What is the difference between Mirage Blue and Grey Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Grey Blue is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mirage Blue vs Grey Blue

Mirage Blue

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

Grey Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.005
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3c4353 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Blue is more muted, warmer than Mirage Blue.

Can I use Grey Blue instead of Mirage Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Grey Blue is more muted, warmer than Mirage Blue.

Can I use Mirage Blue instead of Grey Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mirage Blue is more saturated, 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 Grey 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 Grey Blue
Mirage Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Grey Blue
Mirage Blue vs Prussian Blue (70.965)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Grey Blue

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Grey Blue

Grey Blue vs Terror Blue-Grey (4125)Opaque Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mirage Blue
Grey Blue vs Chancellor Blue (3222)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, close
Grey Blue vs Steel Grey (1842)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Mirage Blue equivalents · Grey Blue equivalents