Dark Blue 438m
Tom Color · s · TC-0311
#153238 · L*18.9 a*-8.8 b*-7.1
The closest match to Tom Color Dark Blue 438m in every other range, nearest first.
Tom Color Dark Blue 438m is a very dark, muted blue-green. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Dark Blue 438 at ΔE 0.3. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Tom Color Dark Blue 438m?
Mr. Paint Dark Blue 438 is the closest equivalent to Tom Color Dark Blue 438m in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Italeri Gunship Gray (ΔE 1.8) and Scale75 Despair Green (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color Dark Blue 438m?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Charcoal Grey, ΔE 4.7 — a close substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tom Color Dark Blue 438m Shop Mr. Paint Dark Blue 438 Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Dark Blue 438 Mr Paint MRP-219 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- C IJAAF 3 Hai Ran Shoku (Cockpit Blue-gey) Mr Paint MRP-417 ΔE 4.7 · close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Italeri
- A Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint 4752AP ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Schwarzgrün RLM 70 Acrylic Paint 4780AP ΔE 3.0 · very close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Scale75
- B Despair Green Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Riff Green Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 6.1 · similar
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Engine Gray Fs16081 A Aqueous Hobby Color H339 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Blue Fs15044 A Aqueous Hobby Color H326 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Monument
- B Transparent Green Pro Acrylic Paints 048 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Matt Cexwish Dark Emerald Pro Signature Series S20 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Citadel
- B Incubi Darkness Base ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Nocturne Green Air ΔE 4.8 · close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Scarab Green Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Cobalt Metal Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.2 · similar
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Golden
- C Phthalo Green (Blue Shade) Fluid 2270 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Phthalo Green (blue Shade) OPEN Acrylics 7270 ΔE 4.3 · close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Ocean Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11173 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Medium Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11184 ΔE 4.7 · close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Foundry
- C French Chasseur A Cheval Green Shade Paint System 71A ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Storm Blue Shade Paint System 39A ΔE 4.6 · close
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Humbrol
- C Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays S67 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt 67 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Dark Blue 438m equivalent in Liquitex
- C Turquoise Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 561 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Muted Turquoise Heavy Body Acrylix 503 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Dark Blue 438m in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | #253338 | Charcoal Grey Arte Deco | ΔE 4.7 |
| FolkArt | #1E3541 | Midnight Garden Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.9 |
| Creature | #0C3333 | Green Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 5.0 |
| Warcolours | #002327 | Turquoise 5 Layer paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Reaper | #1C3947 | Deep Ocean Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Arteza | #214445 | Phthalo Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #124244 | Arachnid Green Acrylic Colors | ΔE 7.0 |
| Tamiya | #2E3B43 | Sea blue Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 7.0 |
| Mission Models | #1A4752 | Gloss Grey USN FS 16081 | ΔE 7.0 |
| Revell | #354044 | Granite Grey Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.8 |
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 8.0 |
| Mig | #022334 | Crystal Black Blue Acrylics | ΔE 8.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #344C50 | Phtalo Green Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #2C4C57 | Tuscan Teal Colors | ΔE 8.7 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3B413F | Angel Green Fantasy Range | ΔE 10.1 |
| P3 | #4A5456 | Gravedigger Denim Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 13.5 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 14.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 19.3 |
Nearest colours inside Tom Color
- D FS 15045 ΔE 6.9 · similar
- D Couro Da Cuca ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D London Grey RAL 7026 ΔE 8.2 · similar
- D Verde Oliva Scuro 2 ΔE 8.8 · similar
- D Amt-6 ΔE 9.0 · similar
- D Luftwaffe WW2 Uniform Base ΔE 9.0 · similar
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