What is the difference between Ocean Blue and Black Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Black Green is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ocean Blue vs Black Green

Ocean Blue

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11173
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #123434 (estimate)

Black Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.980
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #22302b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Green is more muted than Ocean Blue.

Can I use Black Green instead of Ocean Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Black Green is more muted than Ocean Blue.

Can I use Ocean Blue instead of Black Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ocean Blue is more saturated.

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 Ocean Blue on the colour wheel See Black Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ocean Blue

Ocean Blue vs IJN Deep Dark Green (71.310)Model Air · ΔE 10, close
Ocean Blue vs UK Bronze Green (70.607)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Ocean Blue vs Olive Green (71.007)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Black Green

Black Green vs IJN D2 Green Black (AK11894)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ocean Blue
Black Green vs Extra Dark Green (AK11153)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ocean Blue
Black Green vs IJN D1 Deep Green Black (AK11893)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ocean Blue

All matches: Ocean Blue equivalents · Black Green equivalents