Paint Equivalents

Tidal Wave

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0

#1278B6 · L*48.2 a*-4.0 b*-40.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Tidal Wave in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Tidal Wave is a mid-toned, saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Primary Blue at ΔE 1.0. 12 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 Wave?

Scale75 Primary Blue is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Tidal Wave in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper True Blue (ΔE 1.7) and Mission Models Bright Blue (Mecha etc) (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Tidal Wave?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Fluorescent, ΔE 3.0 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Tidal Wave Shop Scale75 Primary Blue Shop Scale75 Artist Range set

Tidal Wave equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Primary Blue Artist Range ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Amarth Blue Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Reaper

  1. A True Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9017 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Ultramarine Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9189 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Bright Blue (Mecha etc) MMP-122 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Light Blue (Mecha) MMP-173 ΔE 7.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX204 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Acrilex

  1. B Azul Paints 559 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. E Azul Piscina Paints 823 ΔE 16.0 · far

Full The Army Painter → Acrilex conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 570 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. E Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 470 ΔE 12.8 · far

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Enchanted Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Teclis Blue Layer ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Relic Blue Wave 3 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Enchantment Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Tomb Blue Shade Paint System 23A ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Prussian Gun Mid Blue Paint System 106B ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Blue Fluorescent Model Color 70.736 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Andrea Blue Model Color 70.841 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in Revell

  1. B Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Light Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Tidal Wave equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Look at Me Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Look at Me Blue ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Tidal Wave in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #4078A7 Azurite Hue Heavy Body ΔE 3.3
P3 #2C75BB Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.4
Mr. Paint #007CAF Grabber Blue - Ford Mustang Mr Paint - Car ΔE 3.5
Coat d'Arms #3F7EAA Hideous Blue Fantasy Range ΔE 3.8
Mig #0784BE Crystal Light Blue Acrylics ΔE 4.8
Warcolours #007DDA Marine 3 Layer paints ΔE 5.0
AK Interactive #1C69A1 Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern ΔE 5.7
Italeri #0068AD French Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.0
Green Stuff World #0268B0 Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.1
Arteza #0388D4 Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.4
Tamiya #1E7497 Metallic blue Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 6.9
Apple Barrel #018AD2 Electric Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.9
Monument #248CCB Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.5
Humbrol #5D7FAF WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.7
Turbo Dork #4B94CB Da Ba Dee ΔE 10.5
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 10.7
Tom Color #648CA6 Raf Pru Blue Faded ΔE 11.2
Creature #105AC4 Blue Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 12.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Crystal Blue Warpaints ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Magic Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  3. B Crystal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.5 · very close
  4. B Crystal Blue Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.1 · very close
  5. B Frost Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.1 · very close
  6. C Crystal Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2 · close

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