What is the difference between Dark Reaper and Midnight Blue?

ΔE 7 (close). Midnight Blue is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Reaper vs Midnight Blue

Dark Reaper

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2a4a50 (estimate)

Midnight Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-71
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #36454f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Midnight Blue is cooler than Dark Reaper.

Can I use Midnight Blue instead of Dark Reaper?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Midnight Blue is cooler than Dark Reaper.

Can I use Dark Reaper instead of Midnight Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Reaper is 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 Dark Reaper on the colour wheel See Midnight Blue on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Dark Reaper

Dark Reaper vs Dark Seagray BS381C/638 (H-331)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Midnight Blue
Dark Reaper vs RLM 74 Gray Green (C-36)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Midnight Blue
Dark Reaper vs RLM 74 Gray Green (N-68)Acrysion · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Midnight Blue

Other Citadel paints close to Midnight Blue

Midnight Blue vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Reaper
Midnight Blue vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Reaper
Midnight Blue vs Thunderhawk BlueColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dark Reaper equivalents · Midnight Blue equivalents