What is the difference between Light Gray and Cream White?

ΔE 8 (close). Cream White is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Cream White

Light Gray

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-16
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c2bbb1 (estimate)

Cream White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.766
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac8b5 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cream White is a little lighter, more saturated than Light Gray.

Can I use Cream White instead of Light Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Cream White is a little lighter, more saturated than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Cream White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray is a little darker, more muted.

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 Light Gray on the colour wheel See Cream White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray

Light Gray vs Silver Grey (70.883)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Gray vs USAF Light Gray (71.276)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Gray vs Stonewall Grey (72.049)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cream White

Other Tamiya paints close to Cream White

Cream White vs Deck Tan (XF-55)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Gray
Cream White vs Insignia White (US Navy) (AS-20)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 10, close
Cream White vs J.A. Gray (XF-14)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Cream White equivalents