What is the difference between Clear Blue and Light Blue Green?

ΔE 15 (loose). Light Blue Green is a little darker, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Clear Blue vs Light Blue Green

Clear Blue

Brand: Tamiya
Range: TS Spray
Code: TS-72
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #02b7d4 (estimate)

Light Blue Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.753
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a9ea6 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Light Blue Green is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Clear Blue.

Can I use Light Blue Green instead of Clear Blue?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Light Blue Green is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Clear Blue.

Can I use Clear Blue instead of Light Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Clear Blue is a little lighter, 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 Clear Blue on the colour wheel See Light Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Clear Blue

Clear Blue vs Electric Blue (72.023)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Blue Green
Clear Blue vs Aquamarine (72.119)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Light Blue Green
Clear Blue vs Turquoise (72.024)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Light Blue Green

Other Tamiya paints close to Light Blue Green

Light Blue Green vs Light Blue (Luftwaffe) (AS-5)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Clear Blue
Light Blue Green vs Intermediate Blue (US Navy) (AS-19)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Clear Blue
Light Blue Green vs Field Blue (XF-50)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Clear Blue equivalents · Light Blue Green equivalents