What is the difference between Shadow Blue and Ocean Gray?

ΔE 8 (close). Ocean Gray is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Shadow Blue vs Ocean Gray

Shadow Blue

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #50636a (estimate)

Ocean Gray

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.273
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #626f7e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ocean Gray is a little lighter, warmer than Shadow Blue.

Can I use Ocean Gray instead of Shadow Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Ocean Gray is a little lighter, warmer than Shadow Blue.

Can I use Shadow Blue instead of Ocean Gray?

The same difference applies the other way round: Shadow 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 Shadow Blue on the colour wheel See Ocean Gray on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Shadow Blue

Shadow Blue vs Sea Grey (71.049)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ocean Gray
Shadow Blue vs A-14 Steel Grey (71.336)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ocean Gray
Shadow Blue vs Intermediate Blue (71.299)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ocean Gray

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Ocean Gray

Ocean Gray vs Wolf GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Shadow Blue
Ocean Gray vs Wizard GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close
Ocean Gray vs Incubus PurpleTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Shadow Blue equivalents · Ocean Gray equivalents