What is the difference between Craventhrone Cloak and Medium Gray?

ΔE 7 (close). Medium Gray is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Craventhrone Cloak vs Medium Gray

Craventhrone Cloak

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Tone Pro
Code: T5
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5b8485 (estimate)

Medium Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.114
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #617a80 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Gray is more muted, cooler than Craventhrone Cloak.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Craventhrone Cloak?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Medium Gray is more muted, cooler than Craventhrone Cloak.

Can I use Craventhrone Cloak instead of Medium Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Craventhrone Cloak 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 Craventhrone Cloak on the colour wheel See Medium Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Craventhrone Cloak

Craventhrone Cloak vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Gray
Craventhrone Cloak vs Light Blue RLM78 (71.101)Model Air · ΔE 7, close
Craventhrone Cloak vs BS Med. Sea Grey (71.307)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Citadel paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs DawnstoneColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair
Medium Gray vs DawnstoneColour: Air · ΔE 10, fair
Medium Gray vs DawnstoneColour: Dry · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Craventhrone Cloak equivalents · Medium Gray equivalents