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

ΔE 6 (close). Field Blue is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Engine Gray FS16081 vs Field Blue

Engine Gray FS16081

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

Field Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.964
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #45515b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Field Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Engine Gray FS16081.

Can I use Field Blue instead of Engine Gray FS16081?

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

Can I use Engine Gray FS16081 instead of Field Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Engine Gray FS16081 is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Field Blue 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 Field Blue
Engine Gray FS16081 vs Engine Gray (71.048)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Field Blue
Engine Gray FS16081 vs Grey Blue (71.005)Model Air · ΔE 6, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Field Blue

Field Blue vs Dark Seagray BS381C 638 (C-331)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Engine Gray FS16081

All matches: Engine Gray FS16081 equivalents · Field Blue equivalents