What is the difference between Navy Blue and Engine Gray?

ΔE 9 (close). Engine Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Navy Blue vs Engine Gray

Navy Blue

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

Engine Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.048
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #485362 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Engine Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Navy Blue.

Can I use Engine Gray instead of Navy Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Engine Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Navy Blue.

Can I use Navy Blue instead of Engine Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Navy Blue is a little darker, more saturated, 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 Engine Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Navy Blue

Navy Blue vs Abyssal Turquoise (72.120)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Engine Gray
Navy Blue vs Turquoise (70.966)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Engine Gray
Navy Blue vs Field Blue (70.964)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Engine Gray

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Engine Gray

Engine Gray vs Dark Seagray BS381C 638 (C-331)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Engine Gray vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Navy Blue

All matches: Navy Blue equivalents · Engine Gray equivalents