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Find paint equivalents across the brands you use, ranked the way your eye actually sees color, all from a database built on official manufacturer catalogs.

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Why Model Box

Our approach

What we do differently

Official data sources

Every color is pulled from the manufacturer's own catalog. And where the sources genuinely disagree, like RLM 81 drifting over the course of the war, we keep the variants instead of flattening them into one arbitrary value.

The way your eyes see it

We measure color difference as distance in OKLAB, a space built to track how humans actually see. A close score means the colors genuinely look close, not just that their numbers line up.

Matched to you

Results factor in the paints you already own and the brands you reach for, so the matches reflect what you can pull off the shelf today, not some generic ranking.

How it works

From the instructions to your workbench

Painting should be fun, right?

1

Identify

Search for the paint by its code or name from your kit's instructions, e.g. XF-56 or 70.993.

We'll find it for you instantly.

2

You call the shots

Tell us which brands you reach for, or just the paints already in your collection.

We show you only the matches fitting your criteria.

3

Equivalents

Browse color equivalents ranked by ΔE - a measure of how close two colors really are.

You only buy a new paint once you've exhausted every option you'd accept.

Features

Built for modelers, by modelers

Every feature built around the real problems we run into at our own workbench.

Color matched the way you see it

We match colors in OKLAB, a color space tuned so the gap between two colors lines up with how different they actually look to your eye.

Your paint collection

Search for an alternative and the paints you already own show up flagged, so you stop buying duplicates and pick up only what a build is actually missing.

Advanced filtering

Filter by brand, paint type, and finish, or jump straight to a manufacturer code.

Multi-brand database

Tamiya, Vallejo, Mr. Color, and more, with every paint pulled from the manufacturer's official catalog.

Pricing

Simple pricing, no surprises

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Everything you need to find and organize your model paints.

  • Database of most popular model paints
  • Color search
  • Substitute comparison
  • Advanced filters
  • Favorite paint priority
  • Personal paint collection

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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