What is the difference between Field Gray 2 and Medium Gray?

ΔE 7 (close). Medium Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Field Gray 2 vs Medium Gray

Field Gray 2

Brand: Tamiya
Range: TS Spray
Code: TS-78
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b6f7d (estimate)

Medium Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.114
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #617a80 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Field Gray 2.

Can I use Medium Gray instead of Field Gray 2?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Medium Gray is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Field Gray 2.

Can I use Field Gray 2 instead of Medium Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Field Gray 2 is a little darker, 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 Field Gray 2 on the colour wheel See Medium Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Field Gray 2

Field Gray 2 vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Medium Gray
Field Gray 2 vs IDF Blue (71.113)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Gray
Field Gray 2 vs USAF Light Blue (71.111)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Medium Gray

Other Tamiya paints close to Medium Gray

Medium Gray vs Neutral Gray (XF-53)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Field Gray 2
Medium Gray vs Haze Gray (TS-32)TS Spray · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Field Gray 2
Medium Gray vs Gunship Gray (TS-48)TS Spray · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Field Gray 2

All matches: Field Gray 2 equivalents · Medium Gray equivalents