What is the difference between Pastel Blue and USAF Light Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). USAF Light Blue is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pastel Blue vs USAF Light Blue

Pastel Blue

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

USAF Light Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.111
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d6476 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USAF Light Blue is a little darker, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use USAF Light Blue instead of Pastel Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). USAF Light Blue is a little darker, warmer than Pastel Blue.

Can I use Pastel Blue instead of USAF Light Blue?

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

Other Scale75 paints close to USAF Light Blue

USAF Light Blue vs Caspian Blue (SC07)Scalecolor · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pastel Blue
USAF Light Blue vs Anthracite Gray (SC04)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair
USAF Light Blue vs Innsmouth Blue (SFG46)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Pastel Blue equivalents · USAF Light Blue equivalents