Paint Equivalents

Thunder Storm

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#1E2931 · L*15.9 a*-2.3 b*-6.7

The closest match to The Army Painter Thunder Storm in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Thunder Storm is a very dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Dark Blue / Blue Tank Crew Base -73-, ΔE 0.9. 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

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 Thunder Storm?

AK Interactive Dark Blue / Blue Tank Crew Base -73- is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Thunder Storm in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Abyssal Turquoise (ΔE 2.2) and Mr. Paint Burnt Metal Blue (ΔE 2.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Thunder Storm?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Abyssal Turquoise, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Thunder Storm Shop AK Interactive Dark Blue / Blue Tank Crew Base -73- Shop AK Interactive Figures set

Thunder Storm equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Dark Blue / Blue Tank Crew Base -73- Figures AK3125 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Sea Blue Air AK2233 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Abyssal Turquoise Game Air 76.120 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Glossy Sea Blue Model Air 71.300 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Burnt Metal Blue Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A024 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Sea Blue FS35042 Mr Paint MRP-237 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Mig

  1. B Fs 25042 Sea Blue (ana 606) Acrylics AMIG0227 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Blue Wash For Panzer Grey Washes AMIG1006 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Golden

  1. B Payne's Gray OPEN Acrylics 7240 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Jenkins Green OPEN Acrylics 7195 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Prussian Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 320 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 561 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. C Steel Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Deep Black Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 6.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C FS 15045 TC-0011 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Amt-6 TC-0178 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Union Blue Shade Paint System 111A ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C American Olive Green Shade Paint System 94A ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Monument

  1. C Dark Silver Pro Acrylic Paints 030 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Dark Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints 044 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Indigo Night Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 99239 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Peppercorn Acrylic Colors 6473 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Thunder Storm equivalent in Creature

  1. C Dark Blue Monument Pro Acryl MPA-034 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Dark Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl MPA-044 ΔE 4.4 · close

Thunder Storm in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #202835 Coal Black Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.2
Mr. Hobby #222829 Teerschwarz Mr Color ΔE 4.4
Scale75 #0D2736 Remove Mana Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.5
Warcolours #293543 Blue Grey 5 Layer paints ΔE 5.1
Mission Models #2A2B30 Pearl Deep Black ΔE 5.2
Apple Barrel #191F2B English Navy Colors ΔE 5.5
Revell #2E2F34 Anthracite Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.6
Tamiya #2E3B43 Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.7
Italeri #2F3739 Gun Metal Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.8
Humbrol #24383F Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.9
Citadel #232324 Black Legion Contrast ΔE 6.3
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 7.9
Arteza #131318 Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 8.4
Duncan #34444C Oxidation Green Wave 3 ΔE 8.7
P3 #2A2524 Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.7
Coat d'Arms #3B413F Angel Green Fantasy Range ΔE 10.0
Acrilex #1E1B17 Preto Paints ΔE 10.5
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 19.4

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Oil Stains Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Obsidian Pigment Toner Skin Tones Paint Set ΔE 4.8 · close
  3. D Dark Blue Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 5.4 · similar
  4. D Raven Black Warpaints Air ΔE 5.6 · similar
  5. D Gravelord Grey Speedpaint Set ΔE 5.9 · similar
  6. D Deep Ocean Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.1 · similar

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