What is the difference between Medium Blue and Blue Green?

ΔE 12 (fair). Blue Green is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Blue vs Blue Green

Medium Blue

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-18
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1a7b9e (estimate)

Blue Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.808
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b7e8d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.3, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Blue Green is more muted, warmer than Medium Blue.

Can I use Blue Green instead of Medium Blue?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Blue Green is more muted, warmer than Medium Blue.

Can I use Medium Blue instead of Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Blue is 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 Medium Blue on the colour wheel See Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Blue

Medium Blue vs Light Turquoise (70.840)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blue Green
Medium Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blue Green
Medium Blue vs Turquoise (72.024)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Blue Green

Other Tamiya paints close to Blue Green

Blue Green vs Field Blue (XF-50)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Blue
Blue Green vs Dark Gray (XF-24)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Medium Blue
Blue Green vs Intermediate Blue (US Navy) (AS-19)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Medium Blue

All matches: Medium Blue equivalents · Blue Green equivalents