What is the difference between Cryx Bane Highlight and IJN Medium Grey?

ΔE 6 (close). IJN Medium Grey is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cryx Bane Highlight vs IJN Medium Grey

Cryx Bane Highlight

Brand: Formula P3
Range: Formula P3
Code: 93069
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8a8b74 (estimate)

IJN Medium Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.312
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e9184 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJN Medium Grey is more muted than Cryx Bane Highlight.

Can I use IJN Medium Grey instead of Cryx Bane Highlight?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). IJN Medium Grey is more muted than Cryx Bane Highlight.

Can I use Cryx Bane Highlight instead of IJN Medium Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cryx Bane Highlight is more saturated.

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 Cryx Bane Highlight on the colour wheel See IJN Medium Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cryx Bane Highlight

Cryx Bane Highlight vs M495 Light Gray (71.298)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IJN Medium Grey
Cryx Bane Highlight vs Cement Grey (71.045)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJN Medium Grey
Cryx Bane Highlight vs IDF Sand Grey (71.141)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than IJN Medium Grey

Other Formula P3 paints close to IJN Medium Grey

IJN Medium Grey vs Ironhull Grey (93044)Formula P3 · ΔE 11, fair
IJN Medium Grey vs Bastion Grey (93068)Formula P3 · ΔE 14, fair
IJN Medium Grey vs Trollblood Highlight (93070)Formula P3 · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Cryx Bane Highlight equivalents · IJN Medium Grey equivalents