What is the difference between Gray FS36118 and Medium Gray?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Gray is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gray FS36118 vs Medium Gray

Gray FS36118

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-305
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #476c6e (estimate)

Medium Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.114
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #617a80 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Gray is a little lighter, cooler than Gray FS36118.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Gray FS36118?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Gray is a little lighter, cooler than Gray FS36118.

Can I use Gray FS36118 instead of Medium Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gray FS36118 is a little darker, 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 Gray FS36118 on the colour wheel See Medium Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Gray FS36118

Gray FS36118 vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Gray
Gray FS36118 vs Pacific Green (70.757)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Gray
Gray FS36118 vs Green (71.329)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs Medium Seagray BS381C 637 (C-335)Mr. Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Gray FS36118
Medium Gray vs IJN Gray (H-61)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Gray FS36118
Medium Gray vs Neutral Gray (C-13)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Gray FS36118

All matches: Gray FS36118 equivalents · Medium Gray equivalents