Mr. Hobby paint equivalents

Every Mr. Hobby paint on The Painters Desk (435 in all). Pick one to see its closest matches in the other brands. Swatch colours are estimates.

About Mr. Hobby paints

Mr. Hobby is the hobby paint brand of GSI Creos in Japan. Mr. Color is its solvent-based acrylic lacquer, Aqueous Hobby Color the water-based acrylic and Acrysion the low-odour water-based range, all with large sets of aircraft, armour and ship colours.

The Painters Desk lists 435 Mr. Hobby paints in 3 ranges (Mr. Color: 205, Aqueous Hobby Color: 148, Acrysion: 82). By type that is 387 opaque base and layer paints, 37 metallics, 10 fluorescents and effects, 1 pearls.

How Mr. Hobby compares to Citadel

52%of 387 opaque paints have a Citadel match under ΔE 6
87%have one under ΔE 10
5.7median ΔE to the nearest Citadel paint
0paints with a chart-listed Citadel equivalent

ΔE is the colour difference between two swatches (CIE76): under about 6 looks close side by side, over about 15 is a loose substitute. These figures compare our estimated swatches, so treat them as a guide, not a guarantee.

Some of the closest pairs:

Mr. Color

Aqueous Hobby Color

Acrysion

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