What is the difference between Intermediate Blue and Engine Gray?

ΔE 7 (close). Engine Gray is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Intermediate Blue vs Engine Gray

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-72
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #315163 (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 7.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Engine Gray is more muted, warmer than Intermediate Blue.

Can I use Engine Gray instead of Intermediate Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Engine Gray is more muted, warmer than Intermediate Blue.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Engine Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Intermediate Blue is 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 Intermediate Blue on the colour wheel See Engine Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Intermediate Blue

Intermediate Blue vs Abyssal Turquoise (72.120)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Engine Gray
Intermediate Blue vs Field Blue (70.964)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Intermediate Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 8, 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 Intermediate Blue
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue

All matches: Intermediate Blue equivalents · Engine Gray equivalents