What is the difference between Light Gray and Medium Grey Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Grey Blue is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Medium Grey Blue

Light Gray

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

Medium Grey Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.772
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6c9b8f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Grey Blue is a little darker, cooler than Light Gray.

Can I use Medium Grey Blue instead of Light Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Grey Blue is a little darker, cooler than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Medium Grey Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray is a little lighter, 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 Medium Grey Blue 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 Medium Grey Blue
Light Gray vs Light Blue RLM76 (71.257)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Light Gray vs Interior Grey Green (71.305)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Medium Grey Blue

Medium Grey Blue vs IJN Gray Green Nakajima (C-56)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Gray
Medium Grey Blue vs IJN Gray Green Nakajima (N-62)Acrysion · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Gray
Medium Grey Blue vs Aircraft Gray (C-73)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Gray

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Medium Grey Blue equivalents