What is the difference between Night Blue and Turquoise?

ΔE 10 (close). Turquoise is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Night Blue vs Turquoise

Night Blue

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: AK Quick Gen
Code: AK17025
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2f596f (estimate)

Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.966
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1d445f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Turquoise is a little darker, warmer than Night Blue.

Can I use Turquoise instead of Night Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Turquoise is a little darker, warmer than Night Blue.

Can I use Night Blue instead of Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Night Blue is a little lighter, cooler.

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 Night Blue on the colour wheel See Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Night Blue

Night Blue vs Abyssal Turquoise (72.120)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Turquoise
Night Blue vs USAF Light Blue (71.111)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Turquoise
Night Blue vs Intermediate Blue (71.299)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Turquoise

Turquoise vs Star Blue (AK11185)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 6, close · closer than Night Blue
Turquoise vs Ultramarine Blue (AK17027)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 7, close · closer than Night Blue
Turquoise vs RLM 83 (AK11839)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Night Blue equivalents · Turquoise equivalents