What is the difference between Blue Mountain and Med. Gunship Gray?

ΔE 8 (close). Med. Gunship Gray is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blue Mountain vs Med. Gunship Gray

Blue Mountain

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Basic
Code: NA12
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #495067 (estimate)

Med. Gunship Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.097
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #505762 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Med. Gunship Gray is more muted than Blue Mountain.

Can I use Med. Gunship Gray instead of Blue Mountain?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Med. Gunship Gray is more muted than Blue Mountain.

Can I use Blue Mountain instead of Med. Gunship Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blue Mountain is 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 Blue Mountain on the colour wheel See Med. Gunship Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain vs Engine Gray (71.048)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray
Blue Mountain vs Grey Blue (71.005)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray
Blue Mountain vs Dark Blue RLM24 (71.266)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Med. Gunship Gray

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Med. Gunship Gray

Med. Gunship Gray vs Darkness Grey (NA11)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Blue Mountain
Med. Gunship Gray vs Woodland Green (NA33)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 11, fair
Med. Gunship Gray vs Mud Brown (NA41)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Blue Mountain equivalents · Med. Gunship Gray equivalents