What is the difference between Light Sky Blue and Sky Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Sky Blue is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Sky Blue vs Sky Blue

Light Sky Blue

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-524
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #76bbda (estimate)

Sky Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.961
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6fb8cd (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sky Blue is warmer than Light Sky Blue.

Can I use Sky Blue instead of Light Sky Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Sky Blue is warmer than Light Sky Blue.

Can I use Light Sky Blue instead of Sky Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Sky Blue is 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 Light Sky Blue on the colour wheel See Sky Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Sky Blue

Light Sky Blue vs Steel Grey (72.102)Game Color · ΔE 10, close
Light Sky Blue vs Unders. Blue “Faded” (71.332)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Light Sky Blue vs Electric Blue (72.023)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Sky Blue

Sky Blue vs Turquoise (A.MIG-0631)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 7, close
Sky Blue vs Cyan (ATOM-20111)ATOM · ΔE 8, close
Sky Blue vs Air Superiority Blue (ATOM-20121)ATOM · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Light Sky Blue equivalents · Sky Blue equivalents