What is the difference between Scaly Hide and Flanker Light Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Flanker Light Blue is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scaly Hide vs Flanker Light Blue

Scaly Hide

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a7c9ab (estimate)

Flanker Light Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.334
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a4c7b9 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flanker Light Blue is more muted, cooler than Scaly Hide.

Can I use Flanker Light Blue instead of Scaly Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flanker Light Blue is more muted, cooler than Scaly Hide.

Can I use Scaly Hide instead of Flanker Light Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Scaly Hide is more saturated, 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 Scaly Hide on the colour wheel See Flanker Light Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Scaly Hide

Scaly Hide vs Ghost Green (72.121)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Scaly Hide vs Russ. AF Light Blue (71.342)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Scaly Hide vs Light Blue (71.328)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Flanker Light Blue

Flanker Light Blue vs Leviathan LightWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Scaly Hide
Flanker Light Blue vs Forest FaunWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close
Flanker Light Blue vs Marine MistWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Scaly Hide equivalents · Flanker Light Blue equivalents