What is the difference between Azure and Space Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Space Grey is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Azure vs Space Grey

Azure

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

Space Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.422
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #30575e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Space Grey is a little lighter, cooler than Azure.

Can I use Space Grey instead of Azure?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Space Grey is a little lighter, cooler than Azure.

Can I use Azure instead of Space Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Azure is a little darker, 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 Space Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Azure

Azure vs Heretic Turquoise (72.481)Xpress Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Space Grey
Azure vs Caribbean Turquoise (72.414)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Space Grey
Azure vs Monastic Green (72.482)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Space Grey

Space Grey vs Dusty Blue (4222)Dipping Inks · ΔE 7, close · closer than Azure
Space Grey vs Green Shark Skin (4246)Dipping Inks · ΔE 9, close
Space Grey vs Turquoise Ghost (4235)Dipping Inks · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Azure equivalents · Space Grey equivalents