What is the difference between Dark Gray 1 and M495 Light Gray?

ΔE 6 (close). M495 Light Gray is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Gray 1 vs M495 Light Gray

Dark Gray 1

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-82
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #918f88 (estimate)

M495 Light Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.298
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e917f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. M495 Light Gray is more saturated than Dark Gray 1.

Can I use M495 Light Gray instead of Dark Gray 1?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). M495 Light Gray is more saturated than Dark Gray 1.

Can I use Dark Gray 1 instead of M495 Light Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Gray 1 is more muted.

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 Dark Gray 1 on the colour wheel See M495 Light Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Gray 1

Dark Gray 1 vs IJN Medium Grey (71.312)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than M495 Light Gray
Dark Gray 1 vs AMT-1 Lt. Grey. Brown (71.320)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than M495 Light Gray
Dark Gray 1 vs Grey Blue RLM84 (71.103)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than M495 Light Gray

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to M495 Light Gray

M495 Light Gray vs Light Aircraft Gray BS381C 627 (C-332)Mr. Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1
M495 Light Gray vs RLM 02 Gray (C-60)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1
M495 Light Gray vs RLM 02 Gray (N-70)Acrysion · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1

All matches: Dark Gray 1 equivalents · M495 Light Gray equivalents