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My name's Adam, I'm 30 and from the West Midlands region of England in the UK. I've been modelmaking and painting for around twenty years.Adam Bagley. Formerly Redditch, Worcestershire.
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Colour reference chart

Humbrol is one of the oldest model paint brands in Europe and is traditionally referred to in painting guides found on the assembly instructions for Matchbox, Airfix, Heller, MPM and other contemporary East European model kits.

The chart below lists colours from other paint standards and ranges (including airbrush colours produced by Gunze Sangyo and Testor's Model Master range) that closely resemble those produced by Humbrol. It is hoped that by using the following cross reference chart you can save yourself a bit of time and money and get the most from your existing collection by avoiding potentially unecessary purchases.

In the late 1990s Humbrol enamel paints evolved into the much improved Super Enamel range. The Super Enamel paints use the same colour reference numbers, but have a refined formula with very small pigment that's better suited to application by airbrush. However, with the introduction of Super Enamel some colours were discontinued.

Humbrol now produces a Colour System Binder which contains instructions for interblending the paints of the Super Enamel range to obtain the discontinued shades as well as a selection from their authentic colours range. Colours listed in yellow in the chart indicate that the corresponding paint number had been available in the traditional range but is not available in the Super Enamel range.

Please be aware that the alternative colours from other paint ranges listed here are suggestions as to which is the nearest colour in the current Humbrol range and are not necessarily an exact match. Note too that some Humbrol colours will require a coat of appropriate varnish to match the finish of some alternatives.

