What is the difference between Frost Blue and Light Grey?

ΔE 10 (close). Light Grey is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Frost Blue vs Light Grey

Frost Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #79979f (estimate)

Light Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.990
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #80878a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Grey is a little darker, more muted than Frost Blue.

Can I use Light Grey instead of Frost Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Light Grey is a little darker, more muted than Frost Blue.

Can I use Frost Blue instead of Light Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Frost Blue is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Frost Blue on the colour wheel See Light Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Frost Blue

Frost Blue vs Pale Blue (70.906)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Grey
Frost Blue vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Grey
Frost Blue vs Dark Ghost Gray (71.120)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Grey

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Light Grey

Light Grey vs Carcharodon GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Frost Blue
Light Grey vs Gravestone BlueTriads: highlights · ΔE 7, close · closer than Frost Blue
Light Grey vs Enticing PurpleTriads: midtones · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Frost Blue equivalents · Light Grey equivalents