Gunze Sangyo Mr Hobby and Mr Color
by Urban Fredriksson
Gunze Sangyo Aqueous (Mr Hobby)
Japan was early to adopt acrylic paints in modelling, and Gunze Sangyo has been in the forefront of the development. Gunze Sangyo Aqueous colours are still some of the finest flowing acrylic airbrush paints available. Thinning may be accomplished with either isopropyl alcohol or Gunze thinner, both producing super-thin, smooth coats.
Gunze Sangyo acrylic numbers ar often given in Japanese kit instructions (i.e. Hasegawa) as ”black numbers in white boxes”. The paints in Gunze ”Mr colour” range, often denoted as ”white numbers in black boxes”, use different numbering system, and match some of the shades given here.
This chart has been last revised in August 2018 by Olle Lindau.
Colour name | Mr Color | FS | Humbrol | Tamiya | Xtracolor | Polly S | Revell | Model Master |
H1 Gloss White | C1 | Hu:22 | T:X-2 | |||||
H2 Gloss Black | C2 | Hu:21 | T:X-1 | |||||
H3 Gloss Red | C3 | Hu:19 | T:X-7 | Rev:31 | ||||
H4 Gloss Yellow | C4 | Hu:69 | T:X-8 | |||||
H5 Gloss Blue | C5 | Hu:15 | T:X-3 | Rev:52? | ||||
H6 Gloss Green | C6 | Hu:3 | T:X-5 | |||||
H7 Gloss Brown | C7 | Hu:10 | T:X-9 | |||||
H8 Silver | C8 | Hu:11 | T:X-11/XF-16 | |||||
H9 Gold | C9 | Hu:16 | T:X-12 | |||||
H10 Copper | C10 | Hu:12 | T:XF-6 | |||||
H11 Flat White | C62 | Hu:34 | T:XF-2 | P:11? | ||||
H12 Flat Black | C33/C92 | Hu:33 | T:X-18/XF-1 | P:10 | ||||
H13 Flat Red | Hu:73 | T:XF-7/XF-9? | ||||||
H14 Gloss Orange | C59 | Hu:18 | T:X-6 | |||||
H15 Gloss Bright Blue | C65 | Hu:14 | T:X-4 | |||||
H16 Yellow Green | C64 | Hu:38 | T:X-15 | Rev:60 | ||||
H17 Cocoa Brown (gloss) | C29? | Hu:10 | ||||||
H18 Steel | C28 | Rev:91 | ||||||
H19 Pink | C63 | Hu:200 | T:X-17 | |||||
H20 Flat Varnish | C182 | Hu:49 | ||||||
H21 Off White | C69 | Hu:41? | ||||||
H22 Gloss Dark grey | Hu:5 | |||||||
H23 Gloss Shine Red | C79 | Hu:60 | T:X-7 | |||||
H24 Orange Yellow | C58 | |||||||
H25 Sky Blue | C34 | Hu:48 | T:X-14 | |||||
H26 Bright Green | C66 | Hu:2 | Rev:61 | |||||
H27 Tan | C44 | Hu:9 | ||||||
H28 Metallic Black | C78 | Hu:201 | ||||||
H29 Salmon Pink (gloss) | ||||||||
H30 Gloss Varnish | C46 | Hu:35 | ||||||
H31 White Green (gloss) | Hu:90 | |||||||
H32 Field Grey (gloss) | C40 | Hu:67? | ||||||
H33 Russet (gloss) | C81 | Hu:133? | ||||||
H34 Cream Yellow | ||||||||
H35 Cobalt Blue | C80 | Hu:198? | Rev:53 Blue RAL 5013 | |||||
H36 Dark Green (gloss) | C15 | Hu:75 | T:XF-11 | |||||
H37 Wood Brown (gloss) | C43 | Hu:10 | ||||||
H38 Steel Red (Rust + Silver) | Hu:53? / | T:X-10 | ||||||
H39 Metallic Gloss Purple | C67? | Hu:68 | T:X-16 | |||||
H40 Flat Base (Mix in paints to achieve flat appearance |
C30 |
Hu:206 | ||||||
H41 Pale Green (gloss) | Hu:65*1+Hu:90*1 | |||||||
H42 Blue Grey (gloss) | FS:35164 | Hu:144 | ||||||
H43 Wine Red | C100 | Hu:20 | Rev:32 | |||||
H44 Flesh | C51 | Hu:61 | T:XF-15 | Rev:35 | ||||
