What is the difference between Dark Gray 1 and Medium Sea Grey?

ΔE 6 (close). Medium Sea Grey is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Gray 1 vs Medium Sea Grey

Dark Gray 1

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-31
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #808786 (estimate)

Medium Sea Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.870
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #717779 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Sea Grey is a little darker than Dark Gray 1.

Can I use Medium Sea Grey instead of Dark Gray 1?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Medium Sea Grey is a little darker than Dark Gray 1.

Can I use Dark Gray 1 instead of Medium Sea Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Gray 1 is a little lighter.

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 Medium Sea Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Gray 1

Dark Gray 1 vs Russian AF Grey N.3 (71.339)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Medium Sea Grey
Dark Gray 1 vs Light Grey (70.990)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Medium Sea Grey
Dark Gray 1 vs BS Med. Sea Grey (71.307)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Sea Grey

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Medium Sea Grey

Medium Sea Grey vs JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 (C-607)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1
Medium Sea Grey vs IJN Hull Color/Sasebo (C-602)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1
Medium Sea Grey vs Neutral Gray (C-13)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Gray 1

All matches: Dark Gray 1 equivalents · Medium Sea Grey equivalents