Paint Equivalents

Sapphire Gem

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#1C477E · L*30.1 a*5.9 b*-35.4

The closest match to The Army Painter Sapphire Gem in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Sapphire Gem is a dark, moderately saturated blue. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Ultramarine Blue at ΔE 1.3. 8 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

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Sapphire Gem?

FolkArt Ultramarine Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Sapphire Gem in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Mordian Blue (ΔE 1.3) and Vallejo Royal Blue (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Sapphire Gem?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Royal Blue, ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Sapphire Gem equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Ultramarine Blue Shiny™ 2711 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B True Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7271 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Mordian Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Calgar Blue Air ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Royal Blue Model Color 70.809 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B French Blue Model Air 71.088 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Primary Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21975E ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-8 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Pearl blue Spray TS-89 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Revell

  1. B Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 8.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Marine Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Prussian Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Mig

  1. B Medium Blue Acrylics AMIG0103 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 164 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. E Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 10.3 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Signal Blue RAL 5005 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A009 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B RLM 24 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A052 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A736 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A504 ΔE 9.8 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Arteza conversion chart

Sapphire Gem equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B French Blue Acrylics - Gloss 14 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Blue Acrylics - Matt 25 ΔE 6.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Sapphire Gem in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Foundry #003E72 Deep Blue Paint System ΔE 3.4
P3 #124B9A Cygnar Blue Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.6
Mr. Hobby #00489B MS White Gundam Color Spray ΔE 3.6
AK Interactive #1A4067 Deep Blue Intense (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.7
Scale75 #01479C Replenish Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.8
Reaper #29458F Sapphire Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.0
Monument #184366 Dark Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.2
Kimera Kolors #2E4993 Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.3
Tom Color #224062 Azul Luminoso ΔE 4.5
Golden #193E8E Primary Cyan Heavy Body ΔE 4.6
Coat d'Arms #324669 Royal Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 5.0
Acrilex #3B5383 Azul Turquesa Paints ΔE 5.2
Mission Models #02538B French Blue (Cobalt Blue) ΔE 5.3
Duncan #334A66 Abyss Blue Wave 2 ΔE 5.5
Warcolours #0043AC Blue 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.5
Creature #0D3366 Dark Grey Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.7
Italeri #0058A9 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.3
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 10.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Griffon Blue Warpaints ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. A Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  3. B Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 2.2 · very close
  4. B Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
  5. B Beowulf Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  6. B Lich Blue D&D Underdark Set ΔE 2.7 · very close

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