What is the difference between Aircraft Gray and Light Green Blue?

ΔE 7 (close). Light Green Blue is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Aircraft Gray vs Light Green Blue

Aircraft Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-57
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d9894 (estimate)

Light Green Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.972
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #799188 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Green Blue is more muted, warmer than Aircraft Gray.

Can I use Light Green Blue instead of Aircraft Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Light Green Blue is more muted, warmer than Aircraft Gray.

Can I use Aircraft Gray instead of Light Green Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Aircraft Gray 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 Aircraft Gray on the colour wheel See Light Green Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Aircraft Gray

Aircraft Gray vs Light Blue RLM65 (71.255)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Aircraft Gray vs Medium Grey Blue (70.772)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Green Blue
Aircraft Gray vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Green Blue

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Light Green Blue

Light Green Blue vs Barley Gray BS4800/18B21 (C-334)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Aircraft Gray
Light Green Blue vs Aircraft Gray (C-73)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Light Green Blue vs Aircraft Gray (N-57)Acrysion · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Aircraft Gray equivalents · Light Green Blue equivalents