Match the color. Check the finish. Paint with confidence.
A usable answer in three checks
Start with the pot in your hand. The tool handles the ranking, but the finish warning still needs your attention.
- 01Choose your paintSelect the brand, then search by name or browse the full range.
- 02Read the color scoreMatches in the 90s are closest. Around 80 is visibly different.
- 03Check the finishA finish warning means the color is close, but the paint will behave differently.
Match a hex or RGB color to a paint
Switch the tool to color-code mode and paste any hex value or RGB triplet. Basecoat Lab ranks the nearest hobby paints across every brand by measured color distance, with each paint's finish type shown so you know whether it is a true swap.
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Mephiston Red
Citadel
Closest matches
11 brands · 18 paints
Score guide
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Monument Pro Acryl
Bold Pyrrole Red
Two Thin Coats
Sanguine Scarlet
Green Stuff World
Cutthroat Red
P3 Paints
Skorne Red
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The Army Painter
Angelic Red
Humbrol
Insignia Red
+1 more
Vallejo
Carmine Red
+1 more
AK Interactive
Dirty Red
+1 more
Revell
Fiery Red (RAL 3000)
Scale75
Blood Red
Tamiya
Flat Red
Monument Pro Acryl
Bold Pyrrole Red
Two Thin Coats
Sanguine Scarlet
Green Stuff World
Cutthroat Red
P3 Paints
Skorne Red
The Army Painter
Angelic Red
Humbrol
Insignia Red
+1 more
Vallejo
Carmine Red
+1 more
AK Interactive
Dirty Red
+1 more
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Color math
Measured swatches compared with perceptual color distance.
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Finish-aware
Opaque, wash-like, metallic, and technical paints are kept honest.
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Independent
No paid match rankings and no manufacturer product photography.
Start with the paint line you use
Citadel
298 measured colors
Vallejo
334 measured colors
The Army Painter
306 measured colors
Monument Pro Acryl
174 measured colors
AK Interactive
477 measured colors
Scale75
111 measured colors
Two Thin Coats
181 measured colors
Tamiya
121 measured colors
P3 Paints
109 measured colors
Green Stuff World
104 measured colors
Humbrol
195 measured colors
Revell
175 measured colors
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