What is the difference between Off White and Off-White?

ΔE 9 (close). Off-White is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Off White vs Off-White

Off White

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-21
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f7f4ef (estimate)

Off-White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.101
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eee7d4 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Off-White is a little darker, more saturated than Off White.

Can I use Off-White instead of Off White?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Off-White is a little darker, more saturated than Off White.

Can I use Off White instead of Off-White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Off White is a little lighter, more muted.

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 Off White on the colour wheel See Off-White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Off White

Off White vs White (70.600)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Off-White
Off White vs White (71.001)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Off-White
Off White vs White (70.951)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Off-White

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Off-White

Off-White vs Gray FS36622 (H-311)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Off White
Off-White vs Gray FS36622 (C-311)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Off White
Off-White vs Off White (C-69)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Off White equivalents · Off-White equivalents