What is the difference between Temple Guard Blue and Light Turquoise?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Turquoise is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Temple Guard Blue vs Light Turquoise

Temple Guard Blue

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2a7a9a (estimate)

Light Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.840
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #08668a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Turquoise is a little darker, warmer than Temple Guard Blue.

Can I use Light Turquoise instead of Temple Guard Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Turquoise is a little darker, warmer than Temple Guard Blue.

Can I use Temple Guard Blue instead of Light Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Temple Guard Blue 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 Temple Guard Blue on the colour wheel See Light Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Temple Guard Blue

Temple Guard Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Temple Guard Blue vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair
Temple Guard Blue vs IDF Blue (71.113)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Light Turquoise

Light Turquoise vs Ahriman BlueColour: Layer · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Temple Guard Blue
Light Turquoise vs Temple Guard BlueColour: Air · ΔE 8, close
Light Turquoise vs The FangColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Temple Guard Blue equivalents · Light Turquoise equivalents