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Crystal Blue equivalents
Brand Army Painter Range Warpaints Fanatic Swatch #006cb4 (estimate)
Looking for a substitute for Army Painter Crystal Blue? These are the closest paints in each other brand on The Painters Desk.
✓ means a manufacturer or community conversion chart lists it as an equivalent; ≈ means it is the nearest swatch colour.
ΔE is the colour difference between the two swatches: under about 6 is a close match, over about 15 is a loose one. Swatches are estimates, so check the real paints before you commit.
See Crystal Blue on the colour wheel
Citadel / Warhammer ✓ Teclis Blue Colour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · listed in Army Painter Fanatic conversion chart ✓ Caledor Sky Colour: Base · ΔE 9, close · listed in Herrick Games paint comparison chart ≈ Talassar Blue Colour: Contrast · ΔE 2, very close ≈ Imrik Blue Colour: Dry · ΔE 5, very close Pro Acryl ✓ Blue (005) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 10, close · listed in Herrick Games paint comparison chart ✓ Sky Blue (012) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 15, loose · listed in Herrick Games paint comparison chart ✓ Blue (500) 1-Step · ΔE 19, loose · listed in Herrick Games paint comparison chart ≈ Primary Cyan (E014) Expert Acrylics · ΔE 2, very close ≈ Transparent Blue (046) Transparents · ΔE 20, loose
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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