Viking Blue
The Army Painter · Warpaints · WP1462
#1C5B98 · L*37.8 a*3.1 b*-38.9
The closest match to The Army Painter Viking Blue in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Viking Blue is a dark, saturated blue. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Blue Wash at ΔE 0.4. 10 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 Viking Blue?
Vallejo Blue Wash is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Viking Blue in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Warcolours Marine 4 (ΔE 1.3) and Mig Marine Blue (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Viking Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue Wash, ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Viking Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Blue Wash Game Color Wash 73.207 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
- B Ultramarine Blue Game Air 72.722 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Viking Blue equivalent in Warcolours
- A Marine 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Blue 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.9 · close
Viking Blue equivalent in Mig
- A Marine Blue Acrylics AMIG0123 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Blue (RAL 5019) Acrylics AMIG0086 ΔE 4.3 · close
Viking Blue equivalent in P3
- A Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Blue Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Viking Blue equivalent in Foundry
- A French Hussar Sky Blue Shade Paint System 76A ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Sky Blue Shade Paint System 21A ΔE 3.0 · very close
Viking Blue equivalent in Duncan
- B Elder Robe Wave 3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Witching Hour Blue Wave 2 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Viking Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- B Pure blue Lacquer Paint LP-6 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Brilliant blue Spray TS-44 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Viking Blue equivalent in Italeri
- B Medium Blue Acrylic Paint 4307AP ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D French Blue Acrylic Paint 4659AP ΔE 5.2 · similar
Viking Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Porsche Shark Blue Mr Paint - Car MRP-C039 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Blue Clear Mr Paint MRP-267 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Viking Blue equivalent in Golden
- B Manganese Blue Hue Fluid 2437 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Cerulean Blue Hue High Flow 8526 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Viking Blue equivalent in Monument
- B Blue Pro Acrylic Paints 005 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine Pro Signature Series S35 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Viking Blue equivalent in Reaper
- B Brilliant Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9116 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Oceanic Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9418 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Viking Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FolkArt | #2E5B9F | Prussian Blue Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 2.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #0054A7 | Blue Mr Color Spray | ΔE 3.1 |
| Mission Models | #02538B | French Blue (Cobalt Blue) | ΔE 3.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #396298 | Wizard Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 3.6 |
| Scale75 | #005E91 | Cobalt Blue Artist Range | ΔE 3.7 |
| Citadel | #366699 | Caledor Sky Air | ΔE 4.0 |
| AK Interactive | #19628F | Intense Blue -77- Figures | ΔE 4.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #114F7E | Blue Charm Gloss™ | ΔE 4.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #0268B0 | Summersea Blue Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.2 |
| Liquitex | #234E7B | Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.3 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.6 |
| Arteza | #064A96 | Pearl Sapphire Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Tom Color | #295673 | Escama do Boitatá | ΔE 6.4 |
| Acrilex | #3B5383 | Azul Turquesa Paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 7.6 |
| Revell | #01448A | Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 7.7 |
| Humbrol | #0E4595 | French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 7.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2E4993 | Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.0 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Royal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.3 · very close
- B Highlord Blue Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Underdark Indigo D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Kraken Blue D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Stratos Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Regal Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.3 · close
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