What is the difference between Light Metallic Blue and Hydra Turquoise?

ΔE 9 (close). Hydra Turquoise is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Metallic Blue vs Hydra Turquoise

Light Metallic Blue

Brand: Tamiya
Range: TS Spray
Code: TS-54
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #007aa1 (estimate)

Hydra Turquoise

Brand: Vallejo
Range: True Metallic Metal
Code: 77.172 Airbrush
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #168cac (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Hydra Turquoise is a little lighter than Light Metallic Blue.

Can I use Hydra Turquoise instead of Light Metallic Blue?

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

Can I use Light Metallic Blue instead of Hydra Turquoise?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Metallic Blue is a little darker.

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 Metallic Blue on the colour wheel See Hydra Turquoise on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Metallic Blue

Light Metallic Blue vs Sapphire Blue (77.171 Airbrush)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 8, close · closer than Hydra Turquoise
Light Metallic Blue vs Sapphire Blue (77.131 Base)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 8, close · closer than Hydra Turquoise
Light Metallic Blue vs Hydra Turquoise (77.132 Base)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 11, fair

Other Tamiya paints close to Hydra Turquoise

Hydra Turquoise vs Metallic Blue (X-13)X Gloss Acrylic · ΔE 17, loose
Hydra Turquoise vs Sky Blue Anodized Aluminum (PS-49)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 21, loose
Hydra Turquoise vs Semi Gloss Bright Gun Metal (TS-100)TS Spray · ΔE 23, loose

All matches: Light Metallic Blue equivalents · Hydra Turquoise equivalents