003da5 - Blue

[INKS]

I am trying to find the closest match to 003DA5 - it's a blue or a navy blue color. I have tried to google it but I can't seem to find a close match or even how to know that other than my eyes, which aren't very good. lol

 

I know Citadel doesn't have a direct match, I am not sure about other brands. A search did not turn up anything, but maybe I am just searching wrong.

 

If there isn't a direct match, then I wonder if someone with better eyes or a better understanding of the hex code for colors could help me match that blue. I would really appreciate it. thank you

[Brother Tyler]

003DA5

 

The two GW colors that look close (but aren't quite right) appear to be...

 

Altdorf Guard Blue: 1F56A8

 

Macragge Blue: 0D407F

 

Neither one is close enough for me to suggest using them, though. Each might be made closer to the color you're looking for through a combination of mixing and/or undercoats.

 

There may be more recent GW colors that I haven't converted into hexadecimal, or colors in other ranges. The trick (with the hexadecimal code) is to look at the colors on the same monitor as the one you're looking at 003DA5. Even then, appearance on the computer monitor invariably differs from actual appearance.

[Cleon]

My issue is trying to visualise your blue - is there something 'real' you got the colour from?

[INKS]

2 hours ago, Brother Tyler said:

003DA5

 

The two GW colors that look close (but aren't quite right) appear to be...

 

Altdorf Guard Blue: 1F56A8

 

Macragge Blue: 0D407F

 

Neither one is close enough for me to suggest using them, though. Each might be made closer to the color you're looking for through a combination of mixing and/or undercoats.

 

There may be more recent GW colors that I haven't converted into hexadecimal, or colors in other ranges. The trick (with the hexadecimal code) is to look at the colors on the same monitor as the one you're looking at 003DA5. Even then, appearance on the computer monitor invariably differs from actual appearance.

Thanks @Brother Tyler this is really good. Maybe mixing them will get me even close to what I am looking for.

18 minutes ago, Cleon said:

My issue is trying to visualise your blue - is there something 'real' you got the colour from?

Yes, it is the color used on the quebecois flag. 

[LameBeard]

It looks not so much Navy Blue as Royal Blue, or even a French Blue.  Maybe try Vallejo who do one each of those.

[Cleon]

Ah right, never actually seen a real one, but from pictures I think the Vallejos I was looking at are a too deep/strong blue. Possibly Cobolt Blue is closer to what you're looking for, it's  62.009 but I can't see it loaded to encycolorpedia to be sure.

[INKS]

Yes I guess it's more royal than navy. I said navy blue because when I googled the color that is what it called it. but it's a brighter and not darker blue

[Bryan Blaire]

Try Vallejo Game Color Magic Blue (72.021) or Pro Acryl’s Blue (005), or possibly Vallejo Model Color Andrea Blue (70.841).  Alternatively, you could also look at Golden Fluid Acrylics Manganese Blue Hue or more likely the Golden Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Blue (#2140-1 Series 8).

 

Hope that can help!  Color matching exact can be tough.

[INKS]

7 minutes ago, Bryan Blaire said:

Try Vallejo Game Color Magic Blue (72.021) or Pro Acryl’s Blue (005), or possibly Vallejo Model Color Andrea Blue (70.841).  Alternatively, you could also look at Golden Fluid Acrylics Manganese Blue Hue or more likely the Golden Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Blue (#2140-1 Series 8).

 

Hope that can help!  Color matching exact can be tough.

thank you, I will take a look at all these colors.

[Brother Tyler]

Vallejo: Color Charts web page

The Army Painter: Vivid Blues | Speedpaint (similar to GW Contrast) | Warpaints Air

AK Interactive: (select "Products")

 

Each of the linked pages has color swatches, or links to color swatches. You should be able to find something close to what you're looking for.

