What is the difference between Dark Seagray and Pacific Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Pacific Green is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Seagray vs Pacific Green

Dark Seagray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-75
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #657b65 (estimate)

Pacific Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.757
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #517167 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pacific Green is a little darker, cooler than Dark Seagray.

Can I use Pacific Green instead of Dark Seagray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Pacific Green is a little darker, cooler than Dark Seagray.

Can I use Dark Seagray instead of Pacific Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Seagray is a little lighter, 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 Dark Seagray on the colour wheel See Pacific Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Seagray

Dark Seagray vs IDF/IAF Green (71.126)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Pacific Green
Dark Seagray vs Light Mud (70.760)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pacific Green
Dark Seagray vs Grey RLM02 (71.044)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Pacific Green

Pacific Green vs Dark Green Nakajima (C-129)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Seagray
Pacific Green vs Gray FS36231 (C-317)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Seagray
Pacific Green vs Gray FS36118 (C-305)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Seagray

All matches: Dark Seagray equivalents · Pacific Green equivalents