What is the difference between Azure and Caribbean Turquoise?

ΔE 8 (close). Caribbean Turquoise is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Azure vs Caribbean Turquoise

Azure

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4229
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #11494c (estimate)

Caribbean Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.414
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1c4c5a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Caribbean Turquoise is cooler than Azure.

Can I use Caribbean Turquoise instead of Azure?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Caribbean Turquoise is cooler than Azure.

Can I use Azure instead of Caribbean Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Azure 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 Azure on the colour wheel See Caribbean Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Azure

Azure vs Heretic Turquoise (72.481)Xpress Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Caribbean Turquoise
Azure vs Space Grey (72.422)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close
Azure vs Monastic Green (72.482)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Caribbean Turquoise

Caribbean Turquoise vs Dusty Blue (4222)Dipping Inks · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Azure
Caribbean Turquoise vs Green Shark Skin (4246)Dipping Inks · ΔE 10, fair
Caribbean Turquoise vs Turquoise Ghost (4235)Dipping Inks · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Azure equivalents · Caribbean Turquoise equivalents