What is the difference between Toxic Mist and Flanker Light Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Flanker Light Blue is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Toxic Mist vs Flanker Light Blue

Toxic Mist

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9ed5d3 (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 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flanker Light Blue is a little darker, warmer than Toxic Mist.

Can I use Flanker Light Blue instead of Toxic Mist?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Flanker Light Blue is a little darker, warmer than Toxic Mist.

Can I use Toxic Mist instead of Flanker Light Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Toxic Mist 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 Toxic Mist on the colour wheel See Flanker Light Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Toxic Mist

Toxic Mist vs Rus. AF Grey Prot. Coat (71.344)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flanker Light Blue
Toxic Mist vs Russ. AF Light Blue (71.342)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flanker Light Blue
Toxic Mist vs AII SV. Gol Lt Blue (71.317)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Flanker Light Blue

Flanker Light Blue vs Leviathan LightWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Toxic Mist
Flanker Light Blue vs Forest FaunWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Toxic Mist
Flanker Light Blue vs Scaly HideWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 9, close · closer than Toxic Mist

All matches: Toxic Mist equivalents · Flanker Light Blue equivalents