What is the difference between Navy Blue and Field Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Field Blue is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Navy Blue vs Field Blue

Navy Blue

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

Field Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.964
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #45515b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Field Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Navy Blue.

Can I use Field Blue instead of Navy Blue?

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

Can I use Navy Blue instead of Field Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Navy Blue is a little darker, more saturated.

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Field Blue

Field Blue vs Dark Seagray BS381C 638 (C-331)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (C-32)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Navy Blue
Field Blue vs Dark Gray 2 (N-83)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Navy Blue

All matches: Navy Blue equivalents · Field Blue equivalents