What is the difference between Air Superiority Blue and IDF Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). IDF Blue is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Air Superiority Blue vs IDF Blue

Air Superiority Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-74
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2f7180 (estimate)

IDF Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.113
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f7287 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF Blue is more muted, cooler than Air Superiority Blue.

Can I use IDF Blue instead of Air Superiority Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). IDF Blue is more muted, cooler than Air Superiority Blue.

Can I use Air Superiority Blue instead of IDF Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Air Superiority 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 Air Superiority Blue on the colour wheel See IDF Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Air Superiority Blue

Air Superiority Blue vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IDF Blue
Air Superiority Blue vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than IDF Blue
Air Superiority Blue vs AMT-7 Greyish Blue (71.318)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to IDF Blue

IDF Blue vs Intermediate Blue FS35164 (C-366)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Air Superiority Blue
IDF Blue vs Gray (Grau) (C-514)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Air Superiority Blue
IDF Blue vs Gray (Grau) (H-514)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Air Superiority Blue

All matches: Air Superiority Blue equivalents · IDF Blue equivalents