ΔE 5.5, very close: most people won’t see a difference side by side. Ink Blue is warmer than Imperial Navy. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Imperial Navy is an opaque base/layer paint and Vallejo Ink Blue is an ink, glaze or transparent paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.
Yes, for most jobs. Very close match (ΔE 6). Ink Blue is warmer than Imperial Navy. They are different kinds of paint.
The same difference applies the other way round: Imperial Navy 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 Imperial Navy on the colour wheel See Ink Blue on the colour wheel
All matches: Imperial Navy equivalents · Ink Blue equivalents