What is the difference between Gray FS16440 and Light Blue?

ΔE 7 (close). Light Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gray FS16440 vs Light Blue

Gray FS16440

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-315
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a2bea4 (estimate)

Light Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.328
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b8c6b2 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Gray FS16440.

Can I use Light Blue instead of Gray FS16440?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Light Blue is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Gray FS16440.

Can I use Gray FS16440 instead of Light Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gray FS16440 is a little darker, more saturated, 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 Gray FS16440 on the colour wheel See Light Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Gray FS16440

Gray FS16440 vs Flanker Light Blue (71.334)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Gray FS16440 vs Russ. AF Light Blue (71.342)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Gray FS16440 vs IJA Light Grey Green (71.321)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Light Blue

Light Blue vs Light Gray FS36495 (H-338)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Gray FS16440
Light Blue vs Light Gray (C-97)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Gray FS16440
Light Blue vs JASDF Radome Gray (C-376)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gray FS16440

All matches: Gray FS16440 equivalents · Light Blue equivalents