Orange is a light vivid orange with a warm undertone. No shortage of substitutes here, Troll Slayer Orange from Citadel matches at 90 percent and 3 brands carry a strong same-finish near-match. Treat it as an easy swap, just confirm the finish type matches before you commit.
Orange equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Tamiya Orange, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Citadel equivalent: Citadel Troll Slayer Orange, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.0).
- Humbrol's closest color: Humbrol Blaze Matt, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.6).
- Nearest in the The Army Painter catalog: The Army Painter Lava Orange, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.0).
- Best AK Interactive option: AK Interactive Deep Orange, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.1).
- From Vallejo: Vallejo Light Orange, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.2).
- Revell's closest color: Revell Luminous Orange/Leuchtorange, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.4).
The drift here is spread thinly across hue, lightness and saturation rather than leaning one way, so the mismatch reads as a general haze at delta E 2.0 rather than an obvious shift.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
Humbrol
The Army Painter
AK Interactive
Vallejo
Revell
Green Stuff World
Monument Pro Acryl
Scale75
Two Thin Coats
About this color
Color profile
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Found in 3 other brands with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Orange?
The closest same-finish match is Citadel Troll Slayer Orange at 90% color similarity.
What color is Orange?
Orange is a light vivid orange with a warm undertone (hex #F26522).