What is the difference between Light Gray and Pale Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Pale Blue is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Pale Blue

Light Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-324
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83a59e (estimate)

Pale Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.906
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #829c9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Blue is cooler than Light Gray.

Can I use Pale Blue instead of Light Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Pale Blue is cooler than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Pale Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray 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 Gray on the colour wheel See Pale Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray

Light Gray vs Light Blue RLM76 (71.257)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Pale Blue
Light Gray vs Light Blue RLM65 (71.255)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Blue
Light Gray vs Flanker Light Gray (71.335)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pale Blue

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Pale Blue

Pale Blue vs Gray FS36375 (C-308)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Gray
Pale Blue vs Gray FS36375 (H-308)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Gray
Pale Blue vs Barley Gray BS4800/18B21 (C-334)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Gray

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Pale Blue equivalents