§ PAINT · 11th edition
Faust BlueTwo Thin Coats opaque, hex #45515b. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.
- Paint
- Faust Blue
- Range
- Two Thin Coats
- Finish
- opaque
- Hex
- #45515b
- Hex source
- community data
Faust Blue equivalents
One paint from each other brand: Duncan Rhodes’s own pick where there is one, otherwise the closest in colour and finish.
Citadel equivalent
Dark ReaperCitadel LayerΔE 9.5◆ maker’s pickapproximateVallejo equivalent
Sombre GreyVallejo Game Air76.048ΔE 4.7safe substituteArmy Painter equivalent
Deep GreyWarpaints FanaticΔE 6.6safe substitute
Faust Blue is an opaque paint from Two Thin Coats. The closest paint in any other range is Sombre Grey from Vallejo Game Air at ΔE 4.7, a safe substitute. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and 6 a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.
Closest matches
Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0
- Gravelord Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 5.1
- Enchanted Steel⚠ cross-finishΔE 5.2
- Tyrian Navy⚠ cross-finishΔE 6.8
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
- Deep Greysafe substituteΔE 6.6
- Night SkyapproximateΔE 7.0
- Thunderous BlueapproximateΔE 9.8
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash
- Blue Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 15.0
- Dark Blue Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 16.1
- Dark Skin Shade⚠ cross-finishΔE 16.2
Citadel Base
- The Fangsafe substituteΔE 6.3
- Mechanicus Standard Greysafe substituteΔE 6.4
- Stegadon Scale GreenapproximateΔE 10.5
Citadel Contrast
- Space Wolves Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.3
- Akhelian Green⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.2
- Ratling Grime⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.2
Citadel Layer
- Dark Reaper◆ maker’s pickapproximateΔE 9.5
- Eshin Greysafe substituteΔE 5.0
- Warpfiend GreyapproximateΔE 10.5
Citadel Shade
- Coelia Greenshade⚠ cross-finishΔE 16.4
- Targor Rageshade⚠ cross-finishΔE 17.4
- Drakenhof Nightshade⚠ cross-finishΔE 19.6
Vallejo Game Air
- Sombre Greysafe substituteΔE 4.7
- Abyssal TurquoiseapproximateΔE 9.5
- Night BlueapproximateΔE 15.0
Vallejo Game Color
- Sombre Greysafe substituteΔE 4.7
- Heavy BlueapproximateΔE 8.2
- Abyssal TurquoiseapproximateΔE 9.5
Vallejo Mecha Color
- Phantom Greysafe substituteΔE 5.0
- Titan Dark Bluesafe substituteΔE 5.2
- Dark Grey Greensafe substituteΔE 6.8
Vallejo Metal Color
- Gunmetal Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 14.8
- Steel⚠ cross-finishΔE 15.9
- Jet Exhaust⚠ cross-finishΔE 16.9
Vallejo Wash
- Dark Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 8.2
- Off-Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.0
- Black Wash⚠ cross-finishΔE 12.0
Vallejo Xpress
- Iceberg Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 5.2
- Wagram Blue⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.9
- Landser Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.1
Also in Two Thin Coats
- Cold Corpse Bluesafe substituteΔE 3.6
- Tempest Blue Washsafe substituteΔE 4.5
- Oxidation Greensafe substituteΔE 5.3
Every pot in Two Thin Coats has a page like this one. Two Thin Coats against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: Two Thin Coats to Citadel, Two Thin Coats to Vallejo, Two Thin Coats to Army Painter, Citadel to Two Thin Coats, Vallejo to Two Thin Coats, Army Painter to Two Thin Coats.
Match it in the toolQuestions
- What is the Citadel equivalent of Faust Blue?
- Dark Reaper from Citadel Layer: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 9.5 apart.
- What is the Vallejo equivalent of Faust Blue?
- Sombre Grey from Vallejo Game Air, at ΔE 4.7: a safe substitute in the same finish.
- What is the Army Painter equivalent of Faust Blue?
- Deep Grey from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 6.6: a safe substitute in the same finish.