What is the difference between Light Gray and Grey Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Grey Blue is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Gray vs Grey Blue

Light Gray

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-66
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #466675 (estimate)

Grey Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.943
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #546c87 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Blue is a little lighter, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Grey Blue instead of Light Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Grey Blue is a little lighter, warmer than Light Gray.

Can I use Light Gray instead of Grey Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Gray 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 Light Gray on the colour wheel See Grey Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Gray

Light Gray vs Faded P.R.U. Blue (71.109)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Grey Blue
Light Gray vs USAF Light Blue (71.111)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Grey Blue
Light Gray vs Intermediate Blue (71.299)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Grey Blue

Other Tamiya paints close to Grey Blue

Grey Blue vs IJN Gray (XF-75)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 9, close
Grey Blue vs IJN Gray (Kure Arsenal) (TS-66)TS Spray · ΔE 9, close
Grey Blue vs Neutral Gray (XF-53)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Light Gray equivalents · Grey Blue equivalents