H45 Light Blue (gloss) | Hu:47 | Rev:50 | ||||||
H46 Emerald Green (gloss) | Hu:2 | Rev:364 | ||||||
H47 Red Brown (gloss?) | C41 | Hu:160 | ||||||
H48 Field Grey (2) | C52 | Hu:111 | ||||||
H49 Violet (met. gloss) | Hu:68? | T:X-16 with a touch of silver | ||||||
H50 Lime Green (gloss) | Hu:38 (not quite) | T:X-15 | ||||||
H51 Light Gull Grey | C11 | FS:16440 (but more gloss) | Hu:183? | |||||
H52 Olive drab (semigloss) | C12 | Hu:155 | P:52? | |||||
H53 Neutral Grey | C13 | Hu:128 | ||||||
H54 Navy Blue (semigloss) | C14 | Hu:77? | ||||||
H55 Midnight Blue (gloss) | C71 | Hu:15 | T:X-3 | |||||
H56 Intermediate Blue | C72 | Hu:144 | T:XF-18 | |||||
H57 Aircraft Grey (gloss) | C73 | FS:36231 | Hu:147 | P:PCA824 | ||||
H58 Interior Green (gloss) | C27 | Hu:151 | P:PCA802?/821?/833? | |||||
H59 IJN Green (gloss) | C15 | T:XF-11 | X:353 | P:PCJ91 | ||||
H60 IJA Green (semigloss) | C16 | T:XF-13 | X:X351 | P:PCJ91 | ||||
H61 IJN Light Grey (gloss) | C35? | Hu:146 | T:XF-12 | X:X354 | ||||
H62 IJA Light Grey (semigloss) | C56 | T:XF-14 | X:X352 | |||||
H63 Metallic Blue-green nterior colour | C57 | T:X-13 | X:X355 | |||||
H64 RLM Dark Green 71 (semigloss) | C17 | Hu:116/242 | T:XF-61 | |||||
H65 RLM Dark Green 70 | C18 | Hu:91?/241 | T:XF-13 | Rev:363? | ||||
H66 RLM Sand Brown 79 (semigloss) | C19/C119 | Hu:62/249 | X:X224/X209? | P:PCG708 | ||||
H67 RLM Light Blue 65 (semigloss) | C20/C115 | Hu:65 | T:XF-23 | X:X202 | P:PCG701 | |||
H68 RLM Dark Grey 74 (semigloss) | C36 | Hu:27/245 | T:XF-63? (+slate grey?) | X:X206 | P:PCG84 | |||
H69 RLM Mid Grey 75 | C37 | Hu:246 | T:XF-54? (+khaki drab?) | X:X207 | P:PCG707 | |||
H70 RLM Grey 02 (semigloss) | C60 | Hu:92/239 | T:XF-22 | X:X201 | P:PCG83 | |||
H71 Middle Stone (semigloss) | C21 | Hu:84 | T:XF-60 | |||||
H72 Dark Earth (semigloss) | C22 | Hu:29 | T:XF-52 | |||||
H73 Dark Green (semigloss) | C23 | Hu:30 | T:XF-61 | |||||
H74 Sky Duck Egg Green (semigloss) | C26 | Hu:23 | T:XF-21 | |||||
H75 Dark Sea Grey (semigloss) | C25 | Hu:27 | T:XF-54 | |||||
H76 Burnt Iron | C61 | Hu:53 | T:X-10 | |||||
H77 Tyre Black | C137 | Hu:33 | T:XF-1 | Rev:9 Anthracite, ultra-dark grey | ||||
H78 Olive Drab 2 (semigloss) | C38 | Hu:66 | T:XF-62 | |||||
H79 Sand Yellow (dark) (semigloss) | C39 | Hu:93 | ||||||
H80 Khaki Green | C54 | Hu:159? | T:XF-51? | |||||
H81 Khaki | C55 | Hu:26 | T:XF-49 | |||||
H82 Dark Grey (semigloss) | C31 | Hu:156? | T:XF-53? | |||||
H83 Dark Grey (semigloss) | C32 | Hu:123? (Japanese naval subjects) | T:XF-57 | |||||
H84 Mahogny (semigloss) | C42 | Hu:10? | T:X-9 /any gloss brown | |||||
H85 Sail Colour | C45 | Hu:71? Satin oak, cream coloured leather | ||||||
H86 Red Madder (Dark Reddish-Purple) | C68 | brighter than Hu:107 | ||||||
H87 Metallic Red | C75 | Hu:51 | Rev:399 | |||||
H88 Metallic Blue | C76 | Hu:52 | T:X-13 | |||||
H89 Metallic Green | C77 | Hu:50 | ||||||
H90 Clear Red | C47 | |||||||
H91 Clear Yellow | C48 | |||||||
