What is the difference between Coral Blue and Foul Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Foul Green is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Coral Blue vs Foul Green

Coral Blue

Brand: Tamiya
Range: TS Spray
Code: TS-41
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #00b9a9 (estimate)

Foul Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.025
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3dc1a4 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Foul Green is a little lighter, warmer than Coral Blue.

Can I use Foul Green instead of Coral Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Foul Green is a little lighter, warmer than Coral Blue.

Can I use Coral Blue instead of Foul Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Coral Blue is a little darker, 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 Coral Blue on the colour wheel See Foul Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Coral Blue

Coral Blue vs Jade Green (72.026)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Foul Green
Coral Blue vs Cockpit E.G.“Faded” (71.331)Model Air · ΔE 16, loose
Coral Blue vs Aquamarine (72.119)Game Color · ΔE 18, loose

Other Tamiya paints close to Foul Green

Foul Green vs Cobalt Green (PS-54)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 10, fair
Foul Green vs Bright Green (PS-25)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 24, loose
Foul Green vs Light Blue (XF-23)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 28, loose

All matches: Coral Blue equivalents · Foul Green equivalents