Kraken Blue
The Army Painter · D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments
#055E8F · L*37.9 a*-4.2 b*-33.4
The closest match to The Army Painter Kraken Blue in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Kraken Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Cobalt Blue at ΔE 0.3. 15 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 Kraken Blue?
Scale75 Cobalt Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Kraken Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Cayman Blue (ΔE 0.9) and AK Interactive Intense Blue -77- (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Kraken Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Wash, ΔE 4.1 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop The Army Painter Kraken Blue Shop Scale75 Cobalt Blue Shop Scale75 Artist Range set
Kraken Blue equivalent in Scale75
- A Cobalt Blue Artist Range ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- D Flight Blue Warfront Range ΔE 6.2 · similar
Kraken Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- A Cayman Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2953 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Sterling Blue Acrylic Colors 441 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Kraken Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Intense Blue -77- Figures AK3069 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern RC504 ΔE 4.3 · close
Kraken Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Dark Blue SU-27 Mr Paint MRP-045 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C039 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Kraken Blue equivalent in Reaper
- B Brilliant Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9116 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9418 ΔE 4.3 · close
Kraken Blue equivalent in P3
- B Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.5 · similar
Kraken Blue equivalent in Golden
- B Manganese Blue Hue Fluid 2437 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Cerulean Blue Deep Fluid 2051 ΔE 4.0 · close
Kraken Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- C Blue Wash Game Color Wash 73.207 ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Magic Blue Game Color 72.021 ΔE 4.8 · close
Kraken Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- C Brilliant blue Spray TS-44 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Flat blue Lacquer Paint LP-78 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Kraken Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Moody Blue Gloss™ 20287E ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 5.5 · similar
Kraken Blue equivalent in Mig
- C Marine Blue Acrylics AMIG0123 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Kraken Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- C French Blue (Cobalt Blue) MMP-178 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Bright Blue (Mecha etc) MMP-122 ΔE 8.8 · similar
Kraken Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcolours | #005AA3 | Marine 4 Layer paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| Citadel | #106993 | Shadow Grey Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 4.5 |
| Italeri | #0068AD | French Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #37698C | Fester Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.1 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 5.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #0268B0 | Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Foundry | #2C5A95 | French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System | ΔE 5.5 |
| Mr. Hobby | #326A8B | Blue Gray Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 5.6 |
| Duncan | #2259A0 | Elder Robe Wave 3 | ΔE 5.8 |
| Monument | #0855A3 | Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.0 |
| Liquitex | #1C5E78 | Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.9 |
| Revell | #0070B4 | Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.2 |
| Arteza | #027095 | Pearl Turquoise Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 8.0 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.4 |
| Acrilex | #3B5383 | Azul Turquesa Paints | ΔE 9.3 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 10.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 10.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 11.1 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Stratos Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Viking Blue Warpaints ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Royal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Thunderous Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Underdark Indigo D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.7 · similar
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