What is the difference between Spaceship Exterior and Sky Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Sky Blue is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Spaceship Exterior vs Sky Blue

Spaceship Exterior

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d8d8da (estimate)

Sky Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.306
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c1d5d2 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sky Blue is more saturated than Spaceship Exterior.

Can I use Sky Blue instead of Spaceship Exterior?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sky Blue is more saturated than Spaceship Exterior.

Can I use Spaceship Exterior instead of Sky Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Spaceship Exterior is more muted.

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 Spaceship Exterior on the colour wheel See Sky Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Spaceship Exterior

Spaceship Exterior vs Liquid Mask (70.523)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Sky Blue
Spaceship Exterior vs Airbrush Thinner (71.261)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Sky Blue
Spaceship Exterior vs Flow Improver (71.262)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Sky Blue

Other Army Painter paints close to Sky Blue

Sky Blue vs Brigade GreyWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close
Sky Blue vs Leviathan LightWarpaints Air · ΔE 8, close
Sky Blue vs Company GreyWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Spaceship Exterior equivalents · Sky Blue equivalents