What is the difference between Medium Sea Gray and Sky Type S?

ΔE 9 (close). Sky Type S is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Sea Gray vs Sky Type S

Medium Sea Gray

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-11
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8aa9d (estimate)

Sky Type S

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.302
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #939e85 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sky Type S is a little darker, more saturated than Medium Sea Gray.

Can I use Sky Type S instead of Medium Sea Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Sky Type S is a little darker, more saturated than Medium Sea Gray.

Can I use Medium Sea Gray instead of Sky Type S?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Sea Gray is a little lighter, 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 Medium Sea Gray on the colour wheel See Sky Type S on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Sea Gray

Medium Sea Gray vs Light Green Grey (70.971)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Sky Type S
Medium Sea Gray vs USAAF Light Gray (71.296)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sky Type S
Medium Sea Gray vs Light Gull Gray (71.121)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sky Type S

Other Tamiya paints close to Sky Type S

Sky Type S vs Gray Green (XF-76)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Sea Gray
Sky Type S vs Gray Green (AS-29)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Sea Gray
Sky Type S vs Cockpit Green (IJN) (XF-71)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Sea Gray

All matches: Medium Sea Gray equivalents · Sky Type S equivalents