What is the difference between Pastel Blue and Medium Gray?

ΔE 10 (close). Medium Gray is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pastel Blue vs Medium Gray

Pastel Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f758a (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 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Gray is more muted, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Pastel Blue?

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

Can I use Pastel Blue instead of Medium Gray?

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

Other Scale75 paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs Bering Blue (SC06)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Pastel Blue
Medium Gray vs Field Gray (SC46)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair
Medium Gray vs Anthracite Gray (SC04)Scalecolor · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Pastel Blue equivalents · Medium Gray equivalents