What is the difference between Sky Blue and Deep Sky Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Deep Sky Blue is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sky Blue vs Deep Sky Blue

Sky Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC50
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #0097cb (estimate)

Deep Sky Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.844
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5594c6 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Deep Sky Blue is more muted, warmer than Sky Blue.

Can I use Deep Sky Blue instead of Sky Blue?

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

Can I use Sky Blue instead of Deep Sky Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sky 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 Sky Blue on the colour wheel See Deep Sky Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sky Blue

Sky Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Deep Sky Blue
Sky Blue vs Light Sea Blue (71.089)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Deep Sky Blue
Sky Blue vs Turquoise (72.024)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Deep Sky Blue

Deep Sky Blue vs Amarth Blue (SFG30)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 11, fair
Deep Sky Blue vs Joridyn Turquoise (SFG31)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair
Deep Sky Blue vs Primary Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Sky Blue equivalents · Deep Sky Blue equivalents