What is the difference between Bering Blue and IDF Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). IDF Blue is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bering Blue vs IDF Blue

Bering Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC06
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #528290 (estimate)

IDF Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.113
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f7287 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF Blue is a little darker, cooler than Bering Blue.

Can I use IDF Blue instead of Bering Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). IDF Blue is a little darker, cooler than Bering Blue.

Can I use Bering Blue instead of IDF Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bering Blue is a little lighter, warmer.

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 Bering Blue on the colour wheel See IDF Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Bering Blue

Bering Blue vs AMT-7 Greyish Blue (71.318)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IDF Blue
Bering Blue vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than IDF Blue
Bering Blue vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than IDF Blue

Other Scale75 paints close to IDF Blue

IDF Blue vs Pastel Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Bering Blue
IDF Blue vs Caspian Blue (SC07)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bering Blue
IDF Blue vs Innsmouth Blue (SFG46)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Bering Blue equivalents · IDF Blue equivalents