What is the difference between Pastel Blue and Intermediate Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Intermediate Blue is a little darker, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pastel Blue vs Intermediate Blue

Pastel Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f758a (estimate)

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.299
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #526271 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Blue is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Pastel Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Intermediate Blue is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Pastel Blue instead of Intermediate Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pastel Blue is a little lighter, 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 Pastel Blue on the colour wheel See Intermediate Blue 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 Intermediate Blue
Pastel Blue vs Pastel Blue (70.901)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Pastel Blue vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Intermediate Blue

Other Scale75 paints close to Intermediate Blue

Intermediate Blue vs Caspian Blue (SC07)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pastel Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Anthracite Gray (SC04)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Pastel Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Rlyeh Grey (SFG45)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Pastel Blue equivalents · Intermediate Blue equivalents