What is the difference between Cursed Blue and Blue Green?

ΔE 12 (fair). Blue Green is noticeably darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cursed Blue vs Blue Green

Cursed Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #449bb4 (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 12.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Blue Green is noticeably darker, warmer than Cursed Blue.

Can I use Blue Green instead of Cursed Blue?

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

Can I use Cursed Blue instead of Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cursed Blue is noticeably lighter, 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 Cursed Blue on the colour wheel See Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cursed Blue

Cursed Blue vs Turquoise (72.024)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Blue Green
Cursed Blue vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Blue Green
Cursed Blue vs Russian AF Grey N.7 (71.343)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Blue Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Blue Green

Blue Green vs Antiquity GreenTriads: midtones · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Cursed Blue
Blue Green vs Sentient TurquoiseTriads: shadows · ΔE 13, fair
Blue Green vs Legion GreenTriads: highlights · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Cursed Blue equivalents · Blue Green equivalents