What is the difference between Primary Blue and Light Sea Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Light Sea Blue is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Blue vs Light Sea Blue

Primary Blue

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

Light Sea Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.089
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #42a9dc (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Sea Blue is more muted than Primary Blue.

Can I use Light Sea Blue instead of Primary Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Light Sea Blue is more muted than Primary Blue.

Can I use Primary Blue instead of Light Sea Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Blue is 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 Light Sea Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Blue

Primary Blue vs Deep Sky Blue (70.844)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair
Primary Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair
Primary Blue vs Magic Blue (72.021)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Light Sea Blue

Light Sea Blue vs Sky Blue (SC50)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close
Light Sea Blue vs Joridyn Turquoise (SFG31)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 16, loose
Light Sea Blue vs Amarth Blue (SFG30)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Primary Blue equivalents · Light Sea Blue equivalents