What is the difference between Heavy Armour and Gunmetal Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Gunmetal Blue is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Heavy Armour vs Gunmetal Blue

Heavy Armour

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Metal
Code: NA54
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #2a2828 (estimate)

Gunmetal Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.800
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #1e232f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gunmetal Blue is more saturated than Heavy Armour.

Can I use Gunmetal Blue instead of Heavy Armour?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Gunmetal Blue is more saturated than Heavy Armour.

Can I use Heavy Armour instead of Gunmetal Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Heavy Armour is 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 Heavy Armour on the colour wheel See Gunmetal Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Heavy Armour

Heavy Armour vs Obsidian Black (77.160 Shade)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Gunmetal Blue
Heavy Armour vs Gunmetal (70.863)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Gunmetal Blue
Heavy Armour vs Rusty Metal (77.158 Shade)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 11, fair

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Gunmetal Blue

Gunmetal Blue vs Old Brass (NA49)N-Paint Metal · ΔE 13, fair
Gunmetal Blue vs Iron Fist (NA55)N-Paint Metal · ΔE 37, loose
Gunmetal Blue vs Dwarf Shield (NA50)N-Paint Metal · ΔE 42, loose

All matches: Heavy Armour equivalents · Gunmetal Blue equivalents