What is the difference between Blue Gray and Light Turquoise?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Turquoise is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blue Gray vs Light Turquoise

Blue Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e688b (estimate)

Light Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.840
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #08668a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Turquoise is more saturated, cooler than Blue Gray.

Can I use Light Turquoise instead of Blue Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Turquoise is more saturated, cooler than Blue Gray.

Can I use Blue Gray instead of Light Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blue Gray is more muted, 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 Blue Gray on the colour wheel See Light Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blue Gray

Blue Gray vs Grey Blue (70.943)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Turquoise
Blue Gray vs Pastel Blue (70.901)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Blue Gray vs IDF Blue (71.113)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Light Turquoise

Light Turquoise vs JASDF Shallow Ocean Blue (C-374)Mr. Color · ΔE 14, fair
Light Turquoise vs Air Superiority Blue (C-74)Mr. Color · ΔE 14, fair
Light Turquoise vs Intermediate Blue (C-72)Mr. Color · ΔE 15, loose

All matches: Blue Gray equivalents · Light Turquoise equivalents