What is the difference between Blackroot Grey and Glossy Sea Blue?

ΔE 7 (close). Glossy Sea Blue is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blackroot Grey vs Glossy Sea Blue

Blackroot Grey

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

Glossy Sea Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.300
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1f262d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Glossy Sea Blue is a little darker than Blackroot Grey.

Can I use Glossy Sea Blue instead of Blackroot Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Glossy Sea Blue is a little darker than Blackroot Grey.

Can I use Blackroot Grey instead of Glossy Sea Blue?

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 Glossy Sea Blue 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 Glossy Sea Blue
Blackroot Grey vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Glossy Sea Blue
Blackroot Grey vs Grey Green (70.866)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Glossy Sea Blue

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Glossy Sea Blue

Glossy Sea Blue vs Steel Grey (1842)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Blackroot Grey
Glossy Sea Blue vs Chancellor Blue (3222)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 11, fair
Glossy Sea Blue vs Bluegrey Dusk (1836)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Blackroot Grey equivalents · Glossy Sea Blue equivalents