What is the difference between Smoke Blue and Glacier Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Glacier Blue is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Smoke Blue vs Glacier Blue

Smoke Blue

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-96
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cceffc (estimate)

Glacier Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.095
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dee4f3 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Glacier Blue is more muted, warmer than Smoke Blue.

Can I use Glacier Blue instead of Smoke Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Glacier Blue is more muted, warmer than Smoke Blue.

Can I use Smoke Blue instead of Glacier Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Smoke Blue is 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 Smoke Blue on the colour wheel See Glacier Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Smoke Blue

Smoke Blue vs Verdigris (72.096)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Glacier Blue
Smoke Blue vs Sunrise Blue (72.118)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Smoke Blue vs Wolf Grey (72.047)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Glacier Blue

Glacier Blue vs Character White (C-107)Mr. Color · ΔE 12, fair
Glacier Blue vs Off White (C-69)Mr. Color · ΔE 12, fair
Glacier Blue vs Off White (H-21)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Smoke Blue equivalents · Glacier Blue equivalents