What is the difference between Medium Blue and Azure?

ΔE 9 (close). Azure is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Blue vs Azure

Medium Blue

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-525
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5278b0 (estimate)

Azure

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.902
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5667a4 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Azure is a little darker, warmer than Medium Blue.

Can I use Azure instead of Medium Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Azure is a little darker, warmer than Medium Blue.

Can I use Medium Blue instead of Azure?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium 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 Medium Blue on the colour wheel See Azure on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Blue

Medium Blue vs Ultramarine Blue (72.022)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Azure
Medium Blue vs Andrea Blue (70.841)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Azure
Medium Blue vs UK Azure Blue (71.108)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Azure

Azure vs Uniform Blue (ATOM-20107)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Azure vs Uniform Blue (AMMO.F-523)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 11, fair
Azure vs Ultramarine Blue (IONIC-0095)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Medium Blue equivalents · Azure equivalents