What is the difference between Primary Blue and Electric Blue?

ΔE 18 (loose). Electric Blue is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Blue vs Electric Blue

Primary Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #02a6e2 (estimate)

Electric Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.023
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2db7d7 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.0, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Electric Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Primary Blue.

Can I use Electric Blue instead of Primary Blue?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 18). Electric Blue is a little lighter, more muted than Primary Blue.

Can I use Primary Blue instead of Electric Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Blue is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Primary Blue on the colour wheel See Electric Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Blue

Primary Blue vs Light Sea Blue (71.089)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Electric Blue
Primary Blue vs Deep Sky Blue (70.844)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Electric Blue
Primary Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Electric Blue

Other Scale75 paints close to Electric Blue

Electric Blue vs Hiril Blue (SFG33)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close · closer than Primary Blue
Electric Blue vs Adriatic Blue (SC15)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Primary Blue
Electric Blue vs Sky Blue (SC50)Scalecolor · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Primary Blue

All matches: Primary Blue equivalents · Electric Blue equivalents