What is the difference between Marine Blue and Oxford Blue?

ΔE 9 (close). Oxford Blue is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Marine Blue vs Oxford Blue

Marine Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #424f71 (estimate)

Oxford Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.807
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #373a59 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Oxford Blue is a little darker, warmer than Marine Blue.

Can I use Oxford Blue instead of Marine Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Oxford Blue is a little darker, warmer than Marine Blue.

Can I use Marine Blue instead of Oxford Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Marine Blue is a little 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 Marine Blue on the colour wheel See Oxford Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Marine Blue

Marine Blue vs Prussian Blue (70.965)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Oxford Blue
Marine Blue vs Dark Blue RLM24 (71.266)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Oxford Blue
Marine Blue vs Blue (71.004)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Oxford Blue

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Oxford Blue

Oxford Blue vs Abyss BlueTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Marine Blue
Oxford Blue vs Amethyst RayneTriads: shadows · ΔE 10, close
Oxford Blue vs Oxidation GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Marine Blue equivalents · Oxford Blue equivalents