What is the difference between Oxidation Green and Oxford Blue?

ΔE 17 (loose). Oxford Blue is much more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxidation Green vs Oxford Blue

Oxidation Green

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #34454d (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 17.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Oxford Blue is much more saturated, warmer than Oxidation Green.

Can I use Oxford Blue instead of Oxidation Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Oxford Blue is much more saturated, warmer than Oxidation Green.

Can I use Oxidation Green instead of Oxford Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxidation Green is much more muted, 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 Oxidation Green on the colour wheel See Oxford Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxidation Green

Oxidation Green vs Black Green (71.018)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Oxford Blue
Oxidation Green vs Blue Grey (71.115)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Oxford Blue
Oxidation Green vs Dark Grey Blue (71.054)Model Air · ΔE 5, very 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 Oxidation Green
Oxford Blue vs Marine BlueTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close · closer than Oxidation Green
Oxford Blue vs Amethyst RayneTriads: shadows · ΔE 10, close · closer than Oxidation Green

All matches: Oxidation Green equivalents · Oxford Blue equivalents