What is the difference between Smoked Blue and Engine Gray?

ΔE 10 (close). Engine Gray is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Smoked Blue vs Engine Gray

Smoked Blue

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 3226
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #57667f (estimate)

Engine Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.048
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #485362 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Engine Gray is a little darker, more muted than Smoked Blue.

Can I use Engine Gray instead of Smoked Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Engine Gray is a little darker, more muted than Smoked Blue.

Can I use Smoked Blue instead of Engine Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Smoked Blue is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Smoked Blue on the colour wheel See Engine Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Smoked Blue

Smoked Blue vs Grey Blue (70.943)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray
Smoked Blue vs USAF Light Blue (71.111)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Engine Gray
Smoked Blue vs Intermediate Blue (71.299)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Engine Gray

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Engine Gray

Engine Gray vs Terror Blue-Grey (4125)Opaque Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Smoked Blue
Engine Gray vs Dark Concrete (4126)Opaque Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Smoked Blue
Engine Gray vs Slate Grey (1838)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Smoked Blue equivalents · Engine Gray equivalents