What is the difference between Blackroot Grey and Black Grey?

ΔE 10 (close). Black Grey is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blackroot Grey vs Black Grey

Blackroot Grey

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 3233
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #323235 (estimate)

Black Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.862
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #241f1d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Grey is a little darker than Blackroot Grey.

Can I use Black Grey instead of Blackroot Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Black Grey is a little darker than Blackroot Grey.

Can I use Blackroot Grey instead of Black Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blackroot Grey is a little lighter.

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 Blackroot Grey on the colour wheel See Black Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blackroot Grey

Blackroot Grey vs Olive Green (71.007)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Black Grey
Blackroot Grey vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Black Grey
Blackroot Grey vs Grey Green (70.866)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Black Grey

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Black Grey

Black Grey vs Barrel Grey (1882)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Blackroot Grey
Black Grey vs Scorched Wood (1852)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, fair
Black Grey vs Ranger Green (3234)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Blackroot Grey equivalents · Black Grey equivalents