What is the difference between Engine Gray FS16081 and Engine Gray?

ΔE 6 (close). Engine Gray is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Engine Gray FS16081 vs Engine Gray

Engine Gray FS16081

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-339
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #334b5b (estimate)

Engine Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.048
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #485362 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Engine Gray is a little lighter, warmer than Engine Gray FS16081.

Can I use Engine Gray instead of Engine Gray FS16081?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Engine Gray is a little lighter, warmer than Engine Gray FS16081.

Can I use Engine Gray FS16081 instead of Engine Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Engine Gray FS16081 is a little darker, 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 Engine Gray FS16081 on the colour wheel See Engine Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Engine Gray FS16081

Engine Gray FS16081 vs Abyssal Turquoise (72.120)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Engine Gray
Engine Gray FS16081 vs Field Blue (70.964)Model Color · ΔE 6, close
Engine Gray FS16081 vs Grey Blue (71.005)Model Air · ΔE 6, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Engine Gray

Engine Gray vs Dark Seagray BS381C 638 (C-331)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081

All matches: Engine Gray FS16081 equivalents · Engine Gray equivalents