What is the difference between Sea Blue and Blue?

ΔE 7 (close). Blue is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sea Blue vs Blue

Sea Blue

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-17
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c4160 (estimate)

Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.004
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #303f68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Blue is more saturated, warmer than Sea Blue.

Can I use Blue instead of Sea Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Blue is more saturated, warmer than Sea Blue.

Can I use Sea Blue instead of Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sea Blue is more muted, 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 Sea Blue on the colour wheel See Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sea Blue

Sea Blue vs Prussian Blue (70.965)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blue
Sea Blue vs Dark Blue RLM24 (71.266)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blue
Sea Blue vs Deep Sky (71.090)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Blue

Other Tamiya paints close to Blue

Blue vs Royal Blue (X-3)X Gloss Acrylic · ΔE 0, very close · closer than Sea Blue
Blue vs Dark Blue (TS-55)TS Spray · ΔE 13, fair
Blue vs Purple (X-16)X Gloss Acrylic · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Sea Blue equivalents · Blue equivalents