Marine 3
Warcolours · Layer paints
#007DDA · L*51.5 a*6.3 b*-55.4
The closest match to Warcolours Marine 3 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Marine 3 is a mid-toned, saturated blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Scale75 Neon Blue, ΔE 1.6. 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 Warcolours Marine 3?
Scale75 Neon Blue is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Marine 3 in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Look at Me Blue (ΔE 2.2) and Liquitex Brilliant Blue (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Marine 3?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Blue, ΔE 3.3 — a very close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Marine 3 Shop Scale75 Neon Blue Shop Scale75 Artist Range set
Marine 3 equivalent in Scale75
- A Neon Blue Artist Range ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Paralyze Blue Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
Marine 3 equivalent in FolkArt
- B Look at Me Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Look at Me Blue ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Medium Blue Acrylic Colors 2556 ΔE 4.8 · close
Marine 3 equivalent in Liquitex
- B Brilliant Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 570 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- E Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 984 ΔE 12.0 · far
Marine 3 equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Metal Blue Mr Metallic Color GX GX204 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Deep Clear Blue Mr Clear Color GX GX103 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Marine 3 equivalent in Duncan
- B Leviathan Blue Wave 2 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Relic Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.7 · close
Marine 3 equivalent in Mig
- B Warhead Metallic Blue Acrylics AMIG0196 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Crystal Light Blue Acrylics AMIG0098 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Marine 3 equivalent in Vallejo
- B Fluorescent Blue Game Color 72.160 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Electric Blue Mecha Color 69.020 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Marine 3 equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Crystal Blue Warpaints WP1114 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Crystal Blue Warpaints Primer CP3017 ΔE 4.5 · close
Marine 3 equivalent in Italeri
- C Azure Blue Acrylic Paint 4308AP ΔE 3.6 · close
- D French Blue Acrylic Paint 4659AP ΔE 8.9 · similar
Marine 3 equivalent in Citadel
- C Teclis Blue Layer ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Calth Blue Clear Air ΔE 4.7 · close
Marine 3 equivalent in Mission Models
- C Light Blue (Mecha) MMP-173 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Bright Blue (Mecha etc) MMP-122 ΔE 4.8 · close
Marine 3 equivalent in P3
- C Cygnar Blue Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.1 · close
- E Stormguard Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 14.0 · far
Marine 3 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrilex | #2C76B7 | Azul Paints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Reaper | #0175BE | Ultramarine Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Foundry | #0B72DB | Bavarian Cornflower Blue Paint System | ΔE 4.4 |
| Revell | #2881BB | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 4.5 |
| Arteza | #0388D4 | Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Golden | #3B7AE1 | Cerulean Blue, Chromium OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3F7EAA | Hideous Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #018AD2 | Electric Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #4476D7 | Cobalt Blue Chameleon Colorshift Metallic | ΔE 6.1 |
| Monument | #248CCB | Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| Humbrol | #5D7FAF | WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 7.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #007CAF | Grabber Blue - Ford Mustang Mr Paint - Car | ΔE 7.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #4B94CB | Da Ba Dee | ΔE 8.4 |
| Tamiya | #5172B3 | Blue violet Spray | ΔE 8.6 |
| AK Interactive | #1C69A1 | Clear Blue Real Colors - Modern | ΔE 9.3 |
| Tom Color | #648CA6 | Raf Pru Blue Faded | ΔE 10.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #5D8499 | Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 11.5 |
| Creature | #105AC4 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 13.1 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- D Blue Glaze Glazing paints ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D One-coat Baby-blue One-coat paints ΔE 8.4 · similar
- D Metallic Sky Metallic paints ΔE 8.6 · similar
- D Blue 3 Layer paints ΔE 9.9 · similar
- E Blue Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 10.8 · far
- E Transparent Marine Transparent paints ΔE 10.9 · far
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