What is the difference between Smoked Blue and Intermediate Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Intermediate Blue is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Smoked Blue vs Intermediate Blue

Smoked Blue

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

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.299
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #526271 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Blue is more muted, cooler than Smoked Blue.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Smoked Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Intermediate Blue is more muted, cooler than Smoked Blue.

Can I use Smoked Blue instead of Intermediate Blue?

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

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 Intermediate Blue 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 Intermediate Blue
Smoked Blue vs USAF Light Blue (71.111)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Smoked Blue vs Ocean Gray (71.273)Model Air · ΔE 7, close

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Intermediate Blue

Intermediate Blue vs Dark Concrete (4126)Opaque Colors · ΔE 7, close
Intermediate Blue vs Terror Blue-Grey (4125)Opaque Colors · ΔE 10, close
Intermediate Blue vs Slate Grey (1838)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Smoked Blue equivalents · Intermediate Blue equivalents