What is the difference between Faded Green and Light Green Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Green Blue is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Faded Green vs Light Green Blue

Faded Green

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11135
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #738571 (estimate)

Light Green Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.972
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #799188 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Green Blue is a little lighter, cooler than Faded Green.

Can I use Light Green Blue instead of Faded Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Green Blue is a little lighter, cooler than Faded Green.

Can I use Faded Green instead of Light Green Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Faded Green is a little darker, warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Faded Green on the colour wheel See Light Green Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Faded Green

Faded Green vs IDF/IAF Green (71.126)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Faded Green vs Cement Grey (71.045)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Faded Green vs Light Mud (70.760)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Light Green Blue

Light Green Blue vs WWI German Fokker Grey (AK11801)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Faded Green
Light Green Blue vs RLM 78 (1942) (AK11831)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Faded Green
Light Green Blue vs Dark Green-Grey (AK11133)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close · closer than Faded Green

All matches: Faded Green equivalents · Light Green Blue equivalents