What is the difference between Sentient Turquoise and Blue Green?

ΔE 13 (fair). Blue Green is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sentient Turquoise vs Blue Green

Sentient Turquoise

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3b82a5 (estimate)

Blue Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.808
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b7e8d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 13.2, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Blue Green is warmer than Sentient Turquoise.

Can I use Blue Green instead of Sentient Turquoise?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Blue Green is warmer than Sentient Turquoise.

Can I use Sentient Turquoise instead of Blue Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sentient Turquoise is 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 Sentient Turquoise on the colour wheel See Blue Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sentient Turquoise

Sentient Turquoise vs Russian AF Blue (71.333)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Blue Green
Sentient Turquoise vs Pastel Blue (70.901)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Blue Green
Sentient Turquoise vs Russian AF Grey N.7 (71.343)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Blue Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Blue Green

Blue Green vs Antiquity GreenTriads: midtones · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Sentient Turquoise
Blue Green vs Cursed BlueTriads: midtones · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Sentient Turquoise
Blue Green vs Legion GreenTriads: highlights · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Sentient Turquoise equivalents · Blue Green equivalents