 

Desired: 003DA5

 

The Army Painter Regal Blue (014983)

 

The Army Painter Royal Blue (0057A5)

 

The Army Painter Imperial Navy (00355E)

[INKS]

3 minutes ago, Brother Tyler said:

Vallejo: Color Charts web page

The Army Painter: Vivid Blues | Speedpaint (similar to GW Contrast) | Warpaints Air

AK Interactive: (select "Products")

 

Each of the linked pages has color swatches, or links to color swatches. You should be able to find something close to what you're looking for.

 

Desired: 003DA5

 

The Army Painter Regal Blue (014983)

 

The Army Painter Royal Blue (0057A5)

 

The Army Painter Imperial Navy (00355E)

Super helpful thank you. Maybe Imperial Navy with some white or something. I'll keep looking but it seems like I am going to have to mix a little to get what I need. that is ok. just going to take some time and experimentation I guess.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Vallejo have a Royal Blue in their Model Colour line. Based on the swatch on their site, it looks a bit darker than your desired colour, though.

[Grotsmasha]

That looks like GW's Caledor Sky could be right

[Bung]

There are some Hobby Apps that May Help you.

Paint Rack and Hobby colour converter have a function where you can take a picture of something and you can get the closest Hobby Paint from the paints in the App.

[INKS]

14 minutes ago, Bung said:

There are some Hobby Apps that May Help you.

Paint Rack and Hobby colour converter have a function where you can take a picture of something and you can get the closest Hobby Paint from the paints in the App.

will have to look these up to see if it helps some

[Bryan Blaire]

INKS, having the Golden Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Blue (pigment PB28) in hand, it looks, at least to my eyes, against the color band that hex code is making on here, to be almost identical to that color.  The color band looks a hair lighter to my eyes, like you might need to add one drop of titanium white paint to like 4 drops of the cobalt blue to get that color or something similar (may need a drop more of T White or a drop or two more of C Blue).

 

The hex code for cobalt blue is supposedly 0047AB - not sure hex-wise how far off that is from the 003da5, but doesn’t seem like it’s that far off to the less educated me.

Edited July 29 by Bryan Blaire

[INKS]

12 minutes ago, Bryan Blaire said:

INKS, having the Golden Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Blue (pigment PB28) in hand, it looks, at least to my eyes, against the color band that hex code is making on here, to be almost identical to that color.  The color band looks a hair lighter to my eyes, like you might need to add one drop of titanium white paint to like 4 drops of the cobalt blue to get that color or something similar (may need a drop more of T White or a drop or two more of C Blue).

 

The hex code for cobalt blue is supposedly 0047AB - not sure hex-wise how far off that is from the 003da5, but doesn’t seem like it’s that far off to the less educated me.

This is awesome, thanks so much!!!

[NovemberIX]

There's also this that might help https://redgrimm.github.io/paint-conversion/index.html

Colorhexa also does a good break down where they show what the HEX breaks down to in RGB decimal and percentages.

On 7/28/2024 at 10:11 PM, Bryan Blaire said:

The hex code for cobalt blue is supposedly 0047AB - not sure hex-wise how far off that is from the 003da5, but doesn’t seem like it’s that far off to the less educated me.

That's probably pretty close, It's breaks down to a a few percent more green and a tiny bit more blue.

 

I'm gonna try and explain hex as I know it, the problem is hex only half works for model painting, cause it's about intensity of light not amount of pigment. They can kinda cross over if you do a conversion to CMYK  (hence the colorhexa link, but that's outside my general experience).

 

HEX is just the base16 description of RGB colors, instead of using decimals between 0-255, you use 00 to FF with the letters A-F standing in for digits after 9.  So basically when I look at the hex, I see 00 as no red, 3D as a bit less than a quarter green 47 takes that about a percent more, and A5 as about 70% intensity blue, so AB would maybe be 72-73%. Translated (again from hexa) the original color becomes 0, 61, 165 in decimal terms, cobalt is 0, 71,171, so all in all pretty close.

 

So what does this mean? well not a whole lot, you already got a couple of great suggestions, the Cobalt blue would look good, and I'd second Proacryl Blue, maybe laying that over Vallejo French Blue might get you where you want.