What is the difference between Ultramarine Shadow and Deep Sky?

ΔE 9 (close). Deep Sky is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ultramarine Shadow vs Deep Sky

Ultramarine Shadow

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09187
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #01293f (estimate)

Deep Sky

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.090
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #233552 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Deep Sky is a little lighter, warmer than Ultramarine Shadow.

Can I use Deep Sky instead of Ultramarine Shadow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Deep Sky is a little lighter, warmer than Ultramarine Shadow.

Can I use Ultramarine Shadow instead of Deep Sky?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ultramarine Shadow is a little darker, 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 Ultramarine Shadow on the colour wheel See Deep Sky on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ultramarine Shadow

Ultramarine Shadow vs Steel Blue (71.087)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Deep Sky
Ultramarine Shadow vs Dk Mediterr. Blue (71.313)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Deep Sky
Ultramarine Shadow vs Signal Blue (71.091)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Deep Sky

Other Reaper paints close to Deep Sky

Deep Sky vs Ritterlich Blue (09115)Master Series Paints · ΔE 6, close · closer than Ultramarine Shadow
Deep Sky vs Twilight Blue (09020)Master Series Paints · ΔE 10, fair
Deep Sky vs Steely Blue (09151)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Ultramarine Shadow equivalents · Deep Sky equivalents