What is the difference between Bering Blue and Medium Gray?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Gray is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bering Blue vs Medium Gray

Bering Blue

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

Medium Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.114
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #617a80 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Gray is more muted, warmer than Bering Blue.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Bering Blue?

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

Can I use Bering Blue instead of Medium Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bering Blue is more saturated, 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 Bering Blue on the colour wheel See Medium Gray 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 Medium Gray
Bering Blue vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Gray
Bering Blue vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Gray

Other Scale75 paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs Pastel Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, close
Medium Gray vs Field Gray (SC46)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair
Medium Gray vs Anthracite Gray (SC04)Scalecolor · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Bering Blue equivalents · Medium Gray equivalents