Humbrol Number	Brit Std	Fed Std	Citadel	Gunze Sangyo	Revell	Tamiya	Testor	Model Master
001 Matt Primer
002 Emerald Green				26 46	61		1524	1524
003 Brunswick Green				6		X-5
005 Dark Admirality Grey				22
007 Light Buff
009 Tan			Vermin Brown	H27
010 Service Brown				7 17 37	81	X-9	1540	1540
011 Silver			Mithril Silver	8	90	XF-16	2734	2734
012 Copper			Brazen Brass	10		XF-6	1551	1551
014 French Blue			Enchanted Blue Ultramarines Blue	15	52	X-4	2715	2715
015 Midnight Blue				5 55	52?	X-3	1511	1511
016 Gold				9	94	X-12	1744	1744
018 Orange			Fiery Orange	14	30	X-6	1527	1527
019 Bright Red				3	31	X-7	1503	1503
020 Crimson				43	32		1501	1501
021 Gloss Black		17038		12 2	7	X-1	1747	1747
022 Gloss White		17875		1 316	4	X-2	1745	1745
023 Duck Egg Blue				74
024 Trainer Yellow					15 301		1569	1569
025 Blue			Nauseating Blue	56	56	XF-8
026 Khaki				81	86	XF-49
027 Sea Grey				68 75		XF-54
028 Camouflage Grey		36622		311		XF-55	1733	1733
029 Dark Earth	BS450			72	87	XF-52
030 Dark Green				73 320		XF-61
031 Slate Grey
032 Dark Grey		36081		301
033 Black	BS642	37038	Chaos Black	12 77 343	8	XF-1	1749	1583
034 Flat White		37875		11	5	XF-2	1768	1768
035 Clear				30	1
038 Lime			Scorpion Green	16 50	60	X-15
040 Pale Grey
041 Ivory				21	10		2709	2013
047 Sea Blue				45	50		1508	1508
048 Mediterranian Blue				25	51	X-14
049 Matt Varnish				20	2
050 Green Mist				89	97
051 Sunset Red				87	96		1502	1502
052 Baltic Blue				88	98	X-13	2702	2702
053 Gunmetal				76		X-10
054 Brass			Shining Gold		93		1582	1582
055 Bronze			Dwarf Bronze		95
056 Aluminium					99	XF-56	1781	1781
060 Matt Scarlet				23	36 330	XF-7
061 Matt Flesh			Dwarf Flesh	44	35	XF-15
062 Leather				66	85		1736	1736
063 Sand						XF-59	1706 1735	1706
064 Light Grey					75	XF-19
065 Aircraft Blue				67	55	XF-23
066 Matt Olive Drab		34087		78	66	XF-62
067 Matt Tank Grey				32	78
068 Purple				39	53	X-16
069 Yellow	BS0/002		Sunburst Yellow	4	12	X-8	1514	1514
070 Brick Red					37
071 Oak	BS3042			85
072 Khaki Drill
073 Wine			Scab Red Red Gore	13		XF-9
074 Linen
075 Matt Bronze Green				36		XF-11
076 Uniform Green
077 Matt Navy Blue				54
078 Cockpit Green		34226
079 Blue Grey					77 378
080 Grass Green
081 Pale Yellow						XF-4
082 Orange Lining			Blazing Orange
083 Ochre						XF-57
084 Matt Mid Stone				71		XF-60
085 Coal Black		27038		12	9 302	X-18
086 Light Olive					45
087 Steel Grey						XF-25
088 Deck Green					48
089 Middle Blue
090 Beige Green				31		XF-21
091 Matt Black Green				65	67	XF-27
092 Matt Iron Grey				70	79	XF-22
093 Desert Yellow				79 346
094 Brown Yellow					88 16 314
095 Concrete
096 RAF Blue						XF-50
097 EggShell				311
098 Chocolate			Scorched Brown			XF-10
099 Lemon Yellow						XF-3
100 Red Brown
101 Mid Green			Snot Green		364	XF-5
102 Army Green
103 Cream			Bleached Bone
104 Matt Oxford Blue	BS105		Regal Blue	55		XF-17
105 Marine Green		34097		340	361		1712	1712
106 Ocean Grey			Codex Grey		47 57
107 WW1 Purple				86	32 38 383
108 WW1 Green					46	XF-51
109 WW1 Blue	BS175
110 Matt Natural Wood				37
111 Matt Uniform Grey				48
112 Tarmac					71	XF-24
113 Matt Rust				344
114 Russian Green
115 Russian Blue
116 Matt US Dark Green		34079		309 64		XF-13	1710	1710
117 US Light Green		34102		303			1713	1713
118 US Tan		30219		310	382	XF-52?	1742	1742
119 Israeli Light Earth		30219		310		XF-52?
120 Israeli Light Green		34227		312			1716	1716
121 Israeli Pale Stone		33531		313
122 Israeli Light Blue		35622		314				1722
123 Dark Sea Grey	BS640			333 335		XF-57
124 Petrol Blue
125 Satin US Dark Grey		36118		305			1723	1723
126 Satin US Medium Grey		36270	Codex Grey	306		XF-20	1725	1725
127 US Ghost Grey		36375		308			1728	1728
128 US Compass Grey		36320		307 53	374		1741	1741
129 US Gull Grey		36440		325			1730
130 Satin White		27875		11	301	XF-2?
131 Satin Green			Goblin Green
132 Satin Red
133 Satin Brown			Dark Flesh	33
134 Satin Blue					69
135 Satin Varnish
140 Dk Gull Grey		36231	Codex Grey	317			1740	1740
141 Light Sea Grey		36307						1726
142 Field Drab		30118						1702
144 Intermediate Blue		35164		42 56			1720	1720
145 Medium Grey		35237		337			1721	1721
146 Aircraft Grey		16473		61				1731
147 Matt Light Grey		36495		57 338		XF-14	1732	1732
148 Radome Tan		33613		318			1709	1709
149 Dark Green		34092		302		XF-26	1764	1764
150 Forest Green		34127					1714	1714
151 Interior Green		34151		58				1715
153 Insignia Red		31136		327			1705	1705
154 Insignia Yellow		33538	Golden Yellow	329			1708	1708
155 Olive Drab		34087		52 304		XF-62	1711	1711
156 Satin Dark Grey		36173		82		XF-53?
157 Azure Blue			Shadow Grey
158 Interior Green				58
159 Khaki Drab				80		XF-51?
160 German Camouflage Red Brown				47
161 US Marine Corps Green
162 Surface Grey		36559
163 Dark Green	BS641			330
164 Dark Sea Grey	BS638	36118		331
165 Medium Sea Grey	BS637			335
166 RAF Light Aircraft Grey	BS627			332
167 RAF Barley Grey	4800 18B21		Fortress Grey	334
168 RAF Hemp				336
170 Brown Bess
171 Antique Bronze
172 Green				320		XF-61?
173 Track Colour
174 Signal Red	BS537		Blood Red	29
175 Hellgrau
176 Neutral Grey Light Grey
177 Hull Red
178 British Scarlet
179 French Artillery Green
180 Red Leather
181 Sea Blue		15042						1717
182 Black Grey		35042						1718
183 Grey		16440		315				1729
184 Freigh Stock Grey
186 Brown		30117	Bestial Brown				1701	1701
187 Sand		30277					1704	1704
188 Crome Yellow		13538		329				1790
189 Insignia Blue		35044		326				1719
190 Blue Angels Blue		15050		328				1772
191 Chrome Silver		17178					1707	1707
192 Blaze Matt		28915			25			1775
193 Blaze Gloss
194 Saturn Yellow Gloss				97	312
195 Dark Green					363
196 Light Grey					371
197 Lufthansa Yellow					310
198 Lufthansa Blue				35	53 350
200 Pink				19		X-17
201 Metallic Black				28			2713
202 Fluoroscent Aurora Pink				99
203 Fluoroscent Signal Green				100
204 Fluoroscent Matt Saturn Yellow				97
205 Fluoroscent Matt Fire Orange				98
206 Base White				40
207 Aurora Pink				99
208 Signal Green
209 Fire Orange				98
220 Ferrari Red
221 Garter Blue
250 Desert Pink		30279		346

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