Paint Equivalents

Blue Steel

Turbo Dork · Turbo Dork

#6993AA · L*58.8 a*-8.4 b*-16.6

The closest match to Turbo Dork Blue Steel in every other range, nearest first.

Turbo Dork Blue Steel is a mid-toned, moderately saturated blue-green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Amt-7 Light Blue, ΔE 1.1. 18 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 Turbo Dork Blue Steel?

AK Interactive Amt-7 Light Blue is the closest equivalent to Turbo Dork Blue Steel in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color Raf Pru Blue Faded (ΔE 2.8) and Vallejo AMT-7 Greyish Blue (ΔE 2.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Turbo Dork Blue Steel?

The nearest Vallejo paint is AMT-7 Greyish Blue, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Turbo Dork to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Turbo Dork Blue Steel Shop AK Interactive Amt-7 Light Blue Shop AK Interactive Air (3rd Gen) set

Blue Steel equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Amt-7 Light Blue Air (3rd Gen) AK11916 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Amt-7 Light Blue 10ml Real Colors - Air RC316 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Blue Steel equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Raf Pru Blue Faded TC-0096 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Gris Bleu Chair TC-0141 ΔE 3.6 · close

Blue Steel equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B AMT-7 Greyish Blue Model Air 71.318 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Russian AF Grey N.7 Model Air 71.343 ΔE 3.5 · close

Blue Steel equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Cayman Blue Acrylic Colors 513 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Aqua Moire Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylics 2973 ΔE 3.7 · close

Blue Steel equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Fenrisian Grey Air ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Lothern Blue Air ΔE 8.0 · similar

Blue Steel equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Prussian Gun Mid Blue Light Paint System 106C ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. C British Blue Grey Light Paint System 75C ΔE 4.3 · close

Blue Steel equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. C RLM65 Light Blue Acrysion SP115 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D IJN Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H61 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Blue Steel equivalent in Golden

  1. C Cobalt Teal OPEN Acrylics 7145 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Cobalt Teal Heavy Body 1145 ΔE 7.3 · similar

Blue Steel equivalent in Tamiya

  1. C Ocean gray 2 Aircraft Spray AS-31 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Dark ghost gray Lacquer Paint LP-36 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Blue Steel equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Runic Cobalt Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. C Fog Grey Warpaints WP1427 ΔE 4.8 · close

Blue Steel equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Glacier Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9420 ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. D Hobgoblin Blue Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89529 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Blue Steel equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Bering Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. D Cobalt Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 5.4 · similar

Blue Steel in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 5.3
Mr. Paint #6394BD Azure Blue Ana 609 Mr Paint ΔE 5.5
Apple Barrel #67A3BB Pool Blue Colors ΔE 5.6
Coat d'Arms #6A8893 Uniform Grey World War II Range ΔE 5.8
Humbrol #4598C0 Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.8
Mission Models #6299C4 Grey Blue Cockpit / Camo Modern Russian Jets ΔE 6.0
P3 #7AA0AB Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4
Duncan #78969D Frost Blue Wave 3 ΔE 6.4
Italeri #7E8E9A Dark Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.8
Green Stuff World #48A3C0 Zima Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.5
Warcolours #579DD0 Transparent Blue Transparent paints ΔE 7.7
Mig #70878D Fs 36320 Dark Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics ΔE 7.8
Revell #798790 Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.3
Acrilex #2095AD Azul Piscina Paints ΔE 8.9
Monument #638AC1 Faded Ultramarine Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 9.2
Arteza #0594DA Pearl Electrlc Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 10.1
Creature #7BA2DD Faded Ultramarine Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.0
Liquitex #00A0FB Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.4

Nearest colours inside Turbo Dork

  1. D Da Ba Dee ΔE 7.7 · similar
  2. E Six Shooter ΔE 11.8 · far
  3. E Purl Grey ΔE 16.3 · far
  4. E Silver Fox ΔE 17.8 · far
  5. E Curacao ΔE 19.3 · far
  6. E Dork ΔE 19.4 · far

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