What is the difference between Deep Blue and Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Blue is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Deep Blue vs Blue

Deep Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC55
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #252a52 (estimate)

Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.004
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #303f68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Blue is a little lighter, cooler than Deep Blue.

Can I use Blue instead of Deep Blue?

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

Can I use Deep Blue instead of Blue?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Deep Blue

Deep Blue vs Blue (70.925)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Blue
Deep Blue vs Violet (70.960)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Blue
Deep Blue vs Dark Blue (70.930)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blue

Other Scale75 paints close to Blue

Blue vs Navy Blue (SC54)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Deep Blue
Blue vs Violet (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 11, fair
Blue vs Cantabric Blue (SC53)Scalecolor · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Deep Blue equivalents · Blue equivalents