What is the difference between Cowling Color and Infantry Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Infantry Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cowling Color vs Infantry Blue

Cowling Color

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-125
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #000f24 (estimate)

Infantry Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.752
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1c1c28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Infantry Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Cowling Color.

Can I use Infantry Blue instead of Cowling Color?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Infantry Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Cowling Color.

Can I use Cowling Color instead of Infantry Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cowling Color is a little darker, 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 Cowling Color on the colour wheel See Infantry Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cowling Color

Cowling Color vs Royal Purple (72.016)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Infantry Blue
Cowling Color vs Midnight Purple (72.116)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Infantry Blue
Cowling Color vs Night Blue (72.019)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Infantry Blue

Infantry Blue vs JASDF Deep Ocean Blue (C-375)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cowling Color
Infantry Blue vs Black (C-2)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cowling Color
Infantry Blue vs Flat Black (C-33)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cowling Color

All matches: Cowling Color equivalents · Infantry Blue equivalents