What is the difference between Light Gray FS36495 and Sky Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Sky Blue is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray FS36495 vs Sky Blue

Light Gray FS36495

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-338
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b3cbbb (estimate)

Sky Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.306
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c1d5d2 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sky Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Light Gray FS36495.

Can I use Sky Blue instead of Light Gray FS36495?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sky Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Light Gray FS36495.

Can I use Light Gray FS36495 instead of Sky Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray FS36495 is a little darker, 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 Light Gray FS36495 on the colour wheel See Sky Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray FS36495

Light Gray FS36495 vs Light Blue (71.328)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sky Blue
Light Gray FS36495 vs Flanker Light Blue (71.334)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sky Blue
Light Gray FS36495 vs Russ. AF Light Blue (71.342)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sky Blue

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Sky Blue

Sky Blue vs RLM 76 Light Blue (H-417)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Gray FS36495
Sky Blue vs RLM 76 Light Blue (C-117)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Gray FS36495
Sky Blue vs JASDF Radome Gray (C-376)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Gray FS36495

All matches: Light Gray FS36495 equivalents · Sky Blue equivalents