What is the difference between Navy Blue and Abyssal Turquoise?

ΔE 6 (close). Abyssal Turquoise is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Navy Blue vs Abyssal Turquoise

Navy Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Acrysion
Code: N-54
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #294c5c (estimate)

Abyssal Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.120
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d4d66 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Abyssal Turquoise is warmer than Navy Blue.

Can I use Abyssal Turquoise instead of Navy Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Abyssal Turquoise is warmer than Navy Blue.

Can I use Navy Blue instead of Abyssal Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Navy Blue is 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 Navy Blue on the colour wheel See Abyssal Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Navy Blue

Navy Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Navy Blue vs Field Blue (70.964)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Navy Blue vs Engine Gray (71.048)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Abyssal Turquoise

Abyssal Turquoise vs Intermediate Blue (C-72)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Abyssal Turquoise vs Intermediate Blue (H-56)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Abyssal Turquoise vs Intermediate Blue (N-56)Acrysion · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Navy Blue

All matches: Navy Blue equivalents · Abyssal Turquoise equivalents