What is the difference between Gray FS36118 and Pacific Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Pacific Green is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gray FS36118 vs Pacific Green

Gray FS36118

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-305
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #476c6e (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 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pacific Green is warmer than Gray FS36118.

Can I use Pacific Green instead of Gray FS36118?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pacific Green is warmer than Gray FS36118.

Can I use Gray FS36118 instead of Pacific Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gray FS36118 is 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 FS36118 on the colour wheel See Pacific Green 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 Pacific Green
Gray FS36118 vs Medium Gray (71.114)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Gray FS36118 vs Green (71.329)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 Gray FS36118
Pacific Green vs Gray FS36231 (C-317)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gray FS36118
Pacific Green vs Gray FS36118 (H-305)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Gray FS36118 equivalents · Pacific Green equivalents