What is the difference between Caribbean Ocean and Grey Spell?

ΔE 32 (loose). Grey Spell is a little darker, much more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Caribbean Ocean vs Grey Spell

Caribbean Ocean

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #20a8b8 (estimate)

Grey Spell

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN32
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #838eac (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 31.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Grey Spell is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Caribbean Ocean.

Can I use Grey Spell instead of Caribbean Ocean?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 32). Grey Spell is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Caribbean Ocean.

Can I use Caribbean Ocean instead of Grey Spell?

The same difference applies the other way round: Caribbean Ocean is a little lighter, much more saturated, 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 Caribbean Ocean on the colour wheel See Grey Spell on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Caribbean Ocean

Caribbean Ocean vs Ancestral Blue (SIN33)Instant Colors · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Grey Spell
Caribbean Ocean vs Magic Blue (SIN31)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose · closer than Grey Spell
Caribbean Ocean vs Leviathan Blue (SIN46)Instant Colors · ΔE 30, loose · closer than Grey Spell

Other Army Painter paints close to Grey Spell

Grey Spell vs Runic GreySpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Caribbean Ocean
Grey Spell vs Battleship GreySpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Caribbean Ocean
Grey Spell vs Pastel IndigoSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Caribbean Ocean

All matches: Caribbean Ocean equivalents · Grey Spell equivalents