Cross-brand swaps do not really exist for Metallic Blue; the closest color anywhere, The Army Painter Cobalt Metal at 69 percent, sits in a different finish class, so it is a reference not a substitute. Metallic Blue is a mid-tone vivid metallic silver with a cool undertone. For a true match, stick with the original; cross-brand substitutes will read as a different color.
Metallic Blue equivalents in other ranges
We ran Tamiya Metallic Blue against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, The Army Painter Cobalt Metal, dries clearly warmer and more muted than Metallic Blue, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
Scale75
Two Thin Coats
Citadel
Humbrol
Green Stuff World
Monument Pro Acryl
AK Interactive
P3 Paints
Vallejo
About this color
Color profile
Match difficulty
Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Metallic Blue?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Cobalt Metal at 69% color similarity.
What finish is Metallic Blue?
Metallic Blue is a metallic paint with a silver tone and a reflective finish. Because the shine comes from metal flake, a flat paint can match the color and still be wrong for the job, which is why cross-finish matches here are references rather than swaps.