What is the difference between Gravestone Blue and Pale Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Pale Blue is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gravestone Blue vs Pale Blue

Gravestone Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #768997 (estimate)

Pale Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.906
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #829c9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Blue is a little lighter, warmer than Gravestone Blue.

Can I use Pale Blue instead of Gravestone Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Pale Blue is a little lighter, warmer than Gravestone Blue.

Can I use Gravestone Blue instead of Pale Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gravestone Blue is a little darker, 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 Gravestone Blue on the colour wheel See Pale Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Gravestone Blue

Gravestone Blue vs Dark Ghost Gray (71.120)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Blue
Gravestone Blue vs Sombre Grey (72.048)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Blue
Gravestone Blue vs Light Gray (71.050)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Blue

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Pale Blue

Pale Blue vs Frost BlueTriads: highlights · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Gravestone Blue
Pale Blue vs Carcharodon GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 8, close · closer than Gravestone Blue
Pale Blue vs Mythic TurquoiseTriads: highlights · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Gravestone Blue equivalents · Pale Blue equivalents