What is the difference between Azure Blue and Deep Sky Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Deep Sky Blue is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Azure Blue vs Deep Sky Blue

Azure Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-370
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #577faf (estimate)

Deep Sky Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.844
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5594c6 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Deep Sky Blue is a little lighter, cooler than Azure Blue.

Can I use Deep Sky Blue instead of Azure Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Deep Sky Blue is a little lighter, cooler than Azure Blue.

Can I use Azure Blue instead of Deep Sky Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Azure Blue is a little darker, 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 Azure Blue on the colour wheel See Deep Sky Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Azure Blue

Azure Blue vs UK Azure Blue (71.108)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Deep Sky Blue
Azure Blue vs Ultramarine Blue (72.022)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Azure Blue vs Andrea Blue (70.841)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Deep Sky Blue

Deep Sky Blue vs JASDF Shallow Ocean Blue (C-374)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, fair
Deep Sky Blue vs Sky Blue (C-34)Mr. Color · ΔE 14, fair
Deep Sky Blue vs Sky Blue (H-25)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Azure Blue equivalents · Deep Sky Blue equivalents