A British Royal Blue Light Paint System 74C ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B French Blue Paint System 65B ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Creature

  1. A Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl MPA-014 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. E Blue Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-046 ΔE 12.8 · far

Imperial Navy equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A True Blue Acrylic Colors 401 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Brilliant Blue Acrylic Colors 641 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Blue Metallic For Subaru Brz Mr Paint - Car MRP-C025 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. D Signal Blue RAL 5005 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A009 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Imperial Blue Game Air 72.720 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Medium Blue Model Color 70.963 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Ritterlich Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9115 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Twilight Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9483 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Talassar Blue Contrast ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Night Lords Blue Air ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Golden

  1. B Cerulean Blue Deep Heavy Body 1051 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Phthalo Blue (green Shade) Heavy Body 1255 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Too Blue Colors 20771 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Cobalt Hue Colors 20596 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Cobalt Blue Aqueous Hobby Color H465 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Blue Fs15050 Mr Color 328 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C Deep Blue Intense (3rd Gen) AK11182 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Ultramarine Standard (3rd Gen) AK11179 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Imperial Navy equivalent in P3

  1. C Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Imperial Navy in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tamiya #09347B Blue Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 3.9
Scale75 #253B6D Navy Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 4.0
Humbrol #1D3163 Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays ΔE 4.0
Tom Color #224062 Azul Luminoso ΔE 4.3
Green Stuff World #12407E Marine Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4
Kimera Kolors #203479 Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 5.3
Monument #184366 Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.4
Revell #1F2D52 Dark Blue Email Color - Silk ΔE 6.0
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.3
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.6
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 6.8
Acrilex #34446E Azul Marinho Paints ΔE 6.9
Mission Models #122742 USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 ΔE 6.9
Warcolours #002053 Blue 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.2
Mig #294888 Medium Blue Acrylics ΔE 7.4
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 8.1
Liquitex #234E7B Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.1
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 15.8

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Omega Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Lich Blue D&D Underdark Set ΔE 3.8 · close
  3. C Elven Armor Warpaints Air ΔE 3.9 · close
  4. C Elven Armour Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 4.3 · close
  6. C Beowulf Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.4 · close

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