What is the difference between Green Blue and Turquoise?

ΔE 10 (close). Turquoise is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green Blue vs Turquoise

Green Blue

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-543
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3f8d9f (estimate)

Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.024
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #0b95b5 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Turquoise is more saturated, cooler than Green Blue.

Can I use Turquoise instead of Green Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Turquoise is more saturated, cooler than Green Blue.

Can I use Green Blue instead of Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green Blue is more muted, 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 Green Blue on the colour wheel See Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green Blue

Green Blue vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Turquoise
Green Blue vs AMT-7 Greyish Blue (71.318)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Turquoise
Green Blue vs Light Blue Green (70.753)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Turquoise

Turquoise vs Duck Blue (ATOM-20117)ATOM · ΔE 8, close · closer than Green Blue
Turquoise vs Cyan (AMMO.F-526)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 11, fair
Turquoise vs Green Blue (ATOM-20113)ATOM · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Green Blue equivalents · Turquoise equivalents