What is the difference between Pastel Blue and Blue Green?

ΔE 12 (fair). Blue Green is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pastel Blue vs Blue Green

Pastel Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f758a (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 12.1, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Blue Green is more saturated, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Blue Green instead of Pastel Blue?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Blue Green is more saturated, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Pastel Blue instead of Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pastel Blue is more muted, 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 Pastel Blue on the colour wheel See Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pastel Blue

Pastel Blue vs IDF Blue (71.113)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Blue Green
Pastel Blue vs Pastel Blue (70.901)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Blue Green
Pastel Blue vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Blue Green

Other Scale75 paints close to Blue Green

Blue Green vs Turquoise Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pastel Blue
Blue Green vs Bering Blue (SC06)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Pastel Blue
Blue Green vs Innsmouth Blue (SFG46)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Pastel Blue

All matches: Pastel Blue equivalents · Blue Green equivalents