What is the difference between Intermediate Blue and Field Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Field Blue is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Intermediate Blue vs Field Blue

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-72
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #315163 (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 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Field Blue is more muted than Intermediate Blue.

Can I use Field Blue instead of Intermediate Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Field Blue is more muted than Intermediate Blue.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Field Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Intermediate Blue is 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 Intermediate Blue on the colour wheel See Field Blue 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 Field Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Engine Gray (71.048)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Field Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 8, 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 Intermediate Blue
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue

All matches: Intermediate Blue equivalents · Field Blue equivalents