What is the difference between Light Gray and Light Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Light Blue is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Light Blue

Light Gray

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

Light Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.328
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b8c6b2 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Blue is a little lighter, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Blue instead of Light Gray?

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

Can I use Light Gray instead of Light Blue?

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 Light Blue 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 Light Blue
Light Gray vs USAF Light Gray (71.276)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Blue
Light Gray vs USAAF Light Gray (71.296)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Blue

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Light Blue

Light Blue vs Light Gray FS36495 (H-338)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Gray
Light Blue vs JASDF Radome Gray (C-376)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Light Blue vs Gray FS16440 (H-315)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Light Blue equivalents