Tidal Blue
The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic
#026B93 · L*42.2 a*-10.6 b*-29.0
The closest match to The Army Painter Tidal Blue in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Tidal Blue is a dark, moderately saturated blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya Flat blue at ΔE 0.7. 17 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 Tidal Blue?
Tamiya Flat blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Tidal Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Shadow Grey (ΔE 1.4) and Scale75 Flight Blue (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Tidal Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Turquoise, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Tidal Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- A Flat blue Lacquer Paint LP-78 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- C Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss X-13 ΔE 3.6 · close
Tidal Blue equivalent in Citadel
- A Shadow Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Gryph-Charger Grey Contrast ΔE 2.0 · very close
Tidal Blue equivalent in Scale75
- A Flight Blue Warfront Range ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- D Magic Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.3 · similar
Tidal Blue equivalent in Arteza
- B Pearl Turquoise Acrylic Pearl Paints A226 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- E Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A502 ΔE 13.4 · far
Tidal Blue equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Moody Blue Gloss™ 20287E ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Teal Treat Colors 4473E ΔE 6.3 · similar
Tidal Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- B Light Turquoise Model Color 70.840 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D French Blue Arte Deco 85.066 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Tidal Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B True Blue FS15102 Mr Paint MRP-384 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Dark Blue SU-27 Mr Paint MRP-045 ΔE 4.9 · close
Tidal Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Blue Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H42 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 9.2 · similar
Tidal Blue equivalent in Reaper
- B Morning-After Blues Master Series Paints Bones 9683 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Tropical Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9419 ΔE 3.8 · close
Tidal Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- B Azure Blue Acrylic Colors 643 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Castaway Acrylic Colors 2428 ΔE 3.7 · close
Tidal Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Fester Blue Fantasy Range 166 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Aquamarine Fantasy Range 132 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Tidal Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Intense Blue -77- Figures AK3069 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Raf Azure Blue Air AK2017 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Tidal Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #146F8A | Iridescent Turquoise | ΔE 4.8 |
| P3 | #2E728B | Runeshot Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Liquitex | #1C5E78 | Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.9 |
| Revell | #0070B4 | Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.7 |
| Italeri | #0068AD | French Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #0268B0 | Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 7.3 |
| Foundry | #46769E | Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System | ΔE 7.3 |
| Golden | #0160A2 | Manganese Blue Hue Fluid | ΔE 7.6 |
| Duncan | #347DAA | Enchantment Blue Wave 3 | ΔE 7.6 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 8.1 |
| Warcolours | #0464B1 | Blue 3 Layer paints | ΔE 8.3 |
| Acrilex | #2C76B7 | Azul Paints | ΔE 8.5 |
| Monument | #517283 | Blue Black Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.7 |
| Mig | #18568F | Marine Blue Acrylics | ΔE 9.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #285E68 | Cobalt Bluegreen Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 11.4 |
| Humbrol | #328AB0 | Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 11.8 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 13.9 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- D Stratos Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Kraken Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Crystal Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Magic Blue Speedpaint Set ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Magic Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Azure Magic Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 6.3 · similar
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