Colour converting tables

 

 

 

A little about paintings

 

Every manufacturer of a model is linked to a model paint manufacturer. On the directions for use, and sometimes even on the model box, you can see which painting you should use.

 

If you want to follow what says on the directions for use and the model box, you should have Tamiya colours to Tamiya models, Revell colours to Revell models, Humbrol colours to Airfix models and so on. But you don’t buy all models from the same manufacturer, and you can’t have all sorts of colour at home. That’s why you can use colour converting tables, so you can converting colours from one colour manufacturer to another.

 

You can find some colours in the toy stores who are selling models. Other colours you can only get from hobby stores.

 

The colour converting tables is only from Tamiya and Revell to Humbrol. Some Humbrol colours is marked by a star, this means you must have a layer of Humbrol clear enamel to be exactly as correspondence Tamiya and Revell colour.

 

 

From Tamiya till Humbrol

 

TAMIYA COLOUR                     HUMBROL GLOSS COATED 

X  20A      acrylic thinner   

X  1         black                      21  

X  2         white                      22  

X  3         royal blue                15  

X  4         blue                       198* 

X  5         green                     3  

X  6         orange                    18  

X  7         red                         19  

X  8         lemon yellow           69  

X  9         brown                     10  

X  10       gun metal               53* 

X  11       chrome silver           11  

X  12       gold leaf                 16  

X  13       metallic blue           52  

X  14       sky blue                  48  

X  15       light green              38  

X  16       purple                     68  

X  17       pink                       200  

X  18       semi-gloss black      21  

X  19       smoke                    1324  

X  20       enamel thinner   

X  21       flat base                 49  

X  22       clear                       35  

X  23       clear blue                1320  

X  24       clear yellow             1323  

X  25       clear green              1325  

X  26       clear orange            1322  

X  27       clear red                 1321  

X  28       park green               80  

 

 

TAMIYA COLOUR                     HUMBROL MATT COATED 

XF  1  flat black                      35  

XF  2  flat white                     34  

XF  3  flat yellow                    99  

XF  4  yellow green                 97  

XF  5  flat green                     105  

XF  6  copper                          12* 

XF  7  flat red                         153  

XF  8  flat blue                       25  

XF  9  hull red                        177  

XF  10  flat brown                   98  

XF  11  J.N. green                   172* 

XF  12  J.N. grey                     64  

XF  13  J.A. green                   75  

XF  14  J.A. grey                     147  

XF  15  flat flesh                     61  

XF  16  flat aluminium             11* 

XF  17  sea blue                     134* 

XF  18  medium blue               96  

XF  19  sky grey                      167* 

XF  20  medium grey               141  

XF  21  sky                            65  

XF  22  RLM grey                     111  

XF  23  light blue                    173* 

XF  24  dark grey                    123*

XF  25  light sea blue              31  

XF  26  deep green                  20  

XF  27  black green                 91  

XF  49  khaki                          72  

XF  50  field blue                    111  

XF  51  khaki drab                   108  

XF  52  flat earth                    29  

XF  53  neutral grey                128* 

XF  54  dark sea grey              140  

XF  55  deck tan                     110  

XF  56  metallic grey               56  

XF  57  buff                            168* 

XF  58  olive green                  30  

XF  59  desert yellow               93  

XF  60  dark yellow                 83  

XF  61  dark green                  161  

XF  62  olive drab                   66  

XF  63  german grey                67  

XF  64  red brown                   160  

XF  65  field grey                    116  

XF  66  light grey                    124*

 


From Revell till Humbrol

 

REVELL COLOUR                     HUMBROL GLOSS COATED 

1                                          35   

2                                          49

4                                          22

5                                          34

7                                          21

8                                          33

9                                          85

12                                        69

15                                        154

16                                        94

30                                        18

31                                        19

32                                        20

34                                        220

35                                        148

36                                        60

45                                        102

47                                        106

48                                        86

51                                        48

52                                        14

55                                        65

56                                        25

57                                        87

61                                        02

62                                        03

66                                        66

67                                        116

71                                        112*

77                                        79

78                                        67

79                                        144

80                                        09

81                                        10

85                                        82

86                                        26

87                                        29

88                                        63

90                                        11

91                                        191

93                                        12

94                                        16

95                                        55

96                                        51

97                                        50          

98                                        52

99                                        56

301                                       130

302                                       85

310                                       154*

314                                       71

330                                       60*

360                                       80*

361                                       105*

363                                       195

364                                       101*

371                                       196

374                                       128

378                                       79*

381                                       186*

382                                       62*

730                                       1322

731                                       1321