What is the difference between Mirage Blue and Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Blue is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mirage Blue vs Blue

Mirage Blue

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1840
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2a435f (estimate)

Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.004
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #303f68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Blue is more saturated, warmer than Mirage Blue.

Can I use Blue instead of Mirage Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Blue is more saturated, warmer than Mirage Blue.

Can I use Mirage Blue instead of Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mirage Blue is more muted, cooler.

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 Mirage Blue on the colour wheel See Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mirage Blue

Mirage Blue vs Dark Blue RLM24 (71.266)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Blue
Mirage Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Blue
Mirage Blue vs Prussian Blue (70.965)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Blue

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Blue

Blue vs Prussian Blue (3223)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Mirage Blue
Blue vs Ultramar Blue (3224)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, close · closer than Mirage Blue
Blue vs Blue Base (4115)Opaque Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Mirage Blue equivalents · Blue equivalents