§ PAINT · 11th edition
Ion BlueTwo Thin Coats opaque, hex #b7d5d8. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.
- Paint
- Ion Blue
- Range
- Two Thin Coats
- Finish
- opaque
- Hex
- #b7d5d8
- Hex source
- community data
Ion 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
Blue HorrorCitadel LayerΔE 13.0◆ maker’s pickapproximateVallejo equivalent
Wolf GreyVallejo Game Air76.047ΔE 5.1safe substituteArmy Painter equivalent
Marine MistWarpaints FanaticΔE 8.2approximate
Ion Blue is an opaque paint from Two Thin Coats. The closest paint in any other range is Wolf Grey from Vallejo Game Air at ΔE 5.1, a safe substitute. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and 3 a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.
Closest matches
Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0
- Battleship Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 5.8
- Pastel Seafoam⚠ cross-finishΔE 7.9
- Ashen Stone⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.2
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
- Marine MistapproximateΔE 8.2
- Neptune GlowapproximateΔE 11.2
- Brigade GreyapproximateΔE 11.4
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash
- Light Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 48.7
- Sepia Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 55.2
- Soft Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 57.3
Citadel Base
- Celestra GreyapproximateΔE 13.4
- Grey SeerapproximateΔE 15.1
- Corax WhiteapproximateΔE 15.1
Citadel Contrast
- Apothecary White⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.5
- Briar Queen Chill⚠ cross-finishΔE 22.1
- Pylar Glacier⚠ cross-finishΔE 24.3
Citadel Layer
- Blue Horror◆ maker’s pickapproximateΔE 13.0
- Ulthuan Greysafe substituteΔE 5.3
- Pallid Wych FleshapproximateΔE 12.4
Citadel Shade
- Soulblight Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 19.5
- Kroak Green⚠ cross-finishΔE 19.8
- Poxwalker⚠ cross-finishΔE 20.4
Vallejo Game Air
- Wolf Greysafe substituteΔE 5.1
- Sunrise BlueapproximateΔE 12.8
- Dead WhiteapproximateΔE 15.1
Vallejo Game Color
- Wolf Greysafe substituteΔE 5.1
- VerdigrisapproximateΔE 7.7
- Ghost GreyapproximateΔE 9.0
Vallejo Mecha Color
- Stone GreyapproximateΔE 9.7
- Light GreenapproximateΔE 10.6
- GreyapproximateΔE 11.1
Vallejo Metal Color
- Semi Matt Aluminium⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.4
- Dull Aluminium⚠ cross-finishΔE 12.2
- White Aluminium⚠ cross-finishΔE 13.8
Vallejo Wash
- Light Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.4
- Pale Grey Wash⚠ cross-finishΔE 12.7
- Blue Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 14.0
Vallejo Xpress
- Templar White⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.1
- Mummy White⚠ cross-finishΔE 23.9
- Bag of Bones⚠ cross-finishΔE 28.2
Also in Two Thin Coats
- Trooper WhiteapproximateΔE 13.9
- Smoke Grey WashapproximateΔE 14.3
- White StarapproximateΔE 14.4
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 Ion Blue?
- Blue Horror from Citadel Layer: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 13.0 apart.
- What is the Vallejo equivalent of Ion Blue?
- Wolf Grey from Vallejo Game Air, at ΔE 5.1: a safe substitute in the same finish.
- What is the Army Painter equivalent of Ion Blue?
- Marine Mist from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 8.2: the nearest opaque paint from Army Painter, though only an approximate match.