What is the difference between Light Gray and Interior Grey Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Interior Grey Green is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Interior Grey Green

Light Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-324
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83ae9c (estimate)

Interior Grey Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.305
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #889d85 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Interior Grey Green is a little darker, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Interior Grey Green instead of Light Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Interior Grey Green is a little darker, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Interior Grey Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray is a little lighter, 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 Light Gray on the colour wheel See Interior Grey Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray

Light Gray vs A-28M Greyish Blue (71.319)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Interior Grey Green
Light Gray vs Medium Grey Blue (70.772)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Interior Grey Green
Light Gray vs Light Blue RLM76 (71.257)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Interior Grey Green

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Interior Grey Green

Interior Grey Green vs IJA Gray (H-62)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Gray
Interior Grey Green vs Light Aircraft Gray BS381C 627 (C-332)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Gray
Interior Grey Green vs Gray FS16440 (C-315)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Light Gray

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Interior Grey Green equivalents