What is the difference between Typhon Ash and Light Green Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Green Blue is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Typhon Ash vs Light Green Blue

Typhon Ash

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8a8a82 (estimate)

Light Green Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.972
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #799188 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Green Blue is more saturated than Typhon Ash.

Can I use Light Green Blue instead of Typhon Ash?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Green Blue is more saturated than Typhon Ash.

Can I use Typhon Ash instead of Light Green Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Typhon Ash 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 Typhon Ash on the colour wheel See Light Green Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Typhon Ash

Typhon Ash vs IJN Medium Grey (71.312)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Typhon Ash vs AMT-1 Lt. Grey. Brown (71.320)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Typhon Ash vs M495 Light Gray (71.298)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Green Blue

Other Citadel paints close to Light Green Blue

Light Green Blue vs Administratum GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Typhon Ash
Light Green Blue vs Administratum GreyColour: Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Typhon Ash
Light Green Blue vs Celestra GreyColour: Base · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Typhon Ash equivalents · Light Green Blue equivalents