Paint Equivalents

Thunderous Blue

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#34577B · L*35.9 a*-1.2 b*-24.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Thunderous Blue in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Thunderous Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Apple Barrel Neon Blue, ΔE 1.5. 14 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

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What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Thunderous Blue?

Apple Barrel Neon Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Thunderous Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Heavy Blue (ΔE 2.6) and FolkArt Sapphire (ΔE 3.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Thunderous Blue?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Heavy Blue, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Thunderous Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Neon Blue Colors 20492 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Blue Charm Gloss™ 23892E ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Heavy Blue Game Color 72.143 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Dark Blue Mecha Color 69.021 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Sapphire Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6312 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Prussian Blue Pure™ Artist Pigment 7103 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in P3

  1. B Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 164 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Manganese Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 275 ΔE 8.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Mig

  1. C Marine Blue Acrylics AMIG0123 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Foundry

  1. C French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 76A ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Prussian Gun Mid Blue Shade Paint System 106A ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Escama do Boitatá TCUP-14 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Cinza Azulado Médio TC-0204 ΔE 7.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Flat blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-8 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Gray violet Aircraft Spray AS-4 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Alaitoc Blue Layer ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C The Fang Air ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Acrilex

  1. C Azul Turquesa Paints 501 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Azul Seco Paints 824 ΔE 7.8 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Acrilex conversion chart

Thunderous Blue equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C French Blue (Cobalt Blue) MMP-178 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. D USN Flight Deck Blue 21 MMP-132 ΔE 6.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Thunderous Blue in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #00548D Cerulean Blue Deep Fluid ΔE 4.5
Reaper #005490 Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 4.6
Mr. Paint #005088 Marking Blue Mr Paint ΔE 4.7
Duncan #2259A0 Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 4.8
Coat d'Arms #396298 Wizard Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 5.2
Monument #0855A3 Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.2
Mr. Hobby #004F99 Metallic Blue Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 5.2
Warcolours #005AA3 Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.5
AK Interactive #38668A Raf Azure Blue Air ΔE 5.6
Italeri #0058A9 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.7
Scale75 #005E91 Cobalt Blue Artist Range ΔE 5.7
Arteza #064A96 Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.9
Kimera Kolors #2E4993 Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 ΔE 6.5
Humbrol #0E4595 French Blue Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 7.0
Revell #01448A Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 7.1
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 7.7
Green Stuff World #55677F Smoked Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.7
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.0

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Underdark Indigo D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  3. C Viking Blue Warpaints ΔE 4.5 · close
  4. C Ultramarine Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 4.7 · close
  5. C Regal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.8 · close
  6. C Deep Blue Warpaints ΔE 4.9 · close

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