What is the difference between Medium Sea Gray (RAF) and Flanker Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Flanker Blue is a little darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Sea Gray (RAF) vs Flanker Blue

Medium Sea Gray (RAF)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-32
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9bb1ae (estimate)

Flanker Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.337
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #84aab0 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flanker Blue is a little darker, more saturated, cooler than Medium Sea Gray (RAF).

Can I use Flanker Blue instead of Medium Sea Gray (RAF)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Flanker Blue is a little darker, more saturated, cooler than Medium Sea Gray (RAF).

Can I use Medium Sea Gray (RAF) instead of Flanker Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Sea Gray (RAF) is a little lighter, more muted, warmer.

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 Sea Gray (RAF) on the colour wheel See Flanker Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Sea Gray (RAF)

Medium Sea Gray (RAF) vs Pale Grey Blue (70.907)Model Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Flanker Blue
Medium Sea Gray (RAF) vs Russ. AF Grey Blue (71.338)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flanker Blue
Medium Sea Gray (RAF) vs Light Blue RLM76 (71.257)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flanker Blue

Other Tamiya paints close to Flanker Blue

Flanker Blue vs Light Blue (Luftwaffe) (AS-5)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Sea Gray (RAF)
Flanker Blue vs Light Ghost Gray (AS-26)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Sea Gray (RAF)
Flanker Blue vs Medium Sea Gray 2 (RAF) (XF-83)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Medium Sea Gray (RAF) equivalents · Flanker Blue equivalents