What is the difference between Mythic Turquoise and Medium Grey Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Grey Blue is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mythic Turquoise vs Medium Grey Blue

Mythic Turquoise

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #589d9c (estimate)

Medium Grey Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.772
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6c9b8f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Grey Blue is more muted, warmer than Mythic Turquoise.

Can I use Medium Grey Blue instead of Mythic Turquoise?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Grey Blue is more muted, warmer than Mythic Turquoise.

Can I use Mythic Turquoise instead of Medium Grey Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mythic Turquoise is more saturated, 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 Mythic Turquoise on the colour wheel See Medium Grey Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mythic Turquoise

Mythic Turquoise vs A-28M Greyish Blue (71.319)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Grey Blue
Mythic Turquoise vs Light Blue Green (70.753)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Grey Blue
Mythic Turquoise vs Pale Blue (71.008)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Medium Grey Blue

Medium Grey Blue vs Frost BlueTriads: highlights · ΔE 13, fair
Medium Grey Blue vs Antiquity GreenTriads: midtones · ΔE 15, fair
Medium Grey Blue vs Contagion GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Mythic Turquoise equivalents · Medium Grey Blue equivalents