What is the difference between Cold Corpse Blue and Intermediate Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Intermediate Blue is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cold Corpse Blue vs Intermediate Blue

Cold Corpse Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c545b (estimate)

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.299
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #526271 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Blue is a little lighter, more saturated than Cold Corpse Blue.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Cold Corpse Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Intermediate Blue is a little lighter, more saturated than Cold Corpse Blue.

Can I use Cold Corpse Blue instead of Intermediate Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cold Corpse Blue is a little darker, 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 Cold Corpse Blue on the colour wheel See Intermediate Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cold Corpse Blue

Cold Corpse Blue vs Dark Gray (71.110)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Cold Corpse Blue vs Grey (71.047)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Cold Corpse Blue vs Basalt Grey (70.869)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Intermediate Blue

Intermediate Blue vs Shadow BlueTriads: midtones · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cold Corpse Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Faust BlueTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cold Corpse Blue
Intermediate Blue vs Wolf GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Cold Corpse Blue equivalents · Intermediate Blue equivalents