Marine 1
Warcolours · Layer paints
#8BC5ED · L*77.0 a*-8.6 b*-25.7
The closest match to Warcolours Marine 1 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Marine 1 is a light, moderately saturated blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Foundry Vivid Blue Light, ΔE 1.6. 22 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 Warcolours Marine 1?
Foundry Vivid Blue Light is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Marine 1 in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Sharkfin Blue (ΔE 2.3) and Citadel Space Wolves Grey (ΔE 3.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Marine 1?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sky Blue, ΔE 3.8 — a close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Marine 1 Shop Foundry Vivid Blue Light Shop Foundry Paint System set
Marine 1 equivalent in Foundry
- A Vivid Blue Light Paint System 22C ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C French Hussar Sky Blue Paint System 76B ΔE 4.0 · close
Marine 1 equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Sharkfin Blue Metallic Colors ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Neptunus Blue Metallic Colors ΔE 5.6 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in Citadel
- B Space Wolves Grey Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Lightning Bolt Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.5 · close
Marine 1 equivalent in Vallejo
- C Sky Blue Mecha Color 69.017 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Frost Game Color Special FX 72.604 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in Arteza
- C Pearl Sky Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints A224 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Sky Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A500 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Blue Cotton Colors 21886 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Blue Kazoo Colors 99263E ΔE 4.5 · close
Marine 1 equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Bright Sapphire Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Frost Blue Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.3 · close
Marine 1 equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Light Blue -79- Figures AK3078 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Air Superiority Blue Fs 35450 10ml Real Colors - Air RC239 ΔE 8.1 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in Reaper
- D Frost Blue Master Series Paints Bones 9421 ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Frosty Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors 9692 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in FolkArt
- D Blue Lullaby Acrylic Colors 6449 ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D French Blue Acrylic Colors 639 ΔE 8.5 · similar
Marine 1 equivalent in Duncan
- D Gigawatt Blue Wave 2 ΔE 6.3 · similar
- E Seafarer Blue Wave 3 ΔE 12.7 · far
Marine 1 equivalent in Mig
- D Fs35260 Sky Line Blue A II Acrylics AMIG0224 ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Light Blue Acrylics AMIG0249 ΔE 9.4 · similar
Marine 1 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #AECADF | Tourmaline Green Mr Crystal Color | ΔE 6.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #90DDFE | Maguro | ΔE 7.0 |
| Revell | #A8DEF8 | Clear Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 7.4 |
| Mr. Paint | #7CABC7 | Pale Roundel Blue Bs 172 Mr Paint | ΔE 7.6 |
| Acrilex | #48B5E2 | Azul Celeste Paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #BEE0F9 | Lupin Grey Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.8 |
| Creature | #2DAEE8 | Sky Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.6 |
| Tamiya | #98B4C0 | Light ghost gray Lacquer Paint | ΔE 9.8 |
| Humbrol | #C2D7F2 | Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 10.1 |
| Scale75 | #61ABC4 | Ancestral Blue Instant Colors Range | ΔE 10.3 |
| Tom Color | #35A9DA | Azul Marshmallow | ΔE 10.5 |
| Monument | #BCE3F2 | Grey Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 10.8 |
| Mission Models | #B7C8D2 | Arcadian Blue (F 1965) | ΔE 11.0 |
| Golden | #9FACBD | Zinc White OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 12.1 |
| P3 | #7ACFD9 | Arcane Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 12.5 |
| Italeri | #97A7B2 | Light Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 12.8 |
| Liquitex | #00A0FB | Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 12.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E4E4E4 | The White Pure Pigments | ΔE 19.6 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- D Blue Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Blue 1 Layer paints ΔE 8.9 · similar
- D Marine 2 Layer paints ΔE 9.7 · similar
- E Transparent Blue Transparent paints ΔE 11.8 · far
- E Blue Grey 1 Layer paints ΔE 13.0 · far
- E Metallic Sky Metallic paints ΔE 15.4 · far
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