What is the difference between Spectral Blue and Blue Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Blue Green is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Spectral Blue vs Blue Green

Spectral Blue

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Basic
Code: NA28
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #26809a (estimate)

Blue Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.808
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b7e8d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Blue Green is warmer than Spectral Blue.

Can I use Blue Green instead of Spectral Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Blue Green is warmer than Spectral Blue.

Can I use Spectral Blue instead of Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Spectral Blue is 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 Spectral Blue on the colour wheel See Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Spectral Blue

Spectral Blue vs Turquoise (72.024)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Spectral Blue vs AMT-7 Greyish Blue (71.318)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair
Spectral Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Blue Green

Blue Green vs Dragon Blue (NA26)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 17, loose
Blue Green vs Spirit Blue (NA30)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 17, loose
Blue Green vs Ocean Light (NA32)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Spectral Blue equivalents · Blue Green equivalents