What is the difference between Gray Green (Luftwaffe) and Field Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Field Blue is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gray Green (Luftwaffe) vs Field Blue

Gray Green (Luftwaffe)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-3
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #335861 (estimate)

Field Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.964
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #45515b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Field Blue is more muted than Gray Green (Luftwaffe).

Can I use Field Blue instead of Gray Green (Luftwaffe)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Field Blue is more muted than Gray Green (Luftwaffe).

Can I use Gray Green (Luftwaffe) instead of Field Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gray Green (Luftwaffe) 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 Gray Green (Luftwaffe) on the colour wheel See Field Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Gray Green (Luftwaffe)

Gray Green (Luftwaffe) vs USAF Green (71.124)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Field Blue
Gray Green (Luftwaffe) vs IJN Deep Dark Green (71.310)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Gray Green (Luftwaffe) vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Tamiya paints close to Field Blue

Field Blue vs Gray Violet (Luftwaffe) (AS-4)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Gray Green (Luftwaffe)
Field Blue vs IJN Gray (Sasebo Arsenal) (XF-77)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Gray Green (Luftwaffe)
Field Blue vs IJN Gray (Sasebo Arsenal) (TS-67)TS Spray · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Gray Green (Luftwaffe)

All matches: Gray Green (Luftwaffe) equivalents · Field Blue equivalents