What is the difference between Light Gray and Cream White?

ΔE 16 (loose). Cream White is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Cream White

Light Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-97
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a7b7a9 (estimate)

Cream White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.766
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac8b5 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Cream White is a little lighter, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Cream White instead of Light Gray?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Cream White is a little lighter, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Cream White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray is a little darker, 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 Cream White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray

Light Gray vs Light Green Grey (70.971)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Gray vs USAF Light Gray (71.276)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Gray vs USAAF Light Gray (71.296)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cream White

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Cream White

Cream White vs Character Flesh 1 (C-111)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Light Gray
Cream White vs JASDF Radome Gray (C-376)Mr. Color · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Light Gray
Cream White vs Gray FS36622 (C-311)Mr. Color · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Light Gray

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Cream White equivalents