H92 Clear Orange | C49 | |||||||
H93 Clear Blue | C50 | |||||||
H94 Clear Green | C138 | |||||||
H95 Smoke Grey (gloss) | Hu:147 Matt Light Grey (Israeli) | |||||||
H96 Smoke Blue (gloss) | Hu:65 (+50% White?) | |||||||
H97 Fluoroscent Yellow, Saturn Yellow over white base |
C172
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Hu:194/204 | ||||||
H98 Fluoroscent Orange, (Fire Orange over white base) | C173 | Hu:205/209 | ||||||
H99 Fluoroscent Pink ( Aurora Pink over white base) | C174 | Hu:207 | ||||||
H100 Fluoroscent Signal Green | C175 | Hu:203 | ||||||
H101 Premium Clear Gloss | ||||||||
H102 Premium Clear Semi Gloss | ||||||||
H103 Premium Clear Flat H104 Premium Clear Flat Base H110 Semi-Gloss clear |
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H211 Chrome / Silber | C90? | |||||||
H212 Iron / Eisen | ||||||||
H213 Steel / Stahl | C28 | |||||||
H214 Gunmetal | C104? | |||||||
H217 Gold | ||||||||
H218 Aluminium | ||||||||
H301 Dk Grey | C301 | FS:36081 | Hu:32 | T:XF-63 | P:500014 | |||
H302 Dk Green | C302 | FS:34092 | Hu:149 | T:XF-61 | ||||
H303 Dk Green | C303 | FS:34102 | Hu:117 | T:XF-27 Almost olive drab | P:500815 | |||
H304 Olive Drab | C304 | FS:34087 | Hu:155 | T:XF-62 | ||||
H305 Dk Grey | C305 | FS:36118 | Hu:125 | T:XF-24 | P:500822 | |||
H306 Mid Grey | C306 | FS:36270 | Hu:126 | T:XF-25? | X:X133 | |||
H307 Grey | C320 | FS:36320 | Hu:128 | T:XF-53 | P:PCA837 | |||
H308 Light Grey | C308 | FS:36375 | Hu:127 | T:XF-53? | X:X136 | P:500836 | ||
H309 Green | C309 | FS:34079 | Hu:116 | T:XF-61 | P:500814 | |||
H310 Brown | C310 | FS:30219 | Hu:119 | T:XF-52 | ||||
H311 Grey | C311 | FS:36622 | Hu:28 | T:XF-19 | ||||
H312 Green | C312 | FS:34227 | Hu:120 | |||||
H313 Yellow | C313 | FS:33531 | Hu:121 | T:XF-57 Israeli AF | P:PCI875 | |||
H314 Blue | C314 | FS:35622 | Hu:122 | T:XF-12? (lighter) | P:PCI877 | |||
H315 Light Grey | C315 | FS:16440 | Hu:183 | T:XF-20 | ||||
H316 Gloss White | C316 | FS:17875 | Hu:22 | T:X-2 | ||||
H317 Grey | C317 | FS:36231 | Hu:140 | T:XF-54 | P:PCA824/807? | |||
H318 Radome | C318 | FS:33613 | Hu:148 | |||||
H319 Light Green (matt) | C319 | Hu:117? US Light Green | P:PG520 | |||||
H320 Dark Green (semigloss) | C320 | Hu:30 | T:XF-61? | |||||
H321 Light Brown (semigloss) | C321 | |||||||
H322 Phtalo Cyanine Blue (gloss) | C322 | |||||||
H323 Light Blue (gloss) | C323 | FS:35526 | ||||||
H324 Light Grey (matt) | C324 | FS:36307 | ||||||
H325 Grey | C325 | FS:36440 | Hu:129 | T:XF-20 | P:PCA825 | |||
H326 Blue | C326 | FS:15044 | Hu:189 | |||||
H327 Red | C327 | FS:11136 | Hu:153 | T:XF-07 | P:20? | |||
H328 Blue | C328 | FS:15050 | Hu:190 | |||||
H329 Yellow | C329 | FS:13538 | Hu:188 | |||||
H330 RAF Dk Green BS381C/641 | C330 | Hu:163 | Rev:46 Nato Green (matt brownish) | |||||
H331 RAF Dk Sea Grey BS381C/638 (semigloss) | C331 | FS:36118 | Hu:164 | |||||
H332 RAF Light Aircraft Grey BS381C/627 | C332 | Hu:166 | T:XF-20 | |||||
H333 RN Extra Dk Sea Grey BS381C/640 | C333 | Hu:123 | ||||||
H334 RAF Barley Grey BS4800/18B21 | C334 | Hu:167 | ||||||
H335 RAF Medium Sea Grey BS381C/337 | C335 | Hu:123 (Hu:165) | ||||||
H336 RAF Hemp BS 4800 10B21 | C336 | Hu:168 | P:PF62? | |||||
H337 Blue-Grey (very matt) | C337 | FS:35237 | Hu:145 | P:PCA817 | ||||
H338 LightGrey | C338 | FS:36495 | Hu:147 | |||||
H339 Engine Gray | C339 | FS:16081 | ||||||
H340 Field Green | C340 | FS:34097 | Hu:105 | |||||
H341 Mud (weathering) | ||||||||
H342 Oil (gloss) (weathering) | ||||||||
H343 Soot (weathering) | FS:37038 | Hu:33 | T:XF-1 | |||||
H344 Rust (weathering) | Hu:113 | |||||||
H345 Rough Grey (matt) (weathering) | ||||||||
H346 Rough Sand (matt (weathering) | FS:30279 | Hu:93 | ||||||
H401 Dark Grey /Schwartagrau | ||||||||
H402 Green Brown / Grünbraun | ||||||||
H403 Dark yellow / Dunkelgelb | ||||||||
H404 Khaki Brown / Khakibraun | ||||||||
H405 Olive Green / Olivegrün | ||||||||
H406 Chokolate Brown / Shokoladebraun | ||||||||
H413 Yellow / RLM 04 | C113 | Hu:154 | ||||||
H414 Red / RLM 23 | C114 | Hu:153 | ||||||
H416 Black Grey / RLM 66 | C116 | |||||||
H417 Light Blue / RLM 76 | C117 | Hu:247 | ||||||
H418 Light Blue / RLM 78 | C118 | Hu:248 | ||||||
H420 Olive Green / RLM 80 | C120 | |||||||
H421 Brown Violet / RLM 81 | C121 | Hu:251/155 | ||||||
H422 Light Green / RLM 82 | C122 | Hu:252 | ||||||
H423 Dark Green / RLM 83 | C123 | Hu:253 | ||||||
H451 Chalky White | ||||||||
H452 Soot Black | ||||||||
H453 Rust Red | ||||||||
H455 Cement Gray | ||||||||
H456 Dust Brown | ||||||||
H457 Earth Brown | ||||||||
H458 Machine Gray | ||||||||
H459 Sandy Yellow | ||||||||
H460 Red Brown 1 | ||||||||
H461 Oxide Green | ||||||||
H462 Black Brown | ||||||||
H463 Red Brown 2 | ||||||||
H464 Chrome Green | ||||||||
H465 Cobalt Blue | ||||||||
H466 Purple Red | ||||||||
H467 Carmine Red |
There are some colurs that are unique for the Mr Color range, those are listed below:
Mr Color ”only”
Color Name | Standard | Humbrol |
C19 Sandy Brown | ||
C20 Light Blue | ||
C70 Dark Green | ||
C74 Air Superiority Blue | ||
C92 Semigloss Black C97 Light Gray |
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C101 Smoke Gray | ||
C104 Gun Chrome C107 Character White C108 Character Red C109 character Yellow C110 Character Blue C111 Character Flesh C112 Character Flesh (2) |
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C124 Dark Green (Mitsubishi) | ||
C125 Cowling Color | ||
C126 Cockpit color (Mitsubishi) | ||
C127 Cockpit color (Nakajima) | ||
C128 Gray Grren | ||
C129 Dark Green (Nakajima) C130 Dark Green (Kawasaki) C131 Propeller Color |
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C132 Earth Gren C135 Russian Green (1) |
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C136 Russian Green (2) | ||
C151 White Pearl | ||
C152 Green Pearl | ||
C153 Red Pearl | ||
C154 Blue Pearl C155 Super Clear C156 Super White C157 Super Black C158 Super Italian Red C159 Super Silver C160 Cranberry Red Pearl C171 Flourescent Red |
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C181 Semigloss Super Clear | ||
C182 Flat Clear C183 Super Clear Gray Tone C185 Super Flat black |
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C351 Zinc Cromate Type I in set CS-681 Interior Colors for aircraft | FS:34151 | |
C352 Chromate Yellow Primer in set CS-681 Interior Colors for aircraft | FS:33481 | |
C361 Dark Green in set 684 RAF Colors 2 | BS381C-641 | |
C362 Ocean Gray in set 684 RAF Colors 2 | ||
C363 Medium Sea Gray in set 684 RAF Colors 2 | ||
C364 Aircraft Gray Green in set CS-681 Interior Colors for aircraft | BS381C- 283 | |
C365 Gloss Sea Blue in set CS682 US Navy Colors WW2 | FS:15042 | |
C366 Intermediate Blue in set CS682 US Navy Colors WW2 | FS:35164 | |
C367 Blue Gray in set CS682 US Navy Colors WW2 | FS:35189 | |
C368 Sky in set CS-683 RAF Colors for aircraft | BS381C-210 | |
C369 Dark Earth in set CS-683 RAF Colors for aircraft | BS381C-450 | |
C370 Azure Blue in set CS-683 RAF Colors for aircraft | ||
C374 Shallow Ocean Blue in set CS-665 JASDF Oceanic camouflage | ||
C375 Deep Ocean Blue in set CS-665 JASDF Oceanic camouflage | ||
C376 RAdome Gray in set CS-665 JASDF Oceanic camouflage | ||
C377 Aluminized Silver in set CS-666 J.A.S.D.F | ||
C378 JASDF Landing Gear White in set CS-666 J.A.S.D.F | ||
C379 JASDF Cockpit Dark Gull Gray in set CS-666 J.A.S.D.F | ||
C380 Blue in set CS-667 Blue Impulse Color | FS:15180 | |
C381 Insignia White in set CS-667 Blue Impulse Color | FS:17925 | |
C382 Light Gull Gray in set CS-667 Blue Impulse Color | FS:36440 | |
C383 Dark Green (Kawanishi) in set CS-668 N1K2-J | ||
C384 Cockpit color (Kawanishi) in set CS-668 N1K2-J | ||
C385 Red (Japanese Navy Marking) in set CS-668 N1K2-J | ||
C391 Interior Turquoise Green (Soviet) | ||
C392 Interior Blue (Soviet) | ||
C393 Russian Aircraft Blue 2 |
New tank color series (5XX)
C511 Russian Green ”480” | ||
C512 Russian Green ”480” 1947- | ||
C513 Dark Gray ”DunkelGrau” | ||
C514 Gray ”Grau” | ||
C515 Faded Gray ”Blassgrau” | ||
C516 Dark Green 3414 | ||
C517 Brown 3606 | ||
C518 Olive Drab 2314 C519 BronzeGrun C520 Lederbrown C521 Teerscwartz C522 Ground Color C523 Grass Color |
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C524 Hay | ||
C525 Green C526 Brown C527 Khaki C528 IDF Gray1 (-1981 Sinai) |
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C529 IDF Gray2 (-1981 Golan) | ||
C530 IDF Gray3 (Modern) | ||
New warship color series (6XX)
C601 IJN Hull Color/Kure | ||
C602 IJN Hull Color Sasebo | ||
C603 IJN Hull Color/Maizuru C604 IJN Type 21 Camouflage Color C605 IJN Type 22 Camouflage Color C606 IJN Linoleum Deck Color C607 JMSDF 2704 Cray N5 C608 JMSDF 2705 Dark Gray N4 C609 Cleated Deck Color |
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