What is the difference between Light Blue and Foul Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Foul Green is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Blue vs Foul Green

Light Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-20
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #59c69e (estimate)

Foul Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.025
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3dc1a4 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Foul Green is cooler than Light Blue.

Can I use Foul Green instead of Light Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Foul Green is cooler than Light Blue.

Can I use Light Blue instead of Foul Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Blue is 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 Light Blue on the colour wheel See Foul Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Blue

Light Blue vs Jade Green (72.026)Game Color · ΔE 16, loose
Light Blue vs Cockpit E.G.“Faded” (71.331)Model Air · ΔE 18, loose
Light Blue vs Ghost Green (72.121)Game Color · ΔE 24, loose

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Foul Green

Foul Green vs Interior Turquoise Green Soviet (C-391)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Blue
Foul Green vs Pale Green (H-41)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 19, loose
Foul Green vs Light Gray (H-324)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Light Blue equivalents · Foul Green